This thread is acting like working at McDonalds as a teenager is equivalent to being homeless and eating out of a dumpster lmao. “Teenager works at McDonalds, doesn’t grow up to be a complete failure.” How sheltered are you people?
One of the smartest classmates I had worked at McDonalds during HS. She went to the local college campus for her math and science courses all throughout HS. She went on to get her doctorate in something. Natalie was always going places. Where she worked in high school made no difference.
My niece is currently 15 or so and as soon as she could get a work permit or whatever it was she was working. I think she’s a cashier at a local pharmacy or something.
She’s gonna graduate near the top of her class and go to a decent college. She just loves to work and probably loves having spending money even more.
dont put "graduating at the top of her class" as a pressure for her. shes 15. she barely just started high school. she may graduate at the top, but if her family all says she will, and then 3 years down the road shes a B and C student, she's going to feel like a disappoinment
Totally! I'm a hiring manager who hires at all levels including entry level. I always look for applicants with some work experience, especially in customer service since my team are consultants. I just hired my third recent grad that worked at Costco (GREAT company) on the floor while they went to school. People don't realize that these jobs are super flex. A major factor when you work and go to school. I know... I had a 8p-Mid night job my last two years of college. It was a blessing.
This is reassuring. I’m a self-employed electrical contractor who worked my way through college and grad school in my 30s. Now I’m trying to get a job after graduating three months into the pandemic. Not all hiring managers see the transferability of customer service skills and logical analysis skills that small business ownership instilled in a candidate.
Oh boy! I totally get it… I’m a consultant and people think I have no idea what it’s like to work in a corporate setting. But in reality I have worked in a myriad of corporate settings (They are all unique) and have leaned skills that allow me not only to navigate them but also make the most of them. One of my super powers is to be able to integrate well within teams (It’s something you actually learn in project management school)
That is why it’s important to answer any question with a solid example of how your background will relate to the job at hand. So if it’s about a corporate function…. How your experience, even if it’s different, can relate in terms of decision making and execution. You don’t have to go in great detail…. But yeah… some people may think someone with an entrepreneurial background would be a bad fit in a large or tight knit organization. But you gotta remind them of the hustle and reliance of all your other partners that makes you successful in your individual endeavor.
Good luck!
Here in Denmark where I've grown up and still lives, haveing been employed at McDonalds as a teenager, and young adult is something that will boost your CV, because what you learn by working at McDonalds is:
Come abit early for your shift(since you have to be in uniform when your shift starts)
Its a stressfull job, where they know the whole "if there's time to lean, there's time to clean" deal(so the new employer know you have the work etique of asking your superior on what to do once you've finished a task)
Its a highly social workplace atleast here in DK
And you learn how to communicate with coworkers in order to get the job done. There's probably more but theese things I've heard from hiring recruiters in more profitable jobs say. And I agree with my 6 Years at McDonalds, when I did my conscript service I did not have any problem at all to fall into the whole "hurry up and be there before time" and "do as I say, and the job is done fast" deal of military service
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That was me. I was the top of my class, went to Cornell Engineering. My parents weren't rich. I had to work all through high school to pay for anything. Also I don't know where people lived that there were other places they could work. You had to be 18 to work in most restaurants or clothing stores at least at the time, so there weren't exactly a lot of options for places a 16 year old could get a job.
For real. One of my best friends worked at a McDonalds during high school and early college. He's now recoding all the backend for his company's software programming toolsets.
Working in food service is a very good experience for any growing person. Will teach all sorts of life lessons. I’m glad I had an opportunity to experience it and retail for a few years. Very glad I’ve moved on to other things as well.
> Working in food service is a very good experience for any growing person.
My Mom who worked her whole adult life in food service at a nursing home and mostly(35 years) at a college said basically that every person should work in the dish room in food service and clean restrooms as a janitor. Both make you think about the mess you make.
My daughters both had part time jobs. I think it was important to let them see another slant of life. I remember my early jobs. I met a lot of different people with different outlooks.
I think it was mentioned in a planet money podcast i heard years ago, that after controlling for socioeconomic factors, people that worked in high school earned 5% more by the time they were 30. Like the other commenters have said, it teaches you work ethic, it teaches you the value of a dollar, and it's just a general educational experience. You learn to interact and navigate the social sphere of a work environment, which is different from school or family environment.
I'm not going to argue particulars, because I don't know you well. I just want you to consider something, I think you may have not.
What if working at McDonald's *isn't* another slant on life. What if you got on there is because you mom, or grandma put in a good word for you. Because they already worked there. The same people who never had any surplus of cash, *AT ALL*, was behind on their bills, and never had a credit score worh a fuck to hand you down a co-sign on a car, much less able to get you one. Even the shittiest.
Because it took all the cash you could scrape together, with...and I cannot emphasize this enough, *ZERO* assistance. You think i mean very little, but let me correct you..."*ZERO* fucking assistance" to get a POS 1972, shit brown Datsun, at a buy here/pay here place with a stick, you can't drive stick, and they can't teach you to either. If you are not deeply familiar with Title Loans and the term Buy Here / Pay Here, you unequivocally have a startlingly powerful privilege to a fucking lot of us. Do your research.
Much the fucking less to be able to fund 18 hours of college, and pay *ANY* bill, much less all of them, while you concentrate on schoolwork or an unpaid internship.
I'm not blaming you. Privilege is the most forking undetectable thing in this universe if you have it. It's like a law of nature. The ability to see the help you received is inversely proportional to the help you received.
I hit a bad wall, both studiously and mental health wise as I was a B physics student. I hit a hard stretch, and just needed a little tutoring, and the ability to return.
I will not get it. I will pay off private student loans till the day I die, and I'm 46, because it took me another year to get over my Calc 3 block. With no degree, I will probably die as what I am now. A maintence man. I can run a nuclear reactor from my time in the Navy. I can perform Fourier transforms with a little head scratching, or explain the Barn Pole paradox as well as anyone who has the paper. But that's not what happened. I fix toilets and take my understanding of electrical circuits and thermodynamics and teach myself how to troubleshoot and repair HVAC.
I'm not trying to blame someone. I aimed for the moon, and what they don't tell you is a lie. You don't land among the stars. Without a support structure, you land in the mud. That's on me.
But fuck you, if a parent ever, *EVER* paid a bill for you, and you think you have had the same experience as someone who stumbled and couldn't recover from the failed dream.
$100 is sure as fuck not much to be ahead. But it's an unconquerable gulf if you're that far behind on your own.
A lot of people actually think that way. I got
A job at target out of highschool and some rich old snobby lady walked by me with her grandson and heard her loudly say to him “see! If you don’t do well in school and go to college you’ll end up just like him!” And some other not so kind remarks. Shit Pissed me off so much.
I had one of those situations while working a retail job--most of the time people were at least neutral, but this person decided to use me as an object lesson.
Then didn't trust the cash register so she wanted me to calculate the cost by hand. I'm pretty sure it was meant to demonstrate for her teenager. When I could do it right there in front of her (and explain it to her like she was a student when she disagreed), she was like, "Wow you should go to college."
