I was on a mission the other night to find a new pair of black shoes and found myself roaming the mall. As I was walking around, I passed a kid who couldn’t have been more than about 17 or 18 and was working at one of those “We Buy Gold” kiosks. They didn’t actually buy gold there, so the extent of his job was pretty much to point anyone that did ask him for more information in the right direction.

He had his face buried in his hands and as I got closer I got a better look at what he was doing…he was playing Super Mario Bros. on his Nintendo DS. Clearly this wasn’t his business, so I would guess he was probably earning minimum wage to just sit there and play games. I’m sure a big win in his eyes, yet ironically, costing him a fortune! [Read more...]