About those fast-food $15 fast-food wage protests...

It's time for me to weigh in on the $15-fast-food-worker-wage protests occurring in New York, Washington and other large cities. Of course, these leftist-organized rallies include few fast-food restaurant employees.

I'm not a regular at such establishments--other than while on road trips--but I know enough about them to declare that working at a fast-food joint doesn't require much in the way of skills. Secondly, roughly doubling the wages of employees at a McDonald's or a Wendy's destroys their business model of selling meals relatively inexpensively. Thirdly, no one is forced to work there, but these jobs are important introductions to the workforce for millions because they teach basic skills such as showing up on time, listening to your supervisors, and biting your tongue when being confronted by rude customers.

And finally, let's take a look at the quality of work: A co-worker pointed out to me that she always--always--has to check her order once she has paid for it at one of these big-time fast food restaurants because the employees regularly make errors.

She's right. I automatically check my burger-joint orders too--it's a necessary reflex.

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