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A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone?

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @04:24PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @04:24PM (#709466)

    Where have the teenagers gone? I guess you wrapped them up in tissue, and flushed them down the toilet. Or, payed Planned Parenthood to D&E them. Or, maybe you abused them to death as toddlers. Or left them to roast in the back seat of your car. Or, neglected them while they explored drugs, and eventually overdosed.

    Or? Behold the power of And.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday July 19 2018, @04:40PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 19 2018, @04:40PM (#709473) Journal

    And your ass. You can't do all of the above to the same child - it's an either/or thing. If you roast them as toddlers, you can't later neglect them while they explore drugs. You'll have to pick one means of abuse per child, you can't have them all. WTF did you go to school, 1920's Leningrad?

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Sulla on Thursday July 19 2018, @04:51PM

      by Sulla (5173) on Thursday July 19 2018, @04:51PM (#709485) Journal

      Thats hardly fair. If he went to school in Leningrad his choice of abuse would be starvation.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 20 2018, @05:05AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 20 2018, @05:05AM (#709814)

      Leningrad? Nono, just another black kid growing up in Mississippi.