[Smokin' Joe]

I don't seriously believe that fast food jobs were ever intended to be a career. They were the jobs kids took in the summer and after school, folks looking to make a little extra, and those who just had no options took to make some money, but not a career track.

It is a measure of how bad the economy is when people are trying to raise a family in such a professional position, but it may be equally a measure of the ability of large numbers of current High School (or equivalent--or not) graduates.

If burger flipping is as ambitious as today's workforce gets, we're doomed.

[itsahoot]

They were the jobs kids took in the summer and after school, folks looking to make a little extra, and those who just had no options took to make some money, but not a career track.

Actually that was true up until the country was flooded with illegals that would do do the work for the same price. Why hire a worthless kid when you can hire an adult for the same wage? Kids no longer need apply.