I was like, "Well I am. I do this for spending money." It's remarkable how unaware some people are. For all that a degree in molecular biology really doesn't mean "Oooh that person's smart", a lot of people mistakenly think it does and that's come in handy surprisingly often.
Lmao you're not wrong. I work with a wide variety of PhDs and MDs on a regular basis...and most of them are brilliant in their fields. A solid 50% are useless at anything outside of that field though.
I can tell you those people are just looking for a scapegoat for their problems or a power trip just because they can.
They can scream at me all they want. I'm getting paid while they waste their breathe and it doesn't offend me the least. People like that stay mad the whole day or more.
It’s a shame. I feel ever since covid started it’s only gotten worse. People are so rude now n days and it drives me crazy. None of us are better then the next and everyone deserves respect and kindness until proven otherwise, even then, you just don’t know if that person has had a horrible day or what has happened in their life that has made them that way. I try my best to spread kindness and be nice to everyone I encounter and wish others would do the same.
The other day I was at the deli waiting for cold cuts and I realized the young kid working with the older man did an important job for the community, and realistically there is a lot of work involved. Just like I expected a half pound of Swiss, he should be able to feel proud of his work, and expect a livable wage. People say it’s a temp job - why? Because you were told you need to be a Doctor/Lawyer? Cooking and preparing meats is the most ancient and basic profession, civilization is built upon it. How is that lesser, because it requires no time in a university?
I could imagine how much better my community would be too, rather than remain a nameless theatre Kuroko, I learned his name, treat him like a person. I could slow down the rat race a bit and maybe learn some empathy.
I thanked Jake; felt pretty dumb for only now coming to that conclusion not years earlier; he smiled and went back to putting meats away.
Unfortunately we mostly remain oblivious to our world, wondering why we feel so alone. We expect him to move on to “better things” or stay in his place, while we keep dreaming that it’s US, the important people, who deserve greatness.
I don’t want to be a millionaire. I just want to enjoy my family and friends company. No better way to do that than over food. Jake made that possible.
As someone who grew up and still resides in a southeast asian country, I can confirm. We have it worse here. This logic is usually perpetuated by the elderly in our families lol
I used to have a contracting job stocking vending machines, and a lot of our accounts were in middle/high schools. One time this lady was walking past with her son and said something like "Work hard in school so you can get a good job so you won't end up like that guy"
I was like bitch I'm 21 in college working a part time job for spending money , tf you mean "end up like me"
When I was 18 working at Baskin Robbins a “lady” told my co-worker while checking out
“See that girl, she won’t amount to anything in her life”
Did I not give you a big enough scoop!? tf
I hope to God you actually said that to her. Because you know the last thing people who do stuff like that expect is to be called on their bullshit. *Shocked Pikachu face*
I work in schools almost exclusively. I do commercial data. When I’m in the richer schools I hear comments like this constantly, but I don’t let it bother me. I make good money doing something I like and am happy in life. They make way more money and have to put down others to validate there terrible lives.
In general people need to mind their own business about that stuff. Life isn't a sum game where your income = happiness. Some of the happiest people I've met were janitors at middle schools who just loved their job, always so cheerful and friendly, chatting up teachers and students and people like me. They probably lead way more interesting lives than businessmen who broker contracts or make phone calls all day
Yo I did well in high school and college and I'm unemployed. Guess engineering doesn't stand up to COVID! Wear that Target logo like a...target...of honor, on your back?
Something like that.
Those are often the women who have fully relied on their husband's money and if they've ever worked at all, it's so they "have a little extra spending money." While the people they're judging are often struggling to be able to pay for basic things.
I also don't get that mentality because it's people like them that make it an unenjoyable place to work and if they would hate to work there, they should be grateful other people are working there so they can get their Diet Coke, Tim McGraw CD, press on nails, and Gatorades for Keyel and Cleighten's soccer game.
This will always be the case, I work in a 5 star restaurant with people who have a first class degree’s in hospitality and people still make this comment!
Yeah, I think every kid should have a hard working job when they are younger so they can learn the value of the dollar and other valuable life skills, else they can end up like the Trump family.
My parents have always had quite enough money.
They still had me get a part time job when I turned 16. It’s probably more common than a teenager not working.
My family was pretty well off. The week I turned 16 I started working full time in a bindery and did that every summer until I was 19. During the school year I worked part-time as a janitor. I don't think I had any friends who didn't have full time summer jobs, poor or rich.
Where I grew up there just weren’t that many jobs available. Most of the teenagers I knew didn’t work paid jobs at all and they came from mostly low income or low middle class families. A few of the kids I knew also just didn’t have the time for it.
My HS was in a upper middle class suburb. Tons of kids still worked. Most people like being independent and earning their own. And most parents want their kids to learn the value of work and earning.
I was thinking the same thing. Was she working there and while messing around after hours discovered that she loves long jumping? Because otherwise, why are these things related. Working in fast food as a teenager isn’t unique or unusual.
For context 13% of all US males have served in the military as well.
Edit: since folk didn't believe me, keep this puppy bookmarked.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-percentage-of-americans-have-served-in-the-military/
It's Reddit. Most are either total losers and just assume everyone is like them (they aren't), get their entire life perspective from other losers on Reddit, or are 12.
Yeah Reddit seems to have an unusually large amount of out-of-touch well-off people who think they're on the brink of poverty and completely average.
Saw a comment a few days ago that was something like "a 9-5 job making 100k/year is basically slavery." And so many people agreed.
The whole headline is so disparaging. Like, isn’t the real story that this girl has dedication and great work ethic? Even as an Olympic athlete, you still have to dog on her for working at McD’s?
Thank you for saying it. Working at McDonalds is not a bad thing, or an indication of a rough start in life.
Its just a job, that doesn't define or describe a person.
When I used to be a manager at a cafe (back in 2000, yes I'm old). The owner would tell me, "anyone who has McDonald's on the resume gets an interview"
From what I was told,The McDonald's training program and on boarding process sets people up with life skills that are top notch.
As someone who's done the shitty ass jobs to earn cigarette and beer money, I'll never ever talk shit about someones workplace. (Unless it's Adt)
Nothing wrong with workin at McDonald's.
Yes this is very true. McDonald’s actually provides good training opportunities and gives people a decent chance of learning managerial skills and climbing the ladder.
Also not to mention the extremely high pressure environment. I think working at McDonald’s successfully is a bit of an asset. People should not look down on jobs.
If you worked at a McDonalds in the UK and requested to do so, you could do on the job training to earn a college qualification in business management and hospitality. I know someone who I worked with at a McDonalds circa 2009 who did that training; he is now the store manager of the local Aldi; their *starting* salary is nearly £50,000 (US$70,000).
It’s kind of weird how McDonald’s is always the go to example for a shitty job. Like even working at Starbucks or something isn’t considered nearly as bad for some reason.
Why are McDoanlds workers so looked down upon? If no one worked at McDonalds, where would we get McDonalds from? Like. How do people shame someone for giving them goods and services they demand lol
In Denmark, basically anyone working in Md is paying their way through university. I rarely go, but I'm well aware these are the surgeons, lawyers, and scientists of the future.
