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Originally Posted by Rain Man
That would have been magical. I never got free sodas anywhere. At the Sirloin Stockade we could get free lemonade or punch while working, which was tasty, but no sodas. I'm not sure, but I think we got also free meals on our breaks, which was a huge perk for a kid with no money. If they weren't free they were very highly discounted.
The Dairy Queen made us pay for our meals at either full price or close to it, and they paid about half of the minimum wage due to some weird loophole. It was my only option since I was under 16. There were some shifts where I basically just worked for a meal since I had a teenage appetite.
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It's pretty weak for any restaurant to not give some kind of significant discount on food for employees. I worked at a high end steakhouse when I was in my teens and they had a food program where for just under $2 each shift you could get a meal (only certain ones though, burger and fries, fish sandwich, lasagne etc. No steak or prime rib of course) and all the pop you could possibly consume. Only a fool wouldn't take them up on that deal.