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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: 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!

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  • (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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