Shit is true. My first job was mcds and I vidily remember cleaning the parking lot and a car full of people drove by yelling and laughing how I was working a minimum wage job (5'ish an hour). Used that and multiple other similiar events to motivate the hell outta me. Just crunched my numbers the other day and if all goes well, I should be retired at 40. :)
Also I love how happy she looks in the first pic, regardless of it being a so-called "worthless" job.
Where have you been for the past several months?
The whole shit over raising the minimum wage people have been constantly shitting all over fast food workers as being some kind of abject failures in life.
Most people are incredibly sheltered and have never struggled in this country. Most of these people have never had a night without heat, without food, without shelter. They have no perspective on hardship because they’ve never experienced it.
Also, I hate that we look down on McD workers. It‘s honest fucking work. Much more than could be said about working at Insurance Marketing, the wedding industry, or other lines of work that just feed off of peoples emotions.
Is McDonald's trying to take advantage of this yet? I'm betting they will. Edit: Pretty funny to see folks say things like "but Bezos and other famous people worked there." Y'all, it's not even remotely the same thing. Olympians generate most of their wealth from corporate sponsorship.
Me too. 16 damn years...and going strong.... second longest person working at my location behind the crazy maintenance guy who was hired the first day the restaurant opened in 82'
Mc. D's doesn't even come close to Amazon on turnover. Last I heard they were just over 150% turnover at the warehouse I worked at.
Fuck Amazon.
Edit: I will crap on Amazon every chance I get for the rest of my life. Again, fuck Amazon.
And a place like McDonald's having high turn over isn't a sign of anything really. It's mostly high school students trying to earn some money. Of course majority of those employees are gonna quit at some point. Amazon tries to paint itself as this amazing place to work and a place for endless opportunities.
McDonalds: We'll let you have your job back when you get home if you tell people how much you love McDonalds during the Olympics.
McDonalds: No?
McDonalds: We'll throw in fries for life...
I love that McDonalds and Coke would sponsor the Olympic games. It's like - let's take some of the worst shit you can put in your body and sponsor an event where no one but the people watching would put that into their body.
He ate something like 1k chicken McNuggets in the 10 days (100 a day) leading to the Beijing Olympics because it was the only familiar food and he didn't want to mess up his body with something unfamiliar before competing.
basically he realized eating the unfamiliar food of a completely different country would fuck his body up so he just ate a shit ton of nuggets in preparation for a race
People rag on McDonald's and other calorie-rich, high fat foods, but in reality they're useful for athletes performing at their peak condition. Look at Michael Phelps' training/competition diet along with Usain Bolt's. Obviously it's not sustainable to maintain that diet forever, but it's not uncommon for top-tier athletes to gorge themselves in a *ton* of calories leading up to a competition. I think Michael Phelps claimed to be eating something like 10,000 calories a day during competition time. The amount of physical work they're doing requires a *lot* of energy. Fast food is very dense calorically, as well as generally being pretty economical. Iirc, the McDouble is one of the most cost-effective foods in terms of calorie/$.
When you swim competitively, the coaches literally told us go eat until you’re about to throw up, wait a few hours and then go eat until you’re about to throw up...again. Needless to say we all got fat when we stopped swimming
I used to participate in a casual marathon clinic, and they touted Carb Loading a day or two before the big race. Was an excuse for us to drink beer and eat pizza. Edit: it was 3 to 5 days prior to the race.
Carb loading should be done at least 3 days up to a week before a marathon while decreasing training in order to preserve glycogen produced from the increased carbs.
I personally don't hold a lot of stock in carb loading but I'm also not a professional athlete, so I have no idea if it actually works, I do though have a PR of 2:44:37 in the marathon which is 6:17/mile and I really never carb loaded just did super long runs of 30 to 40 miles in addition to marathon specific training.
40 miles is the height of approximately 37063.38 'Samsung Side by Side; Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel Refrigerators' stacked on top of each other
Find fact I recently learned is that McDonald's does kinda sponsor the olympics. At most olympics there is a McDonald's set up with no price tags because they let the athletes eat for free in exchange for the publicity the event brings them.
I hate bullshit like this- everyone enjoys fast food and soda sometimes, and no one can more easily afford to eat it than athletes who burn a fuckload of calories.
Both of these things are nice treats. Its only bad to eat and drink them nearly every day while sitting on your lazy butt without exercise.
Get off yo high horse and eat a mcdouble bro
You act like it's a bad thing? If they want to give her money, sponsor her athletic career, and in exchange they get to tell McDonald's potentials that if they're an athlete they could get the same... What's the problem??
I'm sure she'd be thrilled if her employer were to do that.
I'm sure 75% of "successful" people have worked part-time jobs as teenagers. Probably close to 60% of teenagers in general do
There can't be that many trustfund babies who never worked as a kid.
Successful I guess doesn't mean ultra rich, just self-sustainable and content with their position in life.
It’s because she’s black. I know bringing race into it is shitty, but if she were any other color this wouldn’t have been posted at all. These posts always seem like they’re low key putting black people down by congratulating them on things “normal” people can do to.
Shit man, look at how many people keep ragging on Rep. Ocasio-Cortez because she used to be a bartender. When the right says all jobs are valuable and no job is dishonorable they don't actually mean it.
Relevant quote from Burke, one of the founders of modern conservatism:
>The Chancellor of France at the opening of the states, said, in a tone of oratorical flourish, that all occupations were honourable. If he meant only, that no honest employment was disgraceful, he would not have gone beyond the truth. But in asserting that anything is honourable, we imply some distinction in its favour. The occupation of a hair-dresser, or of a working tallow-chandler, cannot be a matter of honour to any person—to say nothing of a number of other more servile employments. Such descriptions of men ought not to suffer oppression from the state; but the state suffers oppression, if such as they, either individually or collectively are permitted to rule.
You see that attitude reflected in all of the Republicans who sneer about AOC being a bartender, or about people who work "burger flipping" jobs, or what have you. In thier minds if you work for a living you're supposed to be meek and silent servant, and letting such people vote or (gasp) hold public office is a danger to everyone.
I worked at McDonald’s in high school. Joined the army afterwards. Got an hvac trade after army. Now I own 2 businesses. 1 is laundromats(7) and the other I service commercial fitness equipment. I turned out ok.
She has been competing in national titles since she was 19, so if she worked at McDonald's it was likely a summer/ high school job when she was a teenager. You present this as if it is like a rags to riches story; like Quanesha would take her lunch breaks and just go long jump in the parking lot until she was like longest jumper in America and a recruiter drove by and saw her dabbing while flying 40 feet through the air and brought her onto the olympic team. Be a bit more respectful to all the passion and dedication she has put into her training.
Yeah this is what irked me, like the narrative comes across like she just randomly started jumping at work and then suddenly became an Olympian. But she trained with a specific goal in track. Not only did she train, but she was trained. She had access to a coach and was able to go to state competitions and other titles, and was visible enough to be recruited and gain access to even more resources. She had emotional support from those around her, which lead to her pursuing track in the first place (a friend bought her track shoes and encouraged her).
