[jude24]

She does raise a valid point about the lack of hours. There are a lot of places that will hire people, promising 30-40 hrs. a week, but will only give 15-25. They expect you to be availible whenever they want you, but have you work a floating schedule.

It sucks working for minimum wage under such conditions. I've done it.

[commonguymd]

You get the hours if you don’t suck, but most of the time you try to keep them from full time. Virginia is one of those states where you don’t have a right to work and a guarantee so to speak. One could be hired and fired at will for the most part but exposure to unemployment must always be kept in check. You don’t reward the rotten whiny workers with more hours. Cut it back so they quit and bother someone else.

[KosmicKitty]

It sucks working for minimum wage under such conditions. I've done it.

Yep, it sure does. That's why most of us do what ever we have to to better ourselves so we can rise above minimum wage.

That being said, why should idiot high school and college kids expect anything else. No experience, very little education, and most with an attitude. I've been on the manager side, and, believe me, that can suck too. :-)

My best friend won a "Silver Spatula" award from McDonalds when he worked there right after college almost 30 years ago. He's now in charge of medical record coding at one of the top 15 hospitals in the country. He keeps the award on the wall in his office to (1) remind him of how far he's come, and (2) to remind him that he never wants to go back there.