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Daughter (22) just finished her AA this summer and is taking a break and will be working instead of school. She's expanded her dog walking business a bit, is working on her tie dye shirts a bit, and has a 20 hr/week child care thing going on for one of her dog (and now baby) sitting customers.
Her boyfriend was working in a car parts warehouse and was fired since the boss told that unit to fire someone. There was a guy that had started a week earlier, but daughters bf was *****ing about his supervisors not giving him what he needed to get his job done completely and properly (supers print labels before he can unpack a box and put stuff on shelf to be pulled by order pickers. he'd request labels and have to wait 3-4 days for them to be printed, other unpackers had theirs within an hour. think they had it in for him since he knew the bosses boss socially thru me which is how he got the job). He's now working as a waiter for a local place that is 5 minutes walk away. Makes better money (warehouse was $15/hr plus full bennies and a 40 mile commute but M-F 8-5) and not nearly as many hours and his day is free so he can restart school, but no benefits either.
Son (18, 6'4" almost 400lbs) just applied for a job unloading trucks at local Lowes, they had 2 positions open and 5 applicants, wanted an immediate start but he had volunteered to help my mom for 3 weeks post-op which would've prevented him starting. He's doen with that now, and is starting school next week (HS senior). He's going to wait for school to start and then apply at a local NAPA parts place, his school is 12noon to 4pm so he'd be available to work early mornings during the week. He doesn't really need the job - if he wants to buy new drone stuff or whatever his grandma pays VERY well for doing manual labor in that garden of hers as well as silly stuff around her house (helpign declutter, etc) but he wants to do either automotive tech, welding, or electrician cert when he's done with high school, so he figures the auto parts house type job would give good experience.
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