Coffee anyone ?

[Alaskan]

Isn't #2 living with and helping the elder parents???

Yes.... and no....

He is now house sitting/dog sitting for someone in the next town up the road, but stops in every night to do the foot maintenance on grandpa. And, he does all of their gardening and mowing now too.

And... he got a job at McDonald's.

McDonald's is so desperate for workers that after working there for 3 months he gets a college scholarship for $2,500!!!

 

[Alaskan]

Geez, down from 6 boys to 4, must feel empty in the house Someday you might be able to run the dishwasher only once a day!

Where is kid #2??

Yeah.... I might enter withdrawal.

Actually... I already have...

I start doing the "MOVE OUT! Pick something on the summer to do list and WORK!" And then I look around.... and only TWO boys are standing there!!!!! TWO!!!! And they are both scrawny, and one is still short!

I have no idea how we will even get half of the stuff done!

Yes, kid 1 and 3 still live here. . But they are BOTH working full time plus extra... Luckily for us, kid 3 is still under 18 so legally they can't let him work over 40 hours a week... but then he gets a few cash jobs... .

Which is awesome.... super awesome...

But wow.... I am losing my free labor workforce.

 

[Ridgetop]

No workers?! AAARGH!

College scholarships just for working at McDonald's? WOW! How about Burger King and Wendy's - maybe he could pile up a couple of those scholarships!!!

 

[Alaskan]

No workers?! AAARGH!

College scholarships just for working at McDonald's? WOW! How about Burger King and Wendy's - maybe he could pile up a couple of those scholarships!!!

We only have the McDonald's and a Subway.

Yeah... the job offers this summer are insane.. so many people are thrilled with the covid/unemployment handouts so are not going to work.

So... first time ever that all employers are begging for workers.

The McDonald's had to start to close at 7pm... couldn't hire more people....

He gets the scholarship if he works 15 hours a week minimum for 3 months... thats it... I think he gets 500 cash if he works for 2 weeks.

It is crazy. The hourly wage is way over minimum wage, and his uniform is free.

Crazy times.

He is working at the McDonald's as many hours as he wants... plus all of the other stuff he is doing... (taking care of in-laws, and in-law lawn care, and the dog and house sitting).

 

[Alaskan]

I think actually the McDonald's has just increased hours to 9pm on a few days... maybe because they hired my son.

 

[farmerjan]

Our Wendy's and Burger King right there off the interstate has cut their hours also because they cannot get the workers. And half the time the drive thru at Wendy's is closed. I have never seen it so bad. If these knees didn't hurt so much I could drive 3 miles and work all I wanted for nearly as much as I am making now and not have to drive all over he//s half acre and spend the gas money....
It is crazy....

Just wait til the inflation kicks in and prices go way up.... and the handouts get to be less and less since they won't be able to fund them forever....

 

[Bruce]

But wow.... I am losing my free labor workforce.

Come on Al, you know kids aren't free!!! They expect to be fed and have clothes and lot of other things! Of course you don't have to pay SS and Medicare tax on their non wages.

He is working at the McDonald's as many hours as he wants

Make hay while the sun shines!! Those unemployment payments will end and everyone will have to go back to work. You can bet there won't be such big incentives then.

The UI thing is kind of crazy, last spring/summer everyone who got laid off due to Covid got $15/hr from the feds regardless of how much they made working. In some states that is twice what the minimum wage workers were making. No wonder people aren't in a hurry to go back to those jobs.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready. We are doing the burn pile this morning. Outside work day.

 

[promiseacres]

Thanks @Baymule
Sunny morning, rain predicted this afternoon. Tonight we have tractor driving, dog 4h and a late softball game. We'll see how much we get in. Supper will probably be fast food between everything.
Tball game went well, dd2 hit the pitched balls and fielded the balls. Ponies behaved very well at the 4h practice dd1 had fun. Got the corn and pumpkins planted and some weeding done.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

morning all, debating about planting greenbeans or not probably will go ahead with it. i wait on the snowpeas as they dont like our heat. need to get some more seeds mostly leafy greens. debating on getting some strawberry plants and ect.