Q: I lied about my age to get a job because I was underage. I lied on the paperwork too. How much trouble could I get in?
I was 15 and told my employer that I was actually 16, and even wrote it on the application and orientation paperwork. This was in California. It was a McDonalds. Whenever someone like my managers would ask me, I would always tell them 16 instead of 15. They still don’t know, and I still work there.
A:
Dude, you are in REALLY BIG TROUBLE NOW!!! The punishment is that you will have to eat at McDoo every day for the rest of your life!!! So if this comes from Detroit, MI and the McDoo is in CA, and you STILL work there, you must have one heck of a commute to get to work every day. You mix tenses, so it is hard to figure out where you are now, age wise, but you seem to indicate this is a past problem. The wrong that you committed is that you probably did not obtain a Minor's Work Permit to be able to work there. If anything, McDoo is in more trouble than you could be. Having lies on your employment history is not a good thing, but It is not going to land you in Jail. Suggest you come clean as soon as possible. Otherwise, it's off to the BIG HOUSE for you and the door stays locked with you inside.
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