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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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A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone?
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @05:36PM (5 children)
1. Housing
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday July 19 2018, @05:58PM
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)
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)
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
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
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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