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Originally Posted by tbomachines
So Larry, what do you tell the "lazy kids" who have applied to numerous minimum wage jobs as a last resort and been rejected every time for being "overqualified"?
I use "overqualified" in quotes because it is a crock of BS (and I suspect you would agree with me) but it is happening, making it VERY hard to get jobs for these folks.
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I tell them to do what I did. In the Summer borrow a lawn mower until you can get enough together to buy your own. Borrow a snow shovel and shovel snow in the Winter.
My brother as a teenager went to the corner convenience store and asked if he could sweep up for a dime. It led to clerking there, then clerking at a super market, then running the super market. Now he runs the biggest Petro Truck Stop I've ever seen. They pump so much diesel fuel that there are almost always tankers filling their underground tanks. They have a McDonalds AND a Taco fast food (I don't remember which one) under the roof. He couldn't afford college but has been more successful than the vast majority of college grads.
There is still a convenience store somewhere that needs the floor swept or the parking lot washed down. There is SOMETHING for those who don't have a yellow streak running down their back when it comes to honest work.