He's 36 so that means he started at 16.

It's too much shaming going on in here. We are where we at in life because of circumstances out of our control and some circumstances that we had control over. It's not for me to say whether or not this man and his family should be where they are 20 years later. However, McDonalds could do a better job of helping employees advance.

It's going to be real interesting to see how society adapts to technology taking away some of these low wage jobs. It seems like corporations' response to rising minimum wages has technology replacing those jobs. That's quite a scary scenario for anyone with a child or grinding to make it. How fucked is it that society has reached a point where it would rather erase a job completely than pay someone an extra $2 to $5 an hour for a part-time job?