The other day I was working at Fareway, and I was walking
out with a lady
and making small talk (nasty weather we’re having. Etc.).
And then she said, “So. I guess you get the week off of
school huh? ( because of spring
break).
In response I said:
“No actually I’m home schooled so we don’t take spring break.”
Then she said:
“O that’s nice, so I guess you get to pick your own hours
then?”
I said:
“No actually I’m only aloud to work for 2 and a half hours a
day, cause, ya know,
to much work is bad for young men! (ha ha)”
She slowly blinked and said “oh… (as if she couldn't process
the fact that
restrictions aren’t always a good thing)…Well what about to
much school?”
I almost did a face palm but stopped myself just in time.
I didn’t want to annoy her or be a “bad” representative of Fareway,
so I dropped the subject and moved on.
But in my head I was thinking:
“what about to much school”? seriously??
Most kids stay up till who knows when playing video games
anyway.
they could easily swap out there video game time with work.
Also, Why should the government be able to tell us how much
school we do?
Back then young men worked from dawn to dusk (sometimes
more)
and the only school they did was in the winter time when
there wasn’t as much work to do.
I have run into a lot of different people at work.
Sometimes we have a fun time laughing about how working to
much is bad.
But most of the time, when I tell people that I can only
work from 4 to 6:30
they are like: oh, well that’s to bad.
But then when I tell them the reason (because of child labor
laws).
Then they automatically think: Oh, well it’s a law so
it must be a good one right?
And our government put it there and government is god right?
It makes me sad when I see people that are dumbfounded by
the idea that the
government might just be wrong.
I never really talked to the average person on the streets
before.
But now that I have I job where I meet almost every type of
person (because everybody needs food)
I have come to realize why our society is the way it is.
People don’t think for themselves, they have the government to
do that right?
