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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 226861" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Honestly, I would have sworn my kid would never survive a job. She didn't last long at Mickey D's but did a great job in the retail world and she had to do some pretty nasty stuff and put up with some pretty nasty customers. Now, she's a server and has a serious love/hate relationship going with the job. Even so, she's been there over a year now. She also does some work for me. She's discovered that when she's working for me, she has to work to get paid and I am a hard taskmaster. I once told her to do something and she looked at me and said, "Who do you think you are, my boss?" I didn't say a word, just looked at her. You could see the lightbulb going off. It was so funny.</p><p> </p><p>I would say a job is a learning curve for our kids. They rarely succeed the first few times they work because they do feel they are entitled and they're really not prepared for the reality of a job. Even so, they do learn and they do frequently get the message that they have a choice -- survive on an allowance as a teen or inhale deeply and do what is required from the boss. Surprisingly, the boss choice frequently wins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 226861, member: 3626"] Honestly, I would have sworn my kid would never survive a job. She didn't last long at Mickey D's but did a great job in the retail world and she had to do some pretty nasty stuff and put up with some pretty nasty customers. Now, she's a server and has a serious love/hate relationship going with the job. Even so, she's been there over a year now. She also does some work for me. She's discovered that when she's working for me, she has to work to get paid and I am a hard taskmaster. I once told her to do something and she looked at me and said, "Who do you think you are, my boss?" I didn't say a word, just looked at her. You could see the lightbulb going off. It was so funny. I would say a job is a learning curve for our kids. They rarely succeed the first few times they work because they do feel they are entitled and they're really not prepared for the reality of a job. Even so, they do learn and they do frequently get the message that they have a choice -- survive on an allowance as a teen or inhale deeply and do what is required from the boss. Surprisingly, the boss choice frequently wins. [/QUOTE]
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