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voracitude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Let me get this straight. These absolute psychopaths want you to:
- Pay them
- To employ
- CHILDREN
- AS YOUNG AS FIVE
Are you FUCKING joking with me right now what the FUCK is this dystopian hellhole bullshit
oce@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
Employ? I might be missing some info but on this image, they only talk about learning. I am aware of some states legalizing child labor, but this could as well be nothing more than fun activity to discover how things work for kids, especially if they enjoy going there to eat, they may be curious about what happens behind the counter.
voracitude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You’re absolutely right, of course, they’d be insane to do this during opening hours for their restaurants. I overreacted.
My only defense is Chick-Fil-A’s atrocious record with regard to worker’s rights, their already hiring actual children due to multiple states legalizing child labour, my outrage at the children maimed or killed on the job at other companies, the image describing some of the basic duties of an employee, my extreme fatigue from being sick for five days and not sleeping at all last night, and the fact that it also seems like a way to glow up the experience to “get them early” so at least some of them will provide cheap exploitable labour in let’s call it 3-7 years.
oce@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
If they are already employing children then it definitely makes it creepier.
voracitude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No “if” about it: mashed.com/…/chick-fil-a-history-child-labor-viol…
All these locations were franchised, but the corporation didn’t sever ties or implement internal review processes. They didn’t even denounce violating child labour laws or endangering children. They’re awful.
Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I am pretty sure my kids would love this, and 35 dollar for a 3day camp is a bargain.
kungen@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
3 days? It’s only 3 hours, just that you choose which day you want.
Jivebunny@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Uhhh, isn’t it just 3 possible days where you choose from? And pay them $35 for 3 hours to do this shit? It’s not a camp at all it seems. Or I’m missing something.
voracitude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Congratulations on feeding a demonstrably terrible company, and being proud of it just to be contrarian. I’m sure you’re kids will have a blast though - and I do mean that sincerely, I hope they enjoy it if you send them. I also sincerely hope they don’t get hurt.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not that it’s better, but it’s not new
I did something similar as a kid in the 90’s at a papa johns
voracitude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Christ. You’re right that it’s not better. Work experience I can get behind, apprenticeship I can get behind, but this is so blatantly exploitative and dangerous the only thing that surprises me more is that parents are dumb enough to fall for it.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, just wanted to make sure people knew this wasn’t some new thing. It’s been going on since at least the 90’s, and I’d bet if you found someone older, they’d say it’s been going on longer
OsaErisXero@kbin.run 3 weeks ago
Sure, but also I bet my kids would have a blast doing that for a morning.
Lowpast@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Define exploitative? As a person that had led these events (not organized them), work basically halts during these events. You are literally showing children how to operate machines. It’s a show for the parents. The kids are not being exploited anymore than if you took them to a ranch and they brushed a horse. The children are not improving operations or efficiency. Bu all definitions, they make work worse.
slickgoat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
With respect, and I mean it. There is a world of difference between a kid brushing a horse and a training camp for a fast food joint. I mean, really?
Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The flyer actually says they’re going to train literal children how to work at Chick-fil-A.
There’s not much room for interpretation there.
Serinus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They’re training kids to be future workers.
RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I mean, the kids aren’t capable of doing actual work that would actually be profitable for the company. They’re going to slow the entire restaurant way down and probably break things. Honestly this sounds like a bad idea for the restaurant. Imagine the pure fucking chaos if all 30 kids are five years old.
voracitude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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. You’re bang-on right that there is no way in fuck this is a good idea.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
There’s a cynical humor in imagining some poor fast food employees trying to be like “Okay settle down, children, we’re gonna show yo–Hey put that down, okay quiet down now PLEASE!” , trying not to lose their minds to a bunch of sugared-up “Braedens” and “McKeinLeighs” who are unaccustomed to listening to anybody that’s not living in their iPads. 😂
Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Like the absolute only reason I’d be a tiny bit okay with this (and that’s still insanely iffy) is if the parents were also going to be doing it with the kids as kind of a bonding experience or something, but even then…
slickgoat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Want to bond with your kid, take them to the park, not some corporate hellscape.