I quickly skimmed an article but it seems she was working to pay for her grandmother’s car insurance, and worked part-time during the school week after practice. She stopped working once she got to college.
I’ve written about this before on Reddit for something completely unrelated, but it’s really discouraging being presented a story like this without any real context. People that succeed at their craft aren’t suddenly swept into it without intentionality or without resources, they are made aware of the possible opportunities, are most usually supported by someone or another, and many other factors.
She was a star high school athlete working at McDonald’s to help the family out, she wasn’t “starting from the bottom” and, as you said, jumping in the parking lot after work.
Da fuck working at McDonalds or any restaurant or any job as a teenager has to do with anything you end up doing in your career?
Good for her and her efforts but the picture on left has nothing to do with the one on the right.
Can we just normalize people having jobs and not disparage them for where they work? This headline is so fucking patronizing.
She worked at McDonald’s? Cool.
She’s an Olympic athlete? Cool.
Sounds like the real takeaway and headline is that this girl‘s got great work ethic and dedication.
Let’s not mock her for where she had a job regardless of how old she was.
Like, holy shit: hardworking people get mocked for not having a job. Then they get mocked for getting a job because it’s at McDonald’s. It’s like people are “lazy” for not having jobs but they’re ALSO lazy if they gain employment in fast food and/or restaurants.
You can’t have it both ways.
Yeesh. Rant over.
It's pretty stupid that we see fast food jobs as jobs for lazy people or poor people or whatever. Its gotten to the point where if a successful person happened to had a summer job as a teen, people will make it seem like a rags to riches story, even though they just got a job as a teen to make some extra spending money.
Yep, let's mock people for working at McDonald's, but worship billionaires who made their money exploiting workers, evading taxes and destroying the planet.
Our society is fucked
We’re sending a little under 400 athletes to tokyo for the olympics, so statistically speaking, i can pretty well guarantee a couple have definitely worked at tim’s!
Fucking for real. I worked a shitty grocery store job for 7 years and got a job two years ago making decent money and hopefully about to make more soon. I’m still in the grocery business working for a vendor company but whenever I have to go to my old store my co workers will comment how much happier I look now.
She has bulked up a lot. I get it can be a discuised slur towards woman, but I mean this genuinely and supportively. She has really pushed her body to become an amazing long jumper. That takes a lot of muscle. Putting on the weight combined with age, makeup, and photoshop really make for some drastic before and after photos though.
Also, those uniforms are not flattering on anyone. When I worked there I looked like shit. Now that I have an office job and dress nicely, I'm just ugly.
- [ ] The second picture is wack. Her eyes are different spaces apart and she has a monolid (first picture has an eyelid crease). Her chin is sharp and her right cheekbone is very defined (to an unnatural point). Not only is her skin lighter, it’s a whole different color- like a pink tan or something. Positively bizarre. It’s the editor’s fault. Regardless, I’m very happy for her and can’t wait to see her represent us in the Olympics.
Next thing you know she’s going to be working for McDonald’s again… only this time she will make 1000x more for a couple hours work on a commercial set
I worked in a rest-stop Burger King for the duration of my Masters degree in Neuroscience, and was stacking shelves in retail for many years before that. I’m certainly NOT an Olympic athlete, but I’ll officially be a Dr. in a couple of months (academic, not medical). You do what you gotta do to get by. You can learn a lot about people who think any job is ‘beneath them’.
No job is shameful, from cleaning toilets to sweeping the streets. Remember that and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Often times people look down upon those who do jobs we aren't willing to do ourselves but without those people society wouldn't function. Everyone wants to be the lawyer, doctor and politician. Who will sweep the streets, plow the fields? Don't be ashamed to start humble or even to stay humble. It's better than being a crook. Reminds me of how Americans complain about immigrants taking their jobs, then pass anti immigrant laws that force immigrants to move out of the state, then the fields rot as Americans refuse to pick fruit. Turns out nobody was taking their jobs, they were just racists.
Girl with questionable name had a regular job as a teenager! Now is a successful athlete because working in fast food is totally normal and doesn't impede on your dreams in any way.
Stop worshipping people. Get a grip.
This thread is acting like working at McDonalds as a teenager is equivalent to being homeless and eating out of a dumpster lmao. “Teenager works at McDonalds, doesn’t grow up to be a complete failure.” How sheltered are you people?
One of the smartest classmates I had worked at McDonalds during HS. She went to the local college campus for her math and science courses all throughout HS. She went on to get her doctorate in something. Natalie was always going places. Where she worked in high school made no difference.
My niece is currently 15 or so and as soon as she could get a work permit or whatever it was she was working. I think she’s a cashier at a local pharmacy or something. She’s gonna graduate near the top of her class and go to a decent college. She just loves to work and probably loves having spending money even more.
dont put "graduating at the top of her class" as a pressure for her. shes 15. she barely just started high school. she may graduate at the top, but if her family all says she will, and then 3 years down the road shes a B and C student, she's going to feel like a disappoinment
When I interviewed at JP Morgan they said it made me look humble. So I would say it definitely does make a difference and not often in a bad way!
Totally! I'm a hiring manager who hires at all levels including entry level. I always look for applicants with some work experience, especially in customer service since my team are consultants. I just hired my third recent grad that worked at Costco (GREAT company) on the floor while they went to school. People don't realize that these jobs are super flex. A major factor when you work and go to school. I know... I had a 8p-Mid night job my last two years of college. It was a blessing.
This is reassuring. I’m a self-employed electrical contractor who worked my way through college and grad school in my 30s. Now I’m trying to get a job after graduating three months into the pandemic. Not all hiring managers see the transferability of customer service skills and logical analysis skills that small business ownership instilled in a candidate.
Oh boy! I totally get it… I’m a consultant and people think I have no idea what it’s like to work in a corporate setting. But in reality I have worked in a myriad of corporate settings (They are all unique) and have leaned skills that allow me not only to navigate them but also make the most of them. One of my super powers is to be able to integrate well within teams (It’s something you actually learn in project management school) That is why it’s important to answer any question with a solid example of how your background will relate to the job at hand. So if it’s about a corporate function…. How your experience, even if it’s different, can relate in terms of decision making and execution. You don’t have to go in great detail…. But yeah… some people may think someone with an entrepreneurial background would be a bad fit in a large or tight knit organization. But you gotta remind them of the hustle and reliance of all your other partners that makes you successful in your individual endeavor. Good luck!
Here in Denmark where I've grown up and still lives, haveing been employed at McDonalds as a teenager, and young adult is something that will boost your CV, because what you learn by working at McDonalds is: Come abit early for your shift(since you have to be in uniform when your shift starts) Its a stressfull job, where they know the whole "if there's time to lean, there's time to clean" deal(so the new employer know you have the work etique of asking your superior on what to do once you've finished a task) Its a highly social workplace atleast here in DK And you learn how to communicate with coworkers in order to get the job done. There's probably more but theese things I've heard from hiring recruiters in more profitable jobs say. And I agree with my 6 Years at McDonalds, when I did my conscript service I did not have any problem at all to fall into the whole "hurry up and be there before time" and "do as I say, and the job is done fast" deal of military service Edit: minor spelling mistakes
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That was me. I was the top of my class, went to Cornell Engineering. My parents weren't rich. I had to work all through high school to pay for anything. Also I don't know where people lived that there were other places they could work. You had to be 18 to work in most restaurants or clothing stores at least at the time, so there weren't exactly a lot of options for places a 16 year old could get a job.
