Wednesday, June 9, 2010

"Teens Face Worst Summer Job Market in 41 Years." Ouch. But Is There a Bright Side?

The story linked at bottom details the dreadful summer job market that American teenagers face this year. But is the news really all bad? For example, the one type of job that Obama's federal government has been wildly successful at "creating" in the past year has been that of the census worker. That's certainly temporary-type work and would seem perfect for the teens this summer. It sure beats the heck out of cleaning lard vats at the local Burger World, for instance.

And also on the positive side of things: If many teens are unable to garner summer employment, that will leave them with a lot more time to engage in some of their more popular pastimes, such as pounding each other in the gonads ("Sack Tapping"; see my June 2 post) and acting like Wolfmen ("Wolf Packing"; see my June 1 post). Either way (employed or not), I have little worry that American teens will find ways to occupy their time this summer. See: The news is not all bleak!