I was raised to do just that, work hard and work long. I also remember how some of the people I worked for treated me. I was once hired by a local store owner to mow his lawn, a little over half an acre, I was 12. He had a nice self propelled lawn mower. He picked me up the first day, a very hot day, I went in the garage with him and he gave me a non-propelled mower and stated the other was for him, that was 60 years ago and I still remember how I felt 50 cents per hour, I received 75 cents to mow and trim around his house with hand squeeze trimmers once a week. I also cleaned out garbage and trash from butcher shops, flower shops, and larger stores when I was a child as my parents had nothing to spare. They almost all paid the same and one thing I learned from it was working hard eventually pays off. When I was even younger my father and I cleaned out the trash for a men's clothing store owner on a weekly basis. One time my dad needed a new pair of work shoes and he asked the owner if he could pay half from that days work and pay the balance the following week, the owner turned him down. He eventually got the shoes the following week but everyone in town found out how he was treated, the store owner lost that round. These workers for the most part are young, they'll get over whatever flack they are getting, the ones that stick with it will have a future somewhere the ones that give it up will always give up. Sad to say but that's how it goes. Just one man's opinion speaking from experience.
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