Last year, a couple of days after California’s $20 per hour minimum wage for fast food restaurant workers took effect, I paid $6 for a hot dog, a bag of Skittles, and a soda – and the workers weren’t paid anything. I also paid that price to obtain a hot dog, soda, and candy from unpaid workers this year.
Those who know me can figure out that this was due to my passion for youth sports rather than contempt for workers trying to make a living. When others figure out that the snack bar at a high school or other youth sporting event with no admission is a better deal than a meal at a fast food restaurant, the number of fast food restaurant workers being paid $20 an hour will be reduced even further.
Although I obtained my meal at the counter of the snack bar rather than at my seat, I w
