i want the freedom to work in a sweatshop!! damn you unions, damn you.

A Fark Handle: i want the freedom to work in a sweatshop!! damn you unions, damn you.

While reading that article and reflecting on the reasons why we enacted child-labor laws I saw absolutely nothing in common.

Unions suck. I once had health insurance controlled by Teamsters union. Worst insurance ever. In fact, they took my money and never even actually enrolled me for 3 years when I finally needed it and tried to use it.

They're nothing but criminals.

Which way is up?

Child labor laws are definitely archaic and outdated. Good call, subby.

i recently got kicked out of a theater. for bringing my own food.
my argument did not float. that concession stand pricing is outrageous and besides, i hadn't had a good BBQ in a while.

bonus points for id'ing originator of that one

If 15-year-olds want to work 30 hours in a week, I say let 'em.

ilgallo: i recently got kicked out of a theater. for bringing my own food.
my argument did not float. that concession stand pricing is outrageous and besides, i hadn't had a good BBQ in a while.

bonus points for id'ing originator of that one

Mitch?

ilgallo: i recently got kicked out of a theater. for bringing my own food.
my argument did not float. that concession stand pricing is outrageous and besides, i hadn't had a good BBQ in a while.

bonus points for id'ing originator of that one

Steven Wright

/Or Mitch Hedberg?

$277,000? That's like 4 large cokes and a popcorn.

Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children!

Just think of all those lost wages they're not getting, or how much more corporations must pay in order to have legal, of-age employees doing actual work. Oh the shame of it all.

A Fark Handle: i want the freedom to work in a sweatshop

Yeah, having a teenager operate a *gasp* trash compactor or a car equals operating a sweatshop.

Wonders how most of them can operate a car to get to work, but it is not acceptable for said employee to operate a car once they are 'on the job'.

thinking on it, it is actually very mitch-ish. but it was steven wright.

Alright, when I was younger I worked at a grocery store and always used the trash compactor. It's not complicated for christ's sake. You throw trash in, close the door and press a button. Besides, I would have loved to have been able to work more hours, but the laws prevented it.

Oh well.

These bastards should be fined for not hiring illegal aliens, which is the accepted norm these days. Bonus: nobody even knows how many hours an illegal works, or how many fingers he loses in the trash compactor. Get on board, theater owners, and build an exploitable workforce; screw this hiring-of-American-teenagers crappola.

Children should work their asses off.
Period.

RexTalionis: operating hazardous machinery

When has a trash compactor or a farking car been deemed a hazardous machine?

Now if they were required to operate the Soylent Green Machine, I could see an issue here.

Excen: If 15-year-olds infants want to work 30 60 hours in a week, I say let 'em.

FTFY

hold on.. I am confused..

where did it say the Federal Gov't hurt the economy.

the way I see it the companies broke a law and have to pay a fine. That is not the Gov't fault. I don't care is subby disagrees with the law or I disagree with it. The fact is they broke it and have to pay up or appeal it.

If Child labor laws need to be revisited, then do so but don't break them and then say, your penalties are hurting the economy.

ilgallo: thinking on it, it is actually very mitch-ish. but it was steven wright.

How was it "mitch-ish"? It wasn't even funny.

Happy Hours: A Fark Handle: i want the freedom to work in a sweatshop!! damn you unions, damn you.

While reading that article and reflecting on the reasons why we enacted child-labor laws I saw absolutely nothing in common.

Unions suck. I once had health insurance controlled by Teamsters union. Worst insurance ever. In fact, they took my money and never even actually enrolled me for 3 years when I finally needed it and tried to use it.

They're nothing but criminals.

Which way is up?

None of this happened.

Happy Hours: ilgallo: thinking on it, it is actually very mitch-ish. but it was steven wright.

How was it "mitch-ish"? It wasn't even funny.

Because Mitch Hedberg wasn't funny?

Ah, the paper baler. Had to run that thing all the time when I was 16 - 18. One of the older employees was inside of it trying to get some cardboard out that was wedged in there. Another one of the 16 year old employees thought it would be funny to depress the safety latch and lower the compressor a bit. He got decked pretty farking quick.

Wait what? Some movie theaters have a bakery? 0_0

Happy Hours: A Fark Handle: i want the freedom to work in a sweatshop!! damn you unions, damn you.

While reading that article and reflecting on the reasons why we enacted child-labor laws I saw absolutely nothing in common.

Unions suck. I once had health insurance controlled by Teamsters union. Worst insurance ever. In fact, they took my money and never even actually enrolled me for 3 years when I finally needed it and tried to use it.

