Do you agree or disagree with Etzioni's point that McDonald's is bad for your kids? Make sure to engage the text, and use your personal experience to support or refute the author.
In the essay "Working at McDonald's" by Amitazi Etzioni, the author argues that it is a negative experience for kids to work at McDonald's. He points out that McDonald's does not promote creativity, and takes valuable time away from school work. I agree strongly with this statement. In my own experience at McDonald's I was a hamburger producing drone, and my schoolwork suffered.
Etzioni points out that the work structure at McDonald's does not promote creativity. Etzioni argues that once you arrive at work at McDonald's everything is arranged for you so you don't have to think:"True, you have to have the gumption to get yourself to the hamburger stand, but once you don the prescribed uniform,...your task is spelled out in minute detail. The Franchise prescribes the shape of the cups; the weight, size, shape and color of the patties; and the texture of the napkins...."
Etizioni points out that school work suffers as well. The job provides no career ladder, and the time spent at the job is time that can be spent hitting the books. Etizioni is straight to the point about this negative affect on academic endeavors: "... there is just no such amounts of work will not interfere with schoolwork, especially homework. In an informal survey published in a recent yearbook of the high school ( Montgomery County, Maryland) 58 percent of seniors acknowledged that their jobs interfere with their school work."
My own experience follows what Etzioni writes about. I was asked for no input, and I couldn't vary from the McDonald's handbook. Because I had less time to study and my grades suffered--going from a B average to C.
In conclusion working at McDonald's is a negative experience. It is clear from this essay and from my own experience that creativity is stifled, and schoolwork suffers.
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