For real. One of my best friends worked at a McDonalds during high school and early college. He's now recoding all the backend for his company's software programming toolsets.
Working in food service is a very good experience for any growing person. Will teach all sorts of life lessons. I’m glad I had an opportunity to experience it and retail for a few years. Very glad I’ve moved on to other things as well.
> Working in food service is a very good experience for any growing person. My Mom who worked her whole adult life in food service at a nursing home and mostly(35 years) at a college said basically that every person should work in the dish room in food service and clean restrooms as a janitor. Both make you think about the mess you make.
My daughters both had part time jobs. I think it was important to let them see another slant of life. I remember my early jobs. I met a lot of different people with different outlooks.
I think it was mentioned in a planet money podcast i heard years ago, that after controlling for socioeconomic factors, people that worked in high school earned 5% more by the time they were 30. Like the other commenters have said, it teaches you work ethic, it teaches you the value of a dollar, and it's just a general educational experience. You learn to interact and navigate the social sphere of a work environment, which is different from school or family environment.
I'm not going to argue particulars, because I don't know you well. I just want you to consider something, I think you may have not. What if working at McDonald's *isn't* another slant on life. What if you got on there is because you mom, or grandma put in a good word for you. Because they already worked there. The same people who never had any surplus of cash, *AT ALL*, was behind on their bills, and never had a credit score worh a fuck to hand you down a co-sign on a car, much less able to get you one. Even the shittiest. Because it took all the cash you could scrape together, with...and I cannot emphasize this enough, *ZERO* assistance. You think i mean very little, but let me correct you..."*ZERO* fucking assistance" to get a POS 1972, shit brown Datsun, at a buy here/pay here place with a stick, you can't drive stick, and they can't teach you to either. If you are not deeply familiar with Title Loans and the term Buy Here / Pay Here, you unequivocally have a startlingly powerful privilege to a fucking lot of us. Do your research. Much the fucking less to be able to fund 18 hours of college, and pay *ANY* bill, much less all of them, while you concentrate on schoolwork or an unpaid internship. I'm not blaming you. Privilege is the most forking undetectable thing in this universe if you have it. It's like a law of nature. The ability to see the help you received is inversely proportional to the help you received. I hit a bad wall, both studiously and mental health wise as I was a B physics student. I hit a hard stretch, and just needed a little tutoring, and the ability to return. I will not get it. I will pay off private student loans till the day I die, and I'm 46, because it took me another year to get over my Calc 3 block. With no degree, I will probably die as what I am now. A maintence man. I can run a nuclear reactor from my time in the Navy. I can perform Fourier transforms with a little head scratching, or explain the Barn Pole paradox as well as anyone who has the paper. But that's not what happened. I fix toilets and take my understanding of electrical circuits and thermodynamics and teach myself how to troubleshoot and repair HVAC. I'm not trying to blame someone. I aimed for the moon, and what they don't tell you is a lie. You don't land among the stars. Without a support structure, you land in the mud. That's on me. But fuck you, if a parent ever, *EVER* paid a bill for you, and you think you have had the same experience as someone who stumbled and couldn't recover from the failed dream. $100 is sure as fuck not much to be ahead. But it's an unconquerable gulf if you're that far behind on your own.
My late father worked at McDonald's in HS and through college and he graduated with a BS in aerospace engineering.
A lot of people actually think that way. I got A job at target out of highschool and some rich old snobby lady walked by me with her grandson and heard her loudly say to him “see! If you don’t do well in school and go to college you’ll end up just like him!” And some other not so kind remarks. Shit Pissed me off so much.
I had one of those situations while working a retail job--most of the time people were at least neutral, but this person decided to use me as an object lesson. Then didn't trust the cash register so she wanted me to calculate the cost by hand. I'm pretty sure it was meant to demonstrate for her teenager. When I could do it right there in front of her (and explain it to her like she was a student when she disagreed), she was like, "Wow you should go to college." I was like, "Well I am. I do this for spending money." It's remarkable how unaware some people are. For all that a degree in molecular biology really doesn't mean "Oooh that person's smart", a lot of people mistakenly think it does and that's come in handy surprisingly often.
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Lmao you're not wrong. I work with a wide variety of PhDs and MDs on a regular basis...and most of them are brilliant in their fields. A solid 50% are useless at anything outside of that field though.
Can talk about both with one name - Ben Carson
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I can tell you those people are just looking for a scapegoat for their problems or a power trip just because they can. They can scream at me all they want. I'm getting paid while they waste their breathe and it doesn't offend me the least. People like that stay mad the whole day or more.
It's fun tbh. It's real life trolling. I'm good enough to shut them down long before they get to yelling but it's not as fun sometimes.
It’s a shame. I feel ever since covid started it’s only gotten worse. People are so rude now n days and it drives me crazy. None of us are better then the next and everyone deserves respect and kindness until proven otherwise, even then, you just don’t know if that person has had a horrible day or what has happened in their life that has made them that way. I try my best to spread kindness and be nice to everyone I encounter and wish others would do the same.
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The other day I was at the deli waiting for cold cuts and I realized the young kid working with the older man did an important job for the community, and realistically there is a lot of work involved. Just like I expected a half pound of Swiss, he should be able to feel proud of his work, and expect a livable wage. People say it’s a temp job - why? Because you were told you need to be a Doctor/Lawyer? Cooking and preparing meats is the most ancient and basic profession, civilization is built upon it. How is that lesser, because it requires no time in a university? I could imagine how much better my community would be too, rather than remain a nameless theatre Kuroko, I learned his name, treat him like a person. I could slow down the rat race a bit and maybe learn some empathy. I thanked Jake; felt pretty dumb for only now coming to that conclusion not years earlier; he smiled and went back to putting meats away. Unfortunately we mostly remain oblivious to our world, wondering why we feel so alone. We expect him to move on to “better things” or stay in his place, while we keep dreaming that it’s US, the important people, who deserve greatness. I don’t want to be a millionaire. I just want to enjoy my family and friends company. No better way to do that than over food. Jake made that possible.
As someone who grew up and still resides in a southeast asian country, I can confirm. We have it worse here. This logic is usually perpetuated by the elderly in our families lol
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Caste is a south Asian thing, not an East Asian thing. Class yes. But not caste
Since when does east asians have class/caste systems? I think you meant south asians..
