I agree with this in part, but even if they can’t do the literal work listed in the actual ad itself, then that just makes it dangerous. They’re going to be around hot surfaces and boiling oil and sharp kitchen implements I presume they will be kept away from hot surfaces, boiling oil, and sharp kitchen implements while the real employees do all that stuff, and that there won’t be customers in the restaurant at the time. But I’ll lay money a kid is gonna get hurt by those things anyway, because they’re as young as five and… well, anyone who’s dealt with children knows they get into everything. You’re bang-on right that there is no way in fuck this is a good idea.
Edit: I also want to clarify, I’m not aiming any hostility at you. I’m just really upset about adding yet another bead to the child labour bracelet America’s making itself.
I’d never send my kids there, for sure. Although $50 to watch and feed my kid for a whole day does sound tempting.
The increase in child labour in America does seem concerning. I’m not American so I haven’t heard too much but I did hear there are some 14 year olds packing meat? Meat processing plants are awful places to work for anyone but especially kids.
There have been several teenagers severely injured or killed working on and around dangerous industrial equipment in sawmills and meat processing facilities already, yeah, and one company alone had illegally employed over 100 kids for the night shift or illegally hired 13 year-olds (under the minimum age of 14). It’s galling and more than a little chilling, in the context of the sustained attacks on reproductive rights and access to contraception.
I agree with this in part, but even if they can’t do the literal work listed in the actual ad itself, then that just makes it dangerous.
They’re going to be around hot surfaces and boiling oil and sharp kitchen implementsI presume they will be kept away from hot surfaces, boiling oil, and sharp kitchen implements while the real employees do all that stuff, and that there won’t be customers in the restaurant at the time. But I’ll lay money a kid is gonna get hurt by those things anyway, because they’re as young as five and… well, anyone who’s dealt with children knows they get into everything. You’re bang-on right that there is no way in fuck this is a good idea.Edit: I also want to clarify, I’m not aiming any hostility at you. I’m just really upset about adding yet another bead to the child labour bracelet America’s making itself.
I’d never send my kids there, for sure. Although $50 to watch and feed my kid for a whole day does sound tempting.
The increase in child labour in America does seem concerning. I’m not American so I haven’t heard too much but I did hear there are some 14 year olds packing meat? Meat processing plants are awful places to work for anyone but especially kids.
There have been several teenagers severely injured or killed working on and around dangerous industrial equipment in sawmills and meat processing facilities already, yeah, and one company alone had illegally employed over 100 kids for the night shift or illegally hired 13 year-olds (under the minimum age of 14). It’s galling and more than a little chilling, in the context of the sustained attacks on reproductive rights and access to contraception.