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Trueblue Texan

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11. Likely no exaggeration...

Tue May 19, 2026, 10:00 AM

14 hrs ago

I’ve seen similar behaviors from MANY people, usually young, but old enough to know better. You are not being paid to chat with your friends. You are being paid to do a specific job that does not involved any activity on your cell phone. Put it in your locker and don’t bring it out on the work floor. What’s so difficult to understand?

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Note to parents with teens looking for Summer work... [View all] 634-5789 17 hrs ago OP

I would not have gone past the doughnut tray. OldBaldy1701E 16 hrs ago #1

And yet.... OhioBack2Blue 16 hrs ago #2

About two years ago - local ice cream store. Kid was on the phone. 3Hotdogs 15 hrs ago #3

If you have time to lean, you have time to clean. multigraincracker 15 hrs ago #5

It's been long time since I heard that expression MIButterfly 13 hrs ago #19

I usually got "get your ass to work" No cute slogans. Lochloosa 10 hrs ago #27

LOL! MIButterfly 10 hrs ago #29

Or pretend to work (Bill Hicks clip) cannabis_flower 9 hrs ago #31

My most hated saying from my Dad..... SergeStorms 8 hrs ago #36

That's a good one! calimary 2 hrs ago #42

Maybe this was her first interview ever. Did you tell her that the texting needed to stop? irisblue 15 hrs ago #4

No. hamsterjill 14 hrs ago #13

17 is not an age blessed with an overabundance of employment related intelligence tho irisblue 13 hrs ago #18

But you learned, didn't you? hamsterjill 12 hrs ago #21

Told her twice. She was there a total of ...maybe 15 minutes. 634-5789 13 hrs ago #16

Then, IMO, with that info you were right. Thx for the reply irisblue 13 hrs ago #17

This message was self-deleted by its author WinstonSmith4740 8 hrs ago #34

17? She was probably just out of high school, or going into her senior year. WinstonSmith4740 8 hrs ago #35

That is a funny story...It is sad at the same time. Escurumbele 15 hrs ago #6

Likely no exaggeration... Trueblue Texan 14 hrs ago #11

I think your point is that the parents need to tell their kids FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #7

The parents may be modelling this behavior! RockCreek 15 hrs ago #8

I would have done the same electron_blue 14 hrs ago #9

Does anyone remember the articles a few years ago? Mothers accompanying their sons on job interviews? 3Hotdogs 12 hrs ago #22

I was at a local fast food restaurant when I noticed Dr. T 14 hrs ago #10

I grew up in the 80s with that same environment - TBF 14 hrs ago #14

Were they on their lunch or15 minute break? wnylib 10 hrs ago #26

Or early... cannabis_flower 8 hrs ago #32

I don't believe they were on break. Cars backed up at the drive-through, Dr. T 8 hrs ago #37

Sounds like the manager didn't have authority with the staff. wnylib 8 hrs ago #38

I would've told her straight up to put the phone away TBF 14 hrs ago #12

same Skittles 4 hrs ago #41

A teenager, who works hard at our bistro Zackzzzz 13 hrs ago #15

The employees collecting carts from the parking corrals at the grocery store stand in the corrals and use their phones, chia 13 hrs ago #20

Kids also take notes on their phones Bettie 11 hrs ago #23

Why didn't you demand she put her phone away? Picaro 10 hrs ago #24

My kids were raised to respect work. byronius 10 hrs ago #25

Let me just tell you what I saw today... BWdem4life 10 hrs ago #28

What a difference 20 years makes, but I can understand the scenario only too well DFW 9 hrs ago #30

The addiction starts early Remball 8 hrs ago #33

We have severely underestimated the addictive power of mobile devices at the peril of our children's futures and ... littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago #39

It just not the teens ms.pamela 5 hrs ago #40

The new clerk at the store put the potato chips in the bag, first Ponietz 1 hr ago #43