I've seen this personally here in Georgia, and I mean more than once.
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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17, working and has a child?! π
Would you like extra fries for a dollar more?
No, but how much for the kid?
This ain't no village
I'm guessing they didn't want to pay an agency worker more to cover her shift.
No such thing as agency at fast food jobs here. You call out and your shift either works short or calls in someone else who is supposed to be off. Having 0 labor protections is amazing.
So she'd be fired for calling in?
It's a strong possibility.
babies having babies π
What a beautiful world
Uhhh... looks at her age
UHHHHHHHH
The child looks about two but the fetus gestates for 9 months, this woman likely got pregnant at 14 and gave birth at 15, that rarely happens for consensual reasons, so I'm pretty horrified.
Her manager let her work
Truly magnanimous
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That's not what "It takes a village" means π
That may be true, but you gotta understand something, mate: this post was written by the village idiot.
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One time, one of my coworkers showed up to work with his kid, because the babysitter called in sick. My manager, without skipping a beat, told him to go home and be the best dad he possibly could, then, not only did she not use his sick time for this day, she made it a department policy to allow unlimited* "parent days". One of the best managers I've ever had.
' * Fine print was basically, don't abuse it, but use it when you need it.
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We live in the wealthiest nation on the planet in a technologically advanced civilization.
Everyone needs to understand things are only still this absurd because we allow a small percentage of people to live better than any kings from the past ever lived off the backs of the rest of us. Hording the vast majority of our wealth.
We absolutely have the means to prevent people from having to take their kids to fucking work with them but we choose to let billionaires do things like dismantle our government and destroy our international relations instead.
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People are so brainwashed for thinking this is heartwarming and not incredibly fucked.
This is literally what "black excellence" is, but calling it out makes you (internally) racist, a pick me for the nazis, or a black person who is white on the inside.
This post is inspirational and any problem you have with it is racially motivated.
What are you on about?
Anything labeled as "black excellence" often has the person in an unhealthily overworked and vulnerable state, with the message being if this person can work at McDonald's with a baby then all of your problems are non issues and you have no excuse to be suffering.
The black community defends this abusive shit because they take pride in being "strong". They'd overwork their children to near death for a high school diploma, and when the children have zero energy for anything else in their lives they're so lazy. They are power hungry dictators as parents because they believe the trauma will make the children "strong".
If any other race did that it's abusive, but when black people do it it's "empowerment". The mother takes pride in being a Strong Black Woman and the baby will 100% use this upbringing to flex on their peers for Having A Hard Childhood.
Oh, right, I'm white on the inside. I should go back in my lane playing animal crossing and listening to Taylor Swift. There is no toxicity in the black community.
I see. Thanks for explaining. I am not familiar with this concept as there really are not many black people where I live and also the whole work culture is quite different.
Interesting point, but I think meme culture is also programming people to stop thinking the moment their outrage is triggered. There's a group consensus that acknowledging any other factors besides the evil in a situation is a defense of that evil.
The crowd clearly agrees with you on that, but many people are able to continue thinking even after they feel outrage.
Who said I'm outraged? Don't project, please. Also, implying I'm not thinking by disagreeing with the sentiment that this is heartwarming. Gtfoutta here with that bullshit take.
Uhhh, your comment wasn't about yourself, you said, "People are so brainwashed..." and I as well was commenting about people thinking beyond outrage, which is an observation just like observing that people are brainwashed.
it takes a village to raise a child...
it takes a Corporation to exploit a family for their personal gain.
Please tell me the original poster was being sarcastic... Please...
Hahaha, no, dumbfucks all over think this is a feel good story because the job didn't fire her ass right away like they would have 15 years ago in the "you're lucky to have a job" era. Now they're so short on workers who actually want to work such bullshit-ass jobs that they're willing to "make exceptions."
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Thatβs not a village, the village would be someone watching the kid while mom works.
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Watch her get fired over this.
The manager was generous enough to let her carry her child while working, but not generous enough to pay her enough to get childcare, or provide it themselves?
It reminds me a bit of the story of a mother going in for a job interview, and shortly after, being arrested for child negligence/endangerment, because she'd left her child unattended (in the same area) while attending said interview. This situation feels like it's setting up for that kind of thing.
I mean, it's McDonald's. The manager doesn't have the ability to pay her a living wage. The manager is a wage slave as well, or even worse on salary while having to cover so many shifts they're barely averaging minimum wage themselves.
No, the person you're mad at is the franchise owner.
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My mom lost her business when I was really little, and once we settled down somewhere new, she started working as a receptionist for an environmental company. She used to have to bring me to work with her sometimes. Everyone in the office was super chill about it, but if Ed, the owner/complete asshole was there, I had to hide under her desk until he left.
We need a lot of changes, but honestly, a UBI with an extra stipend for parents is one of the big ones. people can't afford to have kids, can't afford to lose their jobs because of their kids. Who the fuck is gonna take care of assholes like Ed when they're old if no one is having kids?
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I like that "it takes a village" means bringing your child to work, and not having the support to either have someone/some facility watch your child if you chose to work, or having actual paternity leave. Nor does it mean being paid enough that if you had to just not work, you and yours wouldn't be in the street.
How inspiring.
Amidst all the outrage, I'd like to say I'm really in favour of having workplaces child friendly where possible. More time of letting the children spend time with mum or dad, rather than going to corporate childcare.
If any of you are planning an office layout today, make a playroom!
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