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posted by mrpg on Thursday July 19 2018, @03:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the to-study dept.

NY Times:

A quarter-century ago, there were 56 teenagers in the labor force for every "limited service" restaurant — that is, the kind where you order at the counter.

Today, there are fewer than half as many, which is a reflection both of teenagers' decreasing work force participation and of the explosive growth in restaurants.

But in an industry where cheap labor is an essential component in providing inexpensive food, a shortage of workers is changing the equation upon which fast-food places have long relied. This can be seen in rising wages, in a growth of incentives, and in the sometimes odd situations that business owners find themselves in.

Too many restaurants, not enough teens to work in them.


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  • (Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Thursday July 19 2018, @03:31PM (12 children)

    by suburbanitemediocrity (6844) on Thursday July 19 2018, @03:31PM (#709446)

    How is this different from the past? On my summer jobs, I would work the entire summer (@$84/week) to be able to buy a commodore 64 or a bicycle.

    I don't know what kids even spend their money on these days as the things that I would have spent money on are nearly free or free on CL.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @05:36PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @05:36PM (#709530)

    How is this different from the past?

    I don't know what kids even spend their money on these days

    1. Housing
    2. Student loans

    Glad I could help!

    • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday July 19 2018, @05:58PM

      by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 19 2018, @05:58PM (#709541) Journal

      Depends on the age bracket. The GP was clearly thinking of high school, or possibly younger. You seem to be thinking college. But college isn't exactly "teenagers", though some of the freshmen or sophomores are (barely) within the right decade.

      OTOH, for cars to even be an option you generally need to be older than 14. (I'm sure that varies by state, but that's the right general age.)

      That said, most of the roads around here I don't consider safe for bicyclists, though I'm in a minority, but if you're a teenager a bicycle is probably the vehicle of choice, if there's a safe place to park it.

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    • (Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Thursday July 19 2018, @07:48PM (3 children)

      by suburbanitemediocrity (6844) on Thursday July 19 2018, @07:48PM (#709591)

      At age 16? My parent's didn't kick me out until I was 18.

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @08:28PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @08:28PM (#709604)

        18?! Are you some kind of lazy pampered millennial incel?! My parents kicked me out of home when I was 5, and I had to walk uphill to the coal mine both ways in 12 feet of snow in the summer!

        • (Score: 3, Touché) by DECbot on Friday July 20 2018, @12:07AM

          by DECbot (832) on Friday July 20 2018, @12:07AM (#709687) Journal

          Yeah, but at what age did you leave South America and came to the US?

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      • (Score: 2) by Webweasel on Friday July 20 2018, @08:33AM

        by Webweasel (567) on Friday July 20 2018, @08:33AM (#709838) Homepage Journal

        In the UK, the kid can choose to leave at 16 but only into the army. Your not allowed to kick them out until 18 as they have to stay in education until 18.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @10:21PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @10:21PM (#709631)

    They spend their money on tattoos and gender reassignment surgery.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Kell on Friday July 20 2018, @12:04AM (4 children)

      by Kell (292) on Friday July 20 2018, @12:04AM (#709686)

      No fooling - GRS ain't cheap. You can easily drop $40k on that, depending on where you go. Still beats suicide imho.

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      • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 20 2018, @07:14AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 20 2018, @07:14AM (#709829)

        Suicide cones later, after you realize your gender wasn't the real problem.

        • (Score: 2) by Kell on Friday July 20 2018, @08:32AM

          by Kell (292) on Friday July 20 2018, @08:32AM (#709837)

          What would you posit the real problem to be?

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      • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday July 20 2018, @09:30AM (1 child)

        by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Friday July 20 2018, @09:30AM (#709846) Homepage
        You are aware that a higher proportion of post-ops than no-ops top themselves?
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        • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Kell on Friday July 20 2018, @10:18AM

          by Kell (292) on Friday July 20 2018, @10:18AM (#709854)

          I have heard this, yes. It seems consistent with the model that people seeking surgery would be the most extreme cases; just because you've gotten treatment, doesn't mean your suffering has stopped. I expect by the time a trans person has gotten so far as to get the surgery they've suffered a lot. I had a ring-side seat for it when a my best friend in college got it done. Fascinating stuff, but not something I'd recommend to anyone who wasn't 100% sure they needed it.

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