News (well a press release) reaches us that the Ed Vaizey, MP for Wantage has visited a Mcdonald's 'restaurant' in the Brent Cross Shopping Centre on behalf of the Trident Trust, the UK's largest provider of work experience opportunities. He was there to congratulate Thawoo Naing, who has been offered a part time job thanks to his successful work experience placement. Now, is it us, or are we setting the levels a little low here?
Mr Vaizey, a fully paid-up member of David Cameron's Notting Hill set, may not be a regular of Mcdonald's ('Can I have that medium rare please?'), but even he must surely be aware that a part-time gig under the golden arches is a process all teenagers go through, as much a part of post-pubescence as acne - and a major cause of it.
We're pleased if Thawoo Naing is pleased and we hope that Mr Vaizey enjoys using his Trident Trust/McDdonalds Work Experience Resource Pack (did he get fries with that?), but surely, with all due respect, a work experience placement at Macca-D isn't the hardest thing in the world to arrange, nor is it likely to equip anyone for the wider world of work. Trident can do better, so why trumpet such an easy win? Or have we missed the point?
