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whatwhat wrote:

garret wrote:im going to have to go back to 20$ a week for my modelin

You just lost any of my sympathy with that there line.

Why?

Speaking as someone who has worked both in traditional fast food and suburban chain restaurants, they are both pretty crappy. I used to play D&D with a bunch of people who worked in various IT jobs, and one day one of them questioned my worthiness to be a member of the group, since I couldn't possibly be smart as them, being that I did plain old menial labor. I then volunteered to go get takeout and while I was outside, I put duct tape over the tailpipe of his car. It doesn't hurt the car, it just starts and then stalls almost immediately. He actually called a tow-truck! I wish I could have been there when the mechanic showed him what the problem was. It was like revenge of the nerds in reverse. He was lucky, because ten years earlier, I would have made him eat his Gnome Bard!!!

Frazzled wrote:Being serious for a moment.

Unless you have summer school then I highly suggest you clean yourself up, get some half decent clothes/shoes, practice your interview skills with your parents, and go seek work at a retailer or restaurant.

She Who Must be Obeyed and I are in agreement that all persons should be employed for some period of time in retail or restaurants as:
1. Its excellent motivation to continue your education;
2. It gives you a perspective you will keep your remaining days on what it is like to work in that position and deal with cranial/rectal inversions.

Remember and here really are words of wisdom to you youngins (again from She Who Must Be Obeyed). When dating someone watch how they treat waitstaff. This is how they will treat you once the 'new' has worn off. If they give courtesy back then they are good people. If they are s to them then they will be s to you. Its a law of nature.

Honestly, those positions are not that bad. Get a job doing hard labor like picking up hay for $20 every 4 hours or work in a factory with no A/C.

That will make you want to go back to school

im still hoping that the people i was working with will hire me
the only problem is where i live
its a 40 minute bike ride to down town
i live near a shopping center
which is great except that there all family businesses and those never hire.
but ill see about downtown.

warpcrafter wrote:Speaking as someone who has worked both in traditional fast food and suburban chain restaurants, they are both pretty crappy. I used to play D&D with a bunch of people who worked in various IT jobs, and one day one of them questioned my worthiness to be a member of the group, since I couldn't possibly be smart as them, being that I did plain old menial labor. I then volunteered to go get takeout and while I was outside, I put duct tape over the tailpipe of his car. It doesn't hurt the car, it just starts and then stalls almost immediately. He actually called a tow-truck! I wish I could have been there when the mechanic showed him what the problem was. It was like revenge of the nerds in reverse. He was lucky, because ten years earlier, I would have made him eat his Gnome Bard!!!

I am not worthy warpcrafter. Excelsior!

Oh God help you, a 40-minute bike ride. After all, why on earth would you want a great bit of daily exercise?

Well if it were here with our temps that would mean he was dead. Also downtown can be a horror for bikes.

Riding bikes is not fun. I bet he has like 20 uphills that are a pain to bike up. That's why I have a car.

were usually about in the triple digits in the summer.

Well as long as your former employee will say positive things about you - use them as a reference! A teen with a real work background can definitely land a job as your resume is more competitive than teens with no prior work experience since they're likely to not perform professionally since mom and dad still provide for them.

When I was a teen I landed most of my jobs through networking even though one was a Fast Food job and the other was washing dishes for a Mom and Pop's restaurant -- however the pay wasn't bad all things considered. If you have a friend that has a family business it wouldn't hurt to ask if they have a job opening.

Frazzled wrote:

warpcrafter wrote:Speaking as someone who has worked both in traditional fast food and suburban chain restaurants, they are both pretty crappy. I used to play D&D with a bunch of people who worked in various IT jobs, and one day one of them questioned my worthiness to be a member of the group, since I couldn't possibly be smart as them, being that I did plain old menial labor. I then volunteered to go get takeout and while I was outside, I put duct tape over the tailpipe of his car. It doesn't hurt the car, it just starts and then stalls almost immediately. He actually called a tow-truck! I wish I could have been there when the mechanic showed him what the problem was. It was like revenge of the nerds in reverse. He was lucky, because ten years earlier, I would have made him eat his Gnome Bard!!!

I am not worthy warpcrafter. Excelsior!

In the interest of full disclosure, I knew about that trick because It was used on me when I was but an ignorant teenager. However, I immediately suspected one of my no-good friends and so checked around the car.