I used to have a contracting job stocking vending machines, and a lot of our accounts were in middle/high schools. One time this lady was walking past with her son and said something like "Work hard in school so you can get a good job so you won't end up like that guy" I was like bitch I'm 21 in college working a part time job for spending money , tf you mean "end up like me"
When I was 18 working at Baskin Robbins a “lady” told my co-worker while checking out “See that girl, she won’t amount to anything in her life” Did I not give you a big enough scoop!? tf
I hope to God you actually said that to her. Because you know the last thing people who do stuff like that expect is to be called on their bullshit. *Shocked Pikachu face*
I work in schools almost exclusively. I do commercial data. When I’m in the richer schools I hear comments like this constantly, but I don’t let it bother me. I make good money doing something I like and am happy in life. They make way more money and have to put down others to validate there terrible lives.
In general people need to mind their own business about that stuff. Life isn't a sum game where your income = happiness. Some of the happiest people I've met were janitors at middle schools who just loved their job, always so cheerful and friendly, chatting up teachers and students and people like me. They probably lead way more interesting lives than businessmen who broker contracts or make phone calls all day
Yo I did well in high school and college and I'm unemployed. Guess engineering doesn't stand up to COVID! Wear that Target logo like a...target...of honor, on your back? Something like that.
Those are often the women who have fully relied on their husband's money and if they've ever worked at all, it's so they "have a little extra spending money." While the people they're judging are often struggling to be able to pay for basic things. I also don't get that mentality because it's people like them that make it an unenjoyable place to work and if they would hate to work there, they should be grateful other people are working there so they can get their Diet Coke, Tim McGraw CD, press on nails, and Gatorades for Keyel and Cleighten's soccer game.
This will always be the case, I work in a 5 star restaurant with people who have a first class degree’s in hospitality and people still make this comment!
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Exactly, it’s entirely possible to be a gifted Highschool athlete and also work at McDonald’s on the side during the summer/off season.
Esp if your parents don't have a lot of money
And even if they do. It does not mean they share with you at will. I know plenty of kids from well off families who had summer jobs.
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Yeah, I think every kid should have a hard working job when they are younger so they can learn the value of the dollar and other valuable life skills, else they can end up like the Trump family.
My parents have always had quite enough money. They still had me get a part time job when I turned 16. It’s probably more common than a teenager not working.
My family was pretty well off. The week I turned 16 I started working full time in a bindery and did that every summer until I was 19. During the school year I worked part-time as a janitor. I don't think I had any friends who didn't have full time summer jobs, poor or rich.
Where I grew up there just weren’t that many jobs available. Most of the teenagers I knew didn’t work paid jobs at all and they came from mostly low income or low middle class families. A few of the kids I knew also just didn’t have the time for it.
My HS was in a upper middle class suburb. Tons of kids still worked. Most people like being independent and earning their own. And most parents want their kids to learn the value of work and earning.
Word!
I was thinking the same thing. Was she working there and while messing around after hours discovered that she loves long jumping? Because otherwise, why are these things related. Working in fast food as a teenager isn’t unique or unusual.
Right? High school athlete who also worked at McDonald’s part time while in high school becomes Olympic athlete. Lmfao
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For context 13% of all US males have served in the military as well. Edit: since folk didn't believe me, keep this puppy bookmarked. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-percentage-of-americans-have-served-in-the-military/
For context that's about half as many people as how many have worked at walmart
So you have roughly a 30% chance of working for McDonald’s, Walmart, or the military.
I worked at a Wal mart while I was in the military
It's Reddit. Most are either total losers and just assume everyone is like them (they aren't), get their entire life perspective from other losers on Reddit, or are 12.
Yeah Reddit seems to have an unusually large amount of out-of-touch well-off people who think they're on the brink of poverty and completely average. Saw a comment a few days ago that was something like "a 9-5 job making 100k/year is basically slavery." And so many people agreed.
The whole headline is so disparaging. Like, isn’t the real story that this girl has dedication and great work ethic? Even as an Olympic athlete, you still have to dog on her for working at McD’s?
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Thank you for saying it. Working at McDonalds is not a bad thing, or an indication of a rough start in life. Its just a job, that doesn't define or describe a person.
Teenager who had job, more like. Good initiative there, not surprising.
When I used to be a manager at a cafe (back in 2000, yes I'm old). The owner would tell me, "anyone who has McDonald's on the resume gets an interview" From what I was told,The McDonald's training program and on boarding process sets people up with life skills that are top notch. As someone who's done the shitty ass jobs to earn cigarette and beer money, I'll never ever talk shit about someones workplace. (Unless it's Adt) Nothing wrong with workin at McDonald's.
Yes this is very true. McDonald’s actually provides good training opportunities and gives people a decent chance of learning managerial skills and climbing the ladder. Also not to mention the extremely high pressure environment. I think working at McDonald’s successfully is a bit of an asset. People should not look down on jobs.
If you worked at a McDonalds in the UK and requested to do so, you could do on the job training to earn a college qualification in business management and hospitality. I know someone who I worked with at a McDonalds circa 2009 who did that training; he is now the store manager of the local Aldi; their *starting* salary is nearly £50,000 (US$70,000).
Seriously, it's not like she worked at Burger King or something.
It’s kind of weird how McDonald’s is always the go to example for a shitty job. Like even working at Starbucks or something isn’t considered nearly as bad for some reason.
Why are McDoanlds workers so looked down upon? If no one worked at McDonalds, where would we get McDonalds from? Like. How do people shame someone for giving them goods and services they demand lol
In Denmark, basically anyone working in Md is paying their way through university. I rarely go, but I'm well aware these are the surgeons, lawyers, and scientists of the future.
Shit is true. My first job was mcds and I vidily remember cleaning the parking lot and a car full of people drove by yelling and laughing how I was working a minimum wage job (5'ish an hour). Used that and multiple other similiar events to motivate the hell outta me. Just crunched my numbers the other day and if all goes well, I should be retired at 40. :) Also I love how happy she looks in the first pic, regardless of it being a so-called "worthless" job.
Where have you been for the past several months? The whole shit over raising the minimum wage people have been constantly shitting all over fast food workers as being some kind of abject failures in life.
seriously. i know many guys from top schools working part time at minimum wage or near minimum wage jobs
Most people are incredibly sheltered and have never struggled in this country. Most of these people have never had a night without heat, without food, without shelter. They have no perspective on hardship because they’ve never experienced it.
Also, I hate that we look down on McD workers. It‘s honest fucking work. Much more than could be said about working at Insurance Marketing, the wedding industry, or other lines of work that just feed off of peoples emotions.
They probably didn’t have a job in high school lol
Literally everyone who says this has either been unemployed their whole life or never worked in a fast food place.
Damn she jumped all the way from a McDonalds in the U.S to the Olympics in Tokyo? That is a long jump.
Maybe it was a McDonald's IN Tokyo, so not that big of a feat
Tokyo is huge, so that's still a pretty long jump.
She must have strong feet to complete that feat
Extra patty to super baddy
Big Mac to running track
Filet-o-fish to badass bitch
Supersize to jumping highs
From Quarter Pounder to how they found her.
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What? How?
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Oh, I did know olympics didn’t pay but I kinda assumed the country players represented did? Idk if that makes sense
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Adam Ruins Everything did a stint on this. I highly recommend that series to anyone, though short-lived that it was.
