Deu no NYTimes: trabalhar no Starbucks é in, mas McDonald’s é out
“I would never work at a McDonald’s,” he said. “And when I was looking for a job, my brother warned me not to take a job at a McDonald’s or a Burger King. I guess he thought it would bring down his reputation to have a brother working at a place like that.”

O ponto chave na reportagem é que os adolescentes acham ruim para a própria imagem trabalhar em lugares com muitos imigrantes:

“Given the views of most teenagers, especially those from middle-class backgrounds, the jobs at McDonald’s and Burger King often fall to poor immigrants and older workers. And when teenagers see a restaurant staffed mostly by immigrants, the status of these jobs descends yet another notch in their eyes.”

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