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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
My parents were typical Asian immigrants that owned a mom and pop office cafe for 25 years. They used to never take any days off, pretty much open Mon-Fri, and then Sat-Sun was used to for prep work and stocking. I used to be real jealous of teens that didn't have to spend their Saturdays stocking pop or wiping tables.
What I was really jealous of were kids travelling outside the country. The first time I was ever on a plane was when I was 15, and that was a trip to BC. My parents never took any vacation to leave Canada until they sold the restaurant, so I never actually left the country until I was an adult and could travel on my own.
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This! The Restaurant business is the worst for kids. My dad owned several and worked 7 days a week and his belief was that I should be working when I wasn't at school. We never went anywhere because my dad wouldn't trust anyone to watch over the businesses and I missed a tonne of normal kids activities growing up because I was busing tables, doing dishes, making pizza boxes, etc from the age of 10 until graduation.