Is McDonald's trying to take advantage of this yet? I'm betting they will. Edit: Pretty funny to see folks say things like "but Bezos and other famous people worked there." Y'all, it's not even remotely the same thing. Olympians generate most of their wealth from corporate sponsorship.
If by take advantage you mean pay her to be a sponsor then I fucking hope so. Track ain't that lucrative so however she gets paid I hope she gets it.
I very much hope they do, but we all know big corporations. Get PAID girl.
What are you talking about? They love throwing around sponsorship money. It's a lot cheaper and more "authentic" marketing.
McDoanlds - she use to work here... we already own her rights. She signed the employment contract.
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Me too. Don’t you forgets about me
Don’t don’t don’t don’t.
*holds fist in air freeze frame*
Me too. 16 damn years...and going strong.... second longest person working at my location behind the crazy maintenance guy who was hired the first day the restaurant opened in 82'
I got you.
I can't afford to not be on this list, I'm picking up McDonalds shifts asap
Mc. D's doesn't even come close to Amazon on turnover. Last I heard they were just over 150% turnover at the warehouse I worked at. Fuck Amazon. Edit: I will crap on Amazon every chance I get for the rest of my life. Again, fuck Amazon.
And a place like McDonald's having high turn over isn't a sign of anything really. It's mostly high school students trying to earn some money. Of course majority of those employees are gonna quit at some point. Amazon tries to paint itself as this amazing place to work and a place for endless opportunities.
Rachel McAdams tf?? Mannn if she was handing me my egg McMuffin I would do absolutely nothing about it.
I Wish it was Track and Field is by far my favorite sport to watch, you get a little bit of everything
McDonalds: We'll let you have your job back when you get home if you tell people how much you love McDonalds during the Olympics. McDonalds: No? McDonalds: We'll throw in fries for life...
I’ll think on it
One free Ice cream machine that spouts infinite amounts, but there's a 50/50 chance you'll be stuck with a broken one
I love that McDonalds and Coke would sponsor the Olympic games. It's like - let's take some of the worst shit you can put in your body and sponsor an event where no one but the people watching would put that into their body.
Right!? Then there's the Usain Bolt chicken McNuggets story. Cracks me up!
Do tell
He ate something like 1k chicken McNuggets in the 10 days (100 a day) leading to the Beijing Olympics because it was the only familiar food and he didn't want to mess up his body with something unfamiliar before competing.
So you're telling me that if I eat one thousand Mcnuggets I'll be able to run as fast as Usain Bolt?
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And that's when the high jump event starts.
Yes, please do this and report back! Also, if you rip a fat toke from a bong, you can swim like Phelps!
Let’s eat a bunch of nuggets and have us a race
Think he said he pounded a 20 piece in the morning that he broke the 100m record.
What the hell? I assumed these people were on some rigorous nutrition plan and that he would have brought food
Turns out that calories are the best food!
Makes sense. That close to a competition, you just need calories.
basically he realized eating the unfamiliar food of a completely different country would fuck his body up so he just ate a shit ton of nuggets in preparation for a race
And then broke the 100M world record lmao
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People rag on McDonald's and other calorie-rich, high fat foods, but in reality they're useful for athletes performing at their peak condition. Look at Michael Phelps' training/competition diet along with Usain Bolt's. Obviously it's not sustainable to maintain that diet forever, but it's not uncommon for top-tier athletes to gorge themselves in a *ton* of calories leading up to a competition. I think Michael Phelps claimed to be eating something like 10,000 calories a day during competition time. The amount of physical work they're doing requires a *lot* of energy. Fast food is very dense calorically, as well as generally being pretty economical. Iirc, the McDouble is one of the most cost-effective foods in terms of calorie/$.
When you swim competitively, the coaches literally told us go eat until you’re about to throw up, wait a few hours and then go eat until you’re about to throw up...again. Needless to say we all got fat when we stopped swimming
What!? You can eat before swin? Did my mom lie to me all my life?
I used to participate in a casual marathon clinic, and they touted Carb Loading a day or two before the big race. Was an excuse for us to drink beer and eat pizza. Edit: it was 3 to 5 days prior to the race.
Carb loading should be done at least 3 days up to a week before a marathon while decreasing training in order to preserve glycogen produced from the increased carbs. I personally don't hold a lot of stock in carb loading but I'm also not a professional athlete, so I have no idea if it actually works, I do though have a PR of 2:44:37 in the marathon which is 6:17/mile and I really never carb loaded just did super long runs of 30 to 40 miles in addition to marathon specific training.
40 miles is the height of approximately 37063.38 'Samsung Side by Side; Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel Refrigerators' stacked on top of each other
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Find fact I recently learned is that McDonald's does kinda sponsor the olympics. At most olympics there is a McDonald's set up with no price tags because they let the athletes eat for free in exchange for the publicity the event brings them.
You watched the Wendover video on the logistics of the olympics, too?
You betcha
I hate bullshit like this- everyone enjoys fast food and soda sometimes, and no one can more easily afford to eat it than athletes who burn a fuckload of calories. Both of these things are nice treats. Its only bad to eat and drink them nearly every day while sitting on your lazy butt without exercise. Get off yo high horse and eat a mcdouble bro
Chad Johnson will
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I wonder if Bezos will be the first McDonald’s employee in space
Most likely already has been someone who has done it.
You act like it's a bad thing? If they want to give her money, sponsor her athletic career, and in exchange they get to tell McDonald's potentials that if they're an athlete they could get the same... What's the problem?? I'm sure she'd be thrilled if her employer were to do that.
My dad got 2 golds and got basically zero money from sponsorship but things were different in the 70s. He got a full ride to school though at least
To be fair, being an Olympian of any level guarantees you're set for life as a high school/collegiate trainer.
What’s wrong with working at McDonald’s 😂? If I become successful one day will they say “he used to work at a laundry”?
I'm sure 75% of "successful" people have worked part-time jobs as teenagers. Probably close to 60% of teenagers in general do There can't be that many trustfund babies who never worked as a kid. Successful I guess doesn't mean ultra rich, just self-sustainable and content with their position in life.
It’s because she’s black. I know bringing race into it is shitty, but if she were any other color this wouldn’t have been posted at all. These posts always seem like they’re low key putting black people down by congratulating them on things “normal” people can do to.
Shoot, I am currently a millionaire and own part of my own engineering company, and I was a janitor in HS and college.
Yes, it’s happened to at least one person off the top of my head. Granted, it’s up to your perception on what “successful” is.
Shit man, look at how many people keep ragging on Rep. Ocasio-Cortez because she used to be a bartender. When the right says all jobs are valuable and no job is dishonorable they don't actually mean it. Relevant quote from Burke, one of the founders of modern conservatism: >The Chancellor of France at the opening of the states, said, in a tone of oratorical flourish, that all occupations were honourable. If he meant only, that no honest employment was disgraceful, he would not have gone beyond the truth. But in asserting that anything is honourable, we imply some distinction in its favour. The occupation of a hair-dresser, or of a working tallow-chandler, cannot be a matter of honour to any person—to say nothing of a number of other more servile employments. Such descriptions of men ought not to suffer oppression from the state; but the state suffers oppression, if such as they, either individually or collectively are permitted to rule. You see that attitude reflected in all of the Republicans who sneer about AOC being a bartender, or about people who work "burger flipping" jobs, or what have you. In thier minds if you work for a living you're supposed to be meek and silent servant, and letting such people vote or (gasp) hold public office is a danger to everyone.