They're nothing but criminals.

Which way is up?

Opposite direction of you cement sneakers...

Electric_Banana: Ah, the paper baler. Had to run that thing all the time when I was 16 - 18. One of the older employees was inside of it trying to get some cardboard out that was wedged in there. Another one of the 16 year old employees thought it would be funny to depress the safety latch and lower the compressor a bit. He got decked pretty farking quick.

that was the only eyebrow raiser for me. Anyone who has run a cardboard baler knows how scary dangerous they are. Plus can a 16 year old even make a bale? shiat is hard.

/cleaned up after stockers at a Vons from 12-6am
//worst job ever

I thought I was reading The Onion.

Sexy Republican Girl: None of this happened.

Actually, it did and I know it's just one person's anecdote but when you go to use your insurance which is set up via the Teamster's union and find out that you're not even enrolled after paying into it for 3 years you tend to get a little pissed off and think it's a scam. And it is a scam.

Everything you need to know about unions was covered by Richard Pryor.

hicksfa2: Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children!

Just think of all those lost wages they're not getting, or how much more corporations must pay in order to have legal, of-age employees doing actual work. Oh the shame of it all.

There was a reason we have those laws remember?



To be honest, I wouldn't trust today's teens with heavy machinery too. They're too busy on their facebooks and tweetythings to worry about watching the road, let alone some heavy industrial equipment.

Anyway, these guys were amateurs. If you're going to violate child labor laws (along with a whole bunch of other laws), this is how you do it:

over 9,000 child labor law violations (new window)

Over 9000!

I worked in a movie theater in high school. I worked later than 7pm on school nights, more than 3 hours on school days, more than 18 hours per school week, and more than 40 hours when school wasn't in session. It was for (eventually, we got sold 3 times) Regal Cinemas. And I have no complaints about them. I wanted to work because otherwise I didn't have any money. Also, working in a movie theater is about the easiest job there is for a teenager. So, once again, fark you, fedgov. When we've lost the ability to tell the difference between a normal after-school job and a freaking sweatshop, we've lost our perspective as a nation. It's over for us, folks. We had a good run. I'm sure it will take a few more years for the collapse to be complete, but it's inevitable at this point.

untaken_name: When we've lost the ability to tell the difference between a normal after-school job and a freaking sweatshop, we've lost our perspective as a nation.

worth repeating.

This is not what child labor laws were enacted for.

One was where I live, made pretty big news.

/which says a lot about where I live.

A child toiling away in a sweatshop or a coal mine is a far cry from a teenager wanting a few more hours of work or using a piece of "dangerous" equipment like a trash compactor. It's a good thing farmers are exempt from this law, or my old man would still be in prison. I started in the field full time when I was nine, on an old cabless John Deere 720 with the stupid hand clutch (that actually was a pretty dangerous piece of equipment. Damn thing almost killed me at least twice before I was old enough to shave). It wasn't uncommon for me to put in 18 hour days 6-7 days a week during the summer, and I didn't even get paid (other than room, board, and everything else I ever needed being provided for me, of course). We like to complain about kids today being lazy and entitled, and then when they try to work we go all nanny-state on them. Make up your farking minds.

/end rant
//end CSB

mod3072: Damn thing almost killed me at least twice before I was old enough to shave.

Maybe that has something to do with why these laws are in place?

when i was a kid in st louis, you had to work 54 hours a week at six flags before hitting overtime. i would routinely work 70 hours weeks (what you going to do in the summer?)

now i'm sure six flags would say "well otherwise we can't afford to operate". could be true, could be not. i do know that i preferred just cooking to food to having to explain that a funnel cake can cost 5 bucks (in 1996...)

When I worked for Regal in my early 20s, the high school kids could only work until 11pm on school nights (North Carolina law). The manager, a spineless and lazy 400 pound fark, would make them stay until well past 12 most evenings because certain tasks weren't finished. I have to admit, it's pretty harsh on a kid who has to get up at 6:30 in the morning, deal with teachers all day, go to work immediately after, not get off until midnight or later, and have to do home work when they get home.

There are laws enacted for a reason, granted the hazardous stuff comes with the job and the restrictions of which are pretty stupid, but the hour restrictions are necessary.

Jobber8742: mod3072: Damn thing almost killed me at least twice before I was old enough to shave.

Maybe that has something to do with why these laws are in place?

As mod stated, these laws don't cover farms.

Jobber8742: mod3072: Damn thing almost killed me at least twice before I was old enough to shave.

Maybe that has something to do with why these laws are in place?

