[Mr. K]

then you should have paid attention in high school and gone to college

[wiggen]

and there are jobs for all those people? college and h.s.?
you must mean all the factory jobs we sent to China,Mexico, Thailand and a host of other nations.
This is perfect for us. People wanting good jobs but instead we get lost in the pay issue as though someone working for motor vehicles is any smarter.
The comments here are a reason we can’t win national elections.

[grimalkin]

I was a little bit taken aback to see the age of these folks. I've worked fast food, but I was a teenager/young adult and also in school full time. These are low-wage jobs and they're meant as starter jobs to get you feet wet in the workforce.

Many of these folks started behind the 8-ball and things will be harder for them. They're not going to sell a burger for a price consumers will pay if they have to pay their employees 11 dollars an hour. Maybe they should work up to management. Go to school at night. Stop blowing your money and having kids like rabbits. Whatever needs to be done, but don't expect an easy ride. That's not life and you gain nothing of real value from that sort of attitude. Unless, of course, handouts and welfare are your primary goals.

[Iscool]

then you should have paid attention in high school and gone to college

That's right...Then they could have been college educated burger flippers...