Fast Food Lessons
“Life Lessons Learned thru Fast Food”
The benefits of getting a job in a fast food restaurant at an early age are that it helps you to become responsible, reliable and grows you socially. Working there is certainly not glamorous, but if you show up on time, work hard while you’re there, and treat your co-workers with respect, you’ll feel proud when you pick up your paycheck. An honest job done well is honorable no matter what the job is. Furthermore, for a high school student who wants to earn money to save up for college, minimum wage could help build some savings. Many of the teens that are being hired in the fast food industry are coming from low income families already and can benefit from it. Getting a job in these restaurants helps them earn money to help their relatives but mostly themselves. Schlosser states: “that these jobs are targeted to them because they don’t …show more content…
Department of Labor, 2000). Furthermore, even though most teens don’t have any financial responsibility of house, car payments and health insurance to worry about-because parents cover that, there are many potential benefits for them having a part-time job. Having a pay check will also help them learn money management skills, and with parents allowing them to go thru overspending with not a practical purchase, this too can help them think twice next time they want to overspend. It’s better to learn when young instead of in adulthood. It can also help them stay out of trouble with friends or avoid getting into any dangerous situations if they must go to work the next morning. Teaches them to invest a lot of their time in going to work and are less likely to spend their time frivolously or waste their money on trivial things. They will also use the reason of a job to keep themselves busy and stay away from teenage
The benefits of getting a job in a fast food restaurant at an early age are that it helps you to become responsible, reliable and grows you socially. Working there is certainly not glamorous, but if you show up on time, work hard while you’re there, and treat your co-workers with respect, you’ll feel proud when you pick up your paycheck. An honest job done well is honorable no matter what the job is. Furthermore, for a high school student who wants to earn money to save up for college, minimum wage could help build some savings. Many of the teens that are being hired in the fast food industry are coming from low income families already and can benefit from it. Getting a job in these restaurants helps them earn money to help their relatives but mostly themselves. Schlosser states: “that these jobs are targeted to them because they don’t …show more content…
Department of Labor, 2000). Furthermore, even though most teens don’t have any financial responsibility of house, car payments and health insurance to worry about-because parents cover that, there are many potential benefits for them having a part-time job. Having a pay check will also help them learn money management skills, and with parents allowing them to go thru overspending with not a practical purchase, this too can help them think twice next time they want to overspend. It’s better to learn when young instead of in adulthood. It can also help them stay out of trouble with friends or avoid getting into any dangerous situations if they must go to work the next morning. Teaches them to invest a lot of their time in going to work and are less likely to spend their time frivolously or waste their money on trivial things. They will also use the reason of a job to keep themselves busy and stay away from teenage