Minimum wage jobs were the only thing I could personally think of looking for because before this particular job, I'd only ever worked one other which was also minimum wage.
People like Alec would complain a lot less about "minimum wage" if they realize they are worth more than that, and would apply for jobs that pay more than minimum wage.
These jobs are not designed for 20+ year olds trying to live independently. Minimum wage jobs are really for about three groups of people;
1) teenagers, to train them and get them used to a work environment. Teenagers usually don't need to support themselves and therefore the real "reward" of their job is the training and exposure and getting used to all the bs that comes with working a job.
2) immigrants. They are far better off living in "poverty" in Canada or USA than they are living in Syria or Somalia. That's just factual. Sure, they can strive for greater, but they're often better off on the whole working these jobs here than they are being a doctor in Nigeria or whatever. There is also a discussion to be had on how much immigration countries should have, which isn't entirely unrelated to minimum wage, but it's a long discussion and for another day.
3) mentally handicapped people. Again, these people are usually heavily subsidized by the government and don't need to fully support themselves. In their case "at least it's a job" actually applies. Their maximum potential often isn't much above working a minimum wage job, so for their own pride and happiness, it's good of them to "at least be doing something."
For "normal" people of around average intelligence and capability who want to support themselves independently, working minimum wage jobs just shows a lack of respect for yourself. You are worth more than that. Go show the world. If you are a competent person in your 20s or 30s and were "born into privilege," you should actually be ashamed for taking a minimum wage job. It's a waste of your time, and you're taking away a valuable lesson or role for a teenager, immigrant or mentally handicapped person.
"At least I'm cleaning the bathroom of this public park" is delusional. You should be striving for more than that. And, at the very least, doing "nothing" as society puts it - in other words, doing "what you want" for those 10 hours a day instead, is far more fruitful in the long run. That will at least get you on track or help you discover what you actually want to be doing with your life.
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