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Location: Still in Portland, Oregon, for some reason
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Originally Posted by iTsLiKeAnEgG
So would the Chinese.
You think they care about us? Pfft. They are out to destroy this country. Screw 'em. You're a pretty miserable person. Nothing but a prissy little Californian with a bad attitude. I'd feel sorry for you but I've got better things to do with my time.
Exactly, I remember as a child when kids would knock on your door to shovel snow or mow your lawn? There were the paper boys. Now these kids sit home and play video games eating Dorritos. The parents give them all the money they need so why work?
Same with most college kids today. They used to have to work their way thru college....landscape, bartend, work Burger King. Now? Parents pay for everything. This is why the Mexicans took over these jobs...and they work very hard. So are American kids lazy? You bet your arse they are. I started my first job at 11 babysitting and when 14 got my first part time retail job and still babysat too till I was 16. I was never without a job until now and I hate it!
Paper routes went to adults with cars when the newspaper companies realized they could get more deliveries per hour for far less money.
and the 'Mexicans' (and just to be clear, i'm assuming you're talking about illegal immigrants) didn't take the jobs because teenagers were too lazy. they took them because they are the only jobs an uneducated and non-English-speaking person can hold. and who would an employer rather hire? a teenager who inevitably can only work so many hours a week due to child labor laws or other commitments the teenager may have, or the illegal who can work whatever crazy hours you need. ask almost ANY teenager, especially in this economy, how hard it is to get a PT job. with all the competition out there, it's darn near impossible.
Location: The Circle City. Sometimes NE of Bagdad.
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I"m glad you spoke for your self,but all kids are not lazy.
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