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[–] Lowpast@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Define exploitative? As a person that had led these events (not organized them), work basically halts during these events. You are literally showing children how to operate machines. It's a show for the parents. The kids are not being exploited anymore than if you took them to a ranch and they brushed a horse. The children are not improving operations or efficiency. Bu all definitions, they make work worse.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

The flyer actually says they're going to train literal children how to work at Chick-fil-A.

There's not much room for interpretation there.

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

With respect, and I mean it. There is a world of difference between a kid brushing a horse and a training camp for a fast food joint. I mean, really?

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Obviously brushing a horse is an unusual and fun experience, but that guy is right that they're the same amount of exploration. Kids want to play pretend at a restaurant. It's fun. Didn't your school do an "enterprise village" type field trip where you all play act grown up jobs for a day? It's fun!

This is not exploration. The children are not providing anything of value period, except perhaps good will towards the brand in the future.

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I guess that we shall have to agree to disagree.

Kids should have nothing to do with the corporate world until they are old enough to deal with it rationally. Whatever the rationale is for doing so, fast food joints want to materially exploit people and having kids as young as 5 play as burger slingers is beyond creepy. Feel free to have alternative views about it.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They're training kids to be future workers.

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Perhaps just let kids play and forget all about training to be "future workers".

Is this what we've become? Jesus!

[–] Lowpast@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I believe working food service benefits most people.

I agree with that, for a number of reasons. I just don't think we need programs from McDonald's to train 5-12 year olds to be fast food workers.