Seriously???
Very few workers in fast food are kids.
Some, but few HS kids.
MAYBE some kids working their way through school.
For THOSE kids, they are hard working.
For the rest, fast food isn't what I'd call hard working.
It's entry level work, with the barest of responsibility or the barest of skills required.
Fast food is a stepping stone, not a career choice, unless going the management route.
It's easy to mock a person paying $6 for a burger...IF you're making $50+k a year...and single.
But the median income per person is about $37k.
The median income per household is about $58k.
McDonalds and BK don't build play areas because they are catering to adults.
Multiply the extra costs that YOU don't have a problem with, over 2-3 more mouths to feed, and the costs increase considerably.
Spend time in a fast food joint and it doesn't take long to see the demographics that make up the customer base, and it ain't those who think nothing of $6 burgers.
If I had 2-3 mouths to feed I’d be cooking healthy meals at home.
Nope, I want *ANYONE* who has anything to do with my food to be decently paid, be able to take a paid sick day and be able to see a doctor, period.
And yes, the in-and-out workers here are kids, they deserve every cent, and ebola is too good for any cheap ass*ole who has a problem with them (or *ANYONE* who works a full day of hard labor) making enough to have a car and a place to live.
YMMV, but I’ll vote with my wallet and around here, if you pay anyone less than $15 an hour you deserve food poisoning or equivalently incompetent if not dangerous labor or service.