Thank you! The media loves to denigrate “flipping burgers” at Mcdonald’s. I worked there as a mom with young children in school during their school hours. Was promoted for working hard to assistant manager within a few years. Excellent training and good pay. Skip college, go for the min. wage job at Mcdonald’s, and shine within a few short years.
I’ve always told my kids that if you are going to work in food service, be a server. Tips bring you over minimum wage-way over on a good night. It’s changed though, since I was 16. You must have experience before you can be a server. Our oldest works at DQ-he was a shift manager before he was old enough to drive because he works very hard and is pleasant to customers even when they are difficult.
Twenty years after graduating from college I am back to waiting tables. It’s a way I can homeschool my kids and still make some money. It’s often intense and I’m sore at the end of the night but the money is good and it teaches me to “die to self” every single night. Between that and motherhood my path to sanctification must surely be accelerated;-)