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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I worked there for 1-2 years in high school and left a few months before Basic Training. It paid for car insurance and pocket money.
    A career can be had at 'fast food joints', if one has the right mindset. Other than that, IMO it's exactly what you used it for... pocket money. People thinking they should be able to support housing, a car, groceries and items like cable tv, internet and new clothes every month on an entry job like fast food non-management, have been fed that line of bull by those who ferment anger at those who have applied themselves and moved up the ladder.

    The monetary pool is unlimited, there is no 'piece of pie' (static pool) more flows your way when you increase your value in the employment market.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I worked there for 1-2 years in high school and left a few months before Basic Training. It paid for car insurance and pocket money.
    I worked for Winn Dixie stores at first a bag boy and ended up as stock manager then went into the Navy. This was over a four year period. Working in a grocery store wasn't my dream job by any means but it taught me two things. First how to work, i.e. show up on time, do what was required of me and a tad more, don't argue with the boss and learn the next step up the ladder. Secondly, it taught me how to get along with people. As a teenager working in a grocery store you came into contact with a wide variety of people. As Mark Twain once said they all brought a smile to my face. Some when they came in the store and some when they left!. However, they all had one thing in common, they were customers and the only reason the company had hired me and was willing to pay me. I remember the manager of the first store I worked at would ask new hires after a week who was the most important person in the store. If you did not say "The customer" that was usually your last day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Collateral Damage View Post
    A career can be had at 'fast food joints', if one has the right mindset. Other than that, IMO it's exactly what you used it for... pocket money. People thinking they should be able to support housing, a car, groceries and items like cable tv, internet and new clothes every month on an entry job like fast food non-management, have been fed that line of bull by those who ferment anger at those who have applied themselves and moved up the ladder.

    The monetary pool is unlimited, there is no 'piece of pie' (static pool) more flows your way when you increase your value in the employment market.
    If you want to stay, become a manager, then buy a franchise. Get enough of those and you will be McRich.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OLD GUY IN FLORIDA View Post
    I worked for Winn Dixie stores at first a bag boy and ended up as stock manager then went into the Navy. This was over a four year period. Working in a grocery store wasn't my dream job by any means but it taught me two things. First how to work, i.e. show up on time, do what was required of me and a tad more, don't argue with the boss and learn the next step up the ladder. Secondly, it taught me how to get along with people. As a teenager working in a grocery store you came into contact with a wide variety of people. As Mark Twain once said they all brought a smile to my face. Some when they came in the store and some when they left!. However, they all had one thing in common, they were customers and the only reason the company had hired me and was willing to pay me. I remember the manager of the first store I worked at would ask new hires after a week who was the most important person in the store. If you did not say "The customer" that was usually your last day.
    lol

    That always amazed me- doing the requirements + a tad more made you a superstar. Most focus on doing just enough to not get fired.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    If you want to stay, become a manager, then buy a franchise. Get enough of those and you will be McRich.
    Not necessarily so. Most franchisees see about a 10-12% profit, and that's before considering capital investment. Unless you have a huge multi-unit grouping, that 10-12% takes a lot of personal involvement. The frustrations of staffing, supply shortages, Franchisor requirements and general operations makes for fast burnout for some.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OLD GUY IN FLORIDA View Post
    do what was required of me and a tad more
    That's certainly a different mindset than the "quiet quitting" we have now days. Also, I notice you didn't say do what was required and a LOT more. Doing that, you can actually work yourself out of a job (like if you fulfill the contracts too fast), or you can make yourself very disliked.

    Quote Originally Posted by OLD GUY IN FLORIDA View Post
    I remember the manager of the first store I worked at would ask new hires after a week who was the most important person in the store. If you did not say "The customer" that was usually your last day.
    Ha, I bet there are a lot of managers who would not like that answer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Collateral Damage View Post
    Not necessarily so. Most franchisees see about a 10-12% profit, and that's before considering capital investment. Unless you have a huge multi-unit grouping, that 10-12% takes a lot of personal involvement. The frustrations of staffing, supply shortages, Franchisor requirements and general operations makes for fast burnout for some.
    That was just what I saw in SE Louisiana when I was invested in the McD's world.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    That was just what I saw in SE Louisiana when I was invested in the McD's world.
    Been keepin' books for an MUO for 22 years..... (not McD's)
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