Except that family farms are still exempt from most child labor laws. Right or wrong, that's the way it is. I'm actually glad I grew up the way I did. I just wish my sons had the opportunity to go out and do some real work. My 12 yr.-old thinks loading the dishwasher is manual labor. I'm not saying I'd sell them to a salt mine or something, but building a few miles of fence during the summer instead of playing video games all day wouldn't hurt him a bit.

Jobber8742: mod3072: Damn thing almost killed me at least twice before I was old enough to shave.

Maybe that has something to do with why these laws are in place?

Yes, maybe. But remember, that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. So we are fostering weakness in our children, which will lead to weakness in our adults, which will lead to... wait, what am I saying? "Will" lead to? Never mind. It's too late.

Pipkin E: When I worked for Regal in my early 20s, the high school kids could only work until 11pm on school nights (North Carolina law). The manager, a spineless and lazy 400 pound fark, would make them stay until well past 12 most evenings because certain tasks weren't finished. I have to admit, it's pretty harsh on a kid who has to get up at 6:30 in the morning, deal with teachers all day, go to work immediately after, not get off until midnight or later, and have to do home work when they get home.

There are laws enacted for a reason, granted the hazardous stuff comes with the job and the restrictions of which are pretty stupid, but the hour restrictions are necessary.

Nah it's pretty easy, actually. You just skip a few classes after workdays. No biggie. It's not like public school is intellectually taxing or anything.

mod3072: Jobber8742: mod3072: Damn thing almost killed me at least twice before I was old enough to shave.

Maybe that has something to do with why these laws are in place?

Except that family farms are still exempt from most child labor laws. Right or wrong, that's the way it is. I'm actually glad I grew up the way I did. I just wish my sons had the opportunity to go out and do some real work. My 12 yr.-old thinks loading the dishwasher is manual labor. I'm not saying I'd sell them to a salt mine or something, but building a few miles of fence during the summer instead of playing video games all day wouldn't hurt him a bit.

I understand farms are exempt, I'm speaking generally. I detasseled corn for two summers to make money when I was a kid. Think I bought those video games you speak of with the money, lol.

untaken_name: Pipkin E: When I worked for Regal in my early 20s, the high school kids could only work until 11pm on school nights (North Carolina law). The manager, a spineless and lazy 400 pound fark, would make them stay until well past 12 most evenings because certain tasks weren't finished. I have to admit, it's pretty harsh on a kid who has to get up at 6:30 in the morning, deal with teachers all day, go to work immediately after, not get off until midnight or later, and have to do home work when they get home.

There are laws enacted for a reason, granted the hazardous stuff comes with the job and the restrictions of which are pretty stupid, but the hour restrictions are necessary.

Nah it's pretty easy, actually. You just skip a few classes after workdays. No biggie. It's not like public school is intellectually taxing or anything.

What is considered intellectually taxing is a matter of perspective. Kids shouldn't be missing class because of work, those days should be used for sickness or an emergency...or getting piss drunk.

Jobber8742: mod3072: Jobber8742: mod3072: Damn thing almost killed me at least twice before I was old enough to shave.

Maybe that has something to do with why these laws are in place?

Except that family farms are still exempt from most child labor laws. Right or wrong, that's the way it is. I'm actually glad I grew up the way I did. I just wish my sons had the opportunity to go out and do some real work. My 12 yr.-old thinks loading the dishwasher is manual labor. I'm not saying I'd sell them to a salt mine or something, but building a few miles of fence during the summer instead of playing video games all day wouldn't hurt him a bit.

I understand farms are exempt, I'm speaking generally. I detasseled corn for two summers to make money when I was a kid. Think I bought those video games you speak of with the money, lol.

Ah, nothing like the pussification of America. They should go after farmers and their families too. That way we can pay $8.00 for a gallon of milk and bring back the oft forgotten oil company slogan "At least you don't have to fill your car with Milk!"

How would getting rid of child labor laws impact the porn industry?

Sad trolls are sad. Try harder, sad trolls.

Freschel: bakery

I saw this too and thought of a few possibilities:
1) Super pretzels and those pretzel bite things, although I would have thought those came frozen. Fresh cookies good also be a possibility.
2) They might have a Subway or something equivalent in the theater.
3) I don't know how many they have now, but Marcus theaters used to have a few theaters were they served fancier food, so you could actually have your entire dinner date at the theater.

Happy Hours: untaken_name: When we've lost the ability to tell the difference between a normal after-school job and a freaking sweatshop, we've lost our perspective as a nation.

worth repeating.

This is not what child labor laws were enacted for.

So, it's ok to violate the law when you decide that the law doesn't apply to a certain situation?