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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:26 PM Original message |
My daughter is almost 16...wants a job and can't get hired |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm 34 and more or less in the same boat. And I actually was when I was 16. |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. That's funny, I'm 59 and in the same boat . . .nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Do you have any Sonics where you are? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:28 PM Original message |
yea, they told her 16 |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. My daughter started there when she was 15 |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Um - isn't it the law? |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. she can work until 7 weekdays |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Its likely she simply doesn't fit the schedule |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I would guess that it's because scheduling is complicated because of her age. |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. In MA you can work at 14, lots of restrictions on hours and |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Don't know about the state... |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Where do you live? |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Daycare centers can use help cleaning up in the afternoons |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. babysitting can be very lucrative |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I second that. And weeding. And house cleaning. nt |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. How about a religious institution, like a hospital? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. There's so many rules for 15 year olds |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. My daughter worked at McD's at 15 |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's good that she'd like to work to meet her goal, but |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's good that she'd like to work to meet her goal, but |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. Some grocery stores will hire kids as young as fourteen to be |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. Babysitting? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. I started busing tables in a restaurant part time when I was 13 |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. I started working at 14, |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't know where you live but it might be the law in your state, |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. Liability |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. That sounds familiar -- I got a job stuffing newspapers when I was 15 |
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Darkseid69 (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. My daughter started at Jersey Mike's at 15,. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. Is it legal for her to work? |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. I had similar problems... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. It took my daughter a solid year to find a job |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Try cleaning peoples' houses on weekends and when school is out. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. The paperwork and laws for "under 16" workers is pretty extreme. |
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