> Did you write the Chairman of McDonald's to ask the same question because they have employed millions of teenagers in their business?
Whoever reports great profit and employs people while underpaying them, has to expect the same reaction from me. McDonald's in general is not a company, I have a lot of respect for.
If the author would have reported, that he turned his cheap idea into profit by implementing it by himself, or by paying reasonable wages, I would definitely show more respect.
No need to be snarky. Have you been on any freelance sites recently? I've seen grown men bid less than $10/hour - I can't attest to the quality of said bidders, but they're out there in amass. All things considered, $12/hr as a 16 year old is not that bad. When I was 16, I made $5.9/hr working at a gas station.
That's nothing. When I was 16, I carried gas in a pail uphill from the pump to the car, and uphill back to the pump again, in the snow and in my barefeet for $5.9/hr
