[JoeFromCA]

I worked for minimum wage during the '60s, except for the time I was in the Army and later in school. I worked very hard, and it sucked.

[rogue yam]

The last time I worked for minimum wage was in the late 1970s during the summer in Baton Rouge. Assembling crap in an un-airconditioned warehouse. You're darn right it sucked. At summer's end I went back to college full-time and made quite good grades while earning an engineering degree. I had no problem understanding my motivation there. Of course I was plenty motivated already. For some reason, all during the 60s and 70s when I saw those public service ads on TV that said "To get a good job, you need a good education" they just made plain good sense to me. What I've never understood is anyone who is over 21 and works for minimum wage. How can you have lived that long and not picked up some kind of skill that teenagers don't have?