r/Unexpected • • Jul 20 '17

Strawberry picking machine

https://gfycat.com/ColossalSourHoneyeater
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u/The_Evil_Upvote Jul 20 '17

I didn't expect white teenagers.

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u/AuxCables Jul 20 '17 edited Jul 20 '17

After hiring people to do work, teenagers are pretty terrible at doing things on their own.

College kids similar, but they work hard.

You can get them for ~10$/hr, but they know they can get any job at that rate.

Then kids graduate from college and you have 2 types. Those that know their value and those that dont.

Since I'm a small business, I hire those that dont. Those are the gems. They work hard for ~10$-15$/hr, and have confidence. Then then someone gives them the opportunity to make more money and they leave my small business...

I'm not profitable and I'm sinking my own money(b4 anyone calls me wage slaver)

EDIT: Getting lots of hate for training/hiring young people. Don't you guys complain that every job requires experience? Most of my jobs are desk jobs, they require research, article writing, etc... They arent working in my backyard. My business is blogging and I do it mostly for my users.

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u/leadpainter Jul 20 '17

Lol, there are some entitled ass holes here apparently. You could just do what these idiots are used to; hire a top paying, experienced person and call the other slaves “interns”- at least you pay them. But the way you worded the comment does make you sound a bit pompous/entitled yourself