Working at McDonald's

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In Amitia Etzioni’s article, “Working at McDonald’s” (1986), he advocates the idea that students working during school lessens their education. He establishes this essay by giving examples from McDonald’s to support his claim. His purpose is to advise readers hat fast food jobs aren’t what they seem. The intended audience is high school parents and students.
The author of this reading informs the audience that working at a place like McDonald's is a bad influence on young adults. I agree with his argument to a certain extent because Mcdonalds truly does not try to inspire their employees to be creative. I work at a place called Main Event that hosts parties, serves food, and has bowling lanes. At Main Event, our job is to make sure that each guest  receives a unique experience that will last a lifetime. Because Mcdonalds is such a massive corporation, people should be able to get the best experience every time they go just like at Main Event. While this is the idea that was once imagined for this food company, Mcdonalds has strayed from this concept. The reason? Millions of people keep going back even though the service and even food can be bad.
The author’s claims on how working at a fast food place does not benefit anyone in any way.  Etizoni calls it “useless” and does not help the person learn anything they can use later in life.  Etizoni says “What does it matter if you spend 20 minutes to learn how to use a cash register, and then- “operate” it?  This shows that point that the skills that you acquire from fast foods will   be useless later on in your career, unless you intend to work at fast food for that rest of your life.  The skills that you learn from a fast food job will only help you with the current job that you have.  

Works Cited
Etzioni, Amitia. "Working at Mcdonald's," 1986. Launchpad Solo. http://www.macmillanhighered.com/launchpadsolo/readwrite/7385790/Home#/launchpad/item/MODULE_bsi__2B8776E4__C845__493C__8BFF__4BCA15B8E06E/bsi__F4596593__FA1C__43C3__A395__DD50DE127AC9?mode=Preview&getChildrenGrades=True&includeDiscussion=False&readOnly=False&toc=syllabusfilter&renderIn=fne

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