"How Far Some Parents Go To Get a Job...For Thier Kids"

            I just read the article, “How Far Some Parents Go To Get a Job…For Their Kids” on the USA Today website. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. College Graduates apparently can find jobs after they get out of college, but are still having their parents pay for their phone, food, and electricity bills. And even worse, 1 in 50 graduates is relying on their parents to pay all their living expenses. One girl’s mother said, “The idea of living at home repulses her because of my cooking and her father's rules, both great incentives to finding her own way in the world.” So, begs the question, if college grads are so ready to be free from their parents, why are they still relying on them for basic every-day needs?

            However, some parents don’t want to have to pay these bills. Instead, they are treating college graduates, with degrees and plenty of experience, as children as they walk them to the door for high-paying job interviews. According to the article, 1 in 10 graduate’s parents take them to their job interviews. It is ridiculous; the lengths parents go to in order to get a job for their kid. “Three percent of recent college grads say their parents have actually sat in with them during interviews, and one percent claim Mom or Dad wrote their thank you notes afterwards.” When I wanted to apply for jobs, I looked up each business’s phone number and called asking how to apply. I then had my mom drive me to the store—I didn’t have my license yet—and walked into the store alone and asked one of the workers for a job application and stuck up a conversation with them. I filled out the application alone and went back inside to turn it in alone, asking questions about when I would hear back, etc. When I got called in for an interview, I picked out what I was wearing myself and went into the interview alone. Never in a million years would I have allowed either one of my parents to walk through that door with me and had they, I’m sure I wouldn’t have gotten the job.

            After I read this article, I asked my boss if she ever had a parent come into an interview. She said no and that if anyone ever did, I wouldn’t have to be worried about them joining us. She did tell me how parents call in some workers sick and that it really annoys her. If I ever get sick, the first thing I ever do is call or text my boss to tell her in case I won’t be able to make it to work. Unless I am on my death bead, my mother will not be calling my boss. Sadly, I can’t say that for the rest of America and, not to mention, our future bosses.