Teen worker forces popular pizza place to shut down for days after they refuse boss's demands to make the dough for the week: ‘I laughed and said nah’

A teen who desperately needs money would pretty much do anything for a job, and many employers know that. They have no problem taking advantage of a teenager's hunger for a summer job, and they would find any way within the law to get as much work as possible out of their youngest employees.

Many teens find themselves working for various fast food chains, which should be an easy enough job. Until the day one comes, when the young workers realize just how much work their employer plans to bestow upon them. And by that point, it's usually too late to look for another summer job.

When the teen in the story below applied to work at a popular pizza place, they didn't expect their boss to demand they work every weekend. Weekends are highly important to many teens, and spending them making pizza dough at a fast-food kitchen was not what the teen imagined. When it became clear that the boss was using the teen's need for a job against him, the teen decided to look for another way to make money.

After they found one, they decided to quit their job at the pizza place in a way they'll never forget…

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