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A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Legal working age of 15 1/2 (in my state) plus a kid who looks young for their age - may not be the most appealing situation, bit this probably completely above board.

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

No age restrictions if family owned business, that's a federal law no state can bypass, but I doubt the owner of Culver's needs their kids to work to support the family.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm assuming it is the franchise owner's kid. Not the owner of Culver's.

[–] ora@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I mean still...

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

That's a federal law aimed at farm families from back in the day. And farm kids are still helping and working along side Grandpa and Dad. And where I live, in the middle of a forest, they also help and work along side in logging families also.

Growing up on a farm, my earliest memory in life is walking behind a tractor pulling a 'stoneboat' and picking up rocks in the fields along side my father and grandfather. I was driving a tractor pulling wagons and hay trailers by 8 years old and by 12 I was driving trucks hauling grain from the field to storage bins and unloading them. Plus getting up a 5AM to help milk cows every morning and again at 5PM. It was absolutely crucial when my Grandfather got sick with "Farmer's Lung" and couldn't work much anymore. I pretty much started running his farm at 14.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

So they should just make the legal working age 12 and the problem is solved