Brain Fertilizer

Nathan, your last comment is interesting.

Have you ever read Fast Food Nation? Very, very interesting book.

Nope. And you're going to have to give me more to entice me to read it.

...say, Supersize my value meal for free?

I'm not sure why I find that so interesting.

Because women are interesting.

Because women are interesting.

You're making that up!

Sure, women are interesting. But I can see women anywhere. And the most interesting women to observe would probably best be found at, say, the U of Hawaii campus.

But what intrigues me is the paucity of males at the fast food restaurants. In the Continental US, the mix is far more even. Women are well-represented, yes, but the top manager is more likely to be male, and there are males working throughout the establishment.

But in Hawaii (which has extremely low unemployment right now), the Fast Food industry seems to be the province of the female. Of all ages, from teen to very old. And the position held isn't age-specific, either, as there have been some young managers and old counter attendents.

What industry are males turning to for entry-level work? What industry allows men to work up to crew chief, asst. manager and into management? Is fast food considered "women's work" now? Are only women getting the opportunity to work up to management by this route? Are only women taking advantage of it? Are women just working and not taking advantage of it?

Why are there a few fast food restaurants that seem to be staffed completely by Filippinos? Neighborhood demographics or nepotism?

Fascinating stuff, if you ask me...

Crazy man, you're just muddying the waters. Let's stay on task here: women are interesting.

(Heheh. Just kidding.) (Sort of.)

I thought we were supposed to focus on the drinking. Make up your mind.

Your post said you weren't sure why the unusally large number of girls working in Fast Food restaurants interested you, and then you gave an extremely long and complete explanation of why it did. Sheesh! Make up your mind. :D