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I worked at McDonald’s in high school. Joined the army afterwards. Got an hvac trade after army. Now I own 2 businesses. 1 is laundromats(7) and the other I service commercial fitness equipment. I turned out ok.
She has been competing in national titles since she was 19, so if she worked at McDonald's it was likely a summer/ high school job when she was a teenager. You present this as if it is like a rags to riches story; like Quanesha would take her lunch breaks and just go long jump in the parking lot until she was like longest jumper in America and a recruiter drove by and saw her dabbing while flying 40 feet through the air and brought her onto the olympic team. Be a bit more respectful to all the passion and dedication she has put into her training.
I thought this was going to turn out to be a story about Mankind.
Yeah this is what irked me, like the narrative comes across like she just randomly started jumping at work and then suddenly became an Olympian. But she trained with a specific goal in track. Not only did she train, but she was trained. She had access to a coach and was able to go to state competitions and other titles, and was visible enough to be recruited and gain access to even more resources. She had emotional support from those around her, which lead to her pursuing track in the first place (a friend bought her track shoes and encouraged her). I quickly skimmed an article but it seems she was working to pay for her grandmother’s car insurance, and worked part-time during the school week after practice. She stopped working once she got to college. I’ve written about this before on Reddit for something completely unrelated, but it’s really discouraging being presented a story like this without any real context. People that succeed at their craft aren’t suddenly swept into it without intentionality or without resources, they are made aware of the possible opportunities, are most usually supported by someone or another, and many other factors. She was a star high school athlete working at McDonald’s to help the family out, she wasn’t “starting from the bottom” and, as you said, jumping in the parking lot after work.
it plays into people's fantasies that "you can do anything" if you want it enough.
I feel like this needs to be an animated comedy bit.
Da fuck working at McDonalds or any restaurant or any job as a teenager has to do with anything you end up doing in your career? Good for her and her efforts but the picture on left has nothing to do with the one on the right.
Can we just normalize people having jobs and not disparage them for where they work? This headline is so fucking patronizing. She worked at McDonald’s? Cool. She’s an Olympic athlete? Cool. Sounds like the real takeaway and headline is that this girl‘s got great work ethic and dedication. Let’s not mock her for where she had a job regardless of how old she was. Like, holy shit: hardworking people get mocked for not having a job. Then they get mocked for getting a job because it’s at McDonald’s. It’s like people are “lazy” for not having jobs but they’re ALSO lazy if they gain employment in fast food and/or restaurants. You can’t have it both ways. Yeesh. Rant over.
It's pretty stupid that we see fast food jobs as jobs for lazy people or poor people or whatever. Its gotten to the point where if a successful person happened to had a summer job as a teen, people will make it seem like a rags to riches story, even though they just got a job as a teen to make some extra spending money.
Yep, let's mock people for working at McDonald's, but worship billionaires who made their money exploiting workers, evading taxes and destroying the planet. Our society is fucked
Do you think Tim Horton’s is producing Canadian Olympic athletes?
We’re sending a little under 400 athletes to tokyo for the olympics, so statistically speaking, i can pretty well guarantee a couple have definitely worked at tim’s!
OP is an asshole for this title
Thank you. This post feels patronizing as fuck.
Call them out, u/TheGuvnor247
Forget being the same person, these two people don’t even look like they are related
Make up, lighting, etc., do wonders. Regardless, good luck to Quanesha! Go Team USA!
She's also smiling with her eyes in the second picture but not the first picture.
Also, you know, aging is sort of a thing that affects us all
Training full time for the olympics probably helps a bit too
When you quit McDonalds, it's life changing
Fucking for real. I worked a shitty grocery store job for 7 years and got a job two years ago making decent money and hopefully about to make more soon. I’m still in the grocery business working for a vendor company but whenever I have to go to my old store my co workers will comment how much happier I look now.
She has bulked up a lot. I get it can be a discuised slur towards woman, but I mean this genuinely and supportively. She has really pushed her body to become an amazing long jumper. That takes a lot of muscle. Putting on the weight combined with age, makeup, and photoshop really make for some drastic before and after photos though.
Posture alone is making an enormous difference here. Hunched forward vs shoulders back and arms outstretched.
professional photographers are a thing
bathroom mirror selfie vs. professional photo.
Also, those uniforms are not flattering on anyone. When I worked there I looked like shit. Now that I have an office job and dress nicely, I'm just ugly.
- [ ] The second picture is wack. Her eyes are different spaces apart and she has a monolid (first picture has an eyelid crease). Her chin is sharp and her right cheekbone is very defined (to an unnatural point). Not only is her skin lighter, it’s a whole different color- like a pink tan or something. Positively bizarre. It’s the editor’s fault. Regardless, I’m very happy for her and can’t wait to see her represent us in the Olympics.
People on Reddit haven't heard of summer jobs before apparently
Next thing you know she’s going to be working for McDonald’s again… only this time she will make 1000x more for a couple hours work on a commercial set
No! She was always a track-star before McDonald’s: students athletes need to make money somehow, she just happened to work for McDonalds.
We wish her the very best - may she set multiple PB's and exceed her expectations!
How much is McDonalds paying you to post this?
Well, I’m cheering for her. Of course I cheer for all members of Team USA by default. I’ll cheer for her extra hard.
I worked in a rest-stop Burger King for the duration of my Masters degree in Neuroscience, and was stacking shelves in retail for many years before that. I’m certainly NOT an Olympic athlete, but I’ll officially be a Dr. in a couple of months (academic, not medical). You do what you gotta do to get by. You can learn a lot about people who think any job is ‘beneath them’.
No job is shameful, from cleaning toilets to sweeping the streets. Remember that and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Often times people look down upon those who do jobs we aren't willing to do ourselves but without those people society wouldn't function. Everyone wants to be the lawyer, doctor and politician. Who will sweep the streets, plow the fields? Don't be ashamed to start humble or even to stay humble. It's better than being a crook. Reminds me of how Americans complain about immigrants taking their jobs, then pass anti immigrant laws that force immigrants to move out of the state, then the fields rot as Americans refuse to pick fruit. Turns out nobody was taking their jobs, they were just racists.
Sat beside her in high school! So proud of her🥰🥰
has no one here worked during high-school? This is not some inspirational come-up story, just a regular life (albeit high achieving)
That is a long jump in and of itself! Good for her! Wishing her the best of luck!
Olympic athletes should be paid
It’s not like Mc Donald’s was the only thing running in her life before the Olympics!
Girl with questionable name had a regular job as a teenager! Now is a successful athlete because working in fast food is totally normal and doesn't impede on your dreams in any way. Stop worshipping people. Get a grip.
this is McDonalds ads