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Source – Detroit Free Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — This summer, the guy running the Tilt-A-Whirl at the carny might be a laid-off, middle-aged accountant instead of the usual bored college student. And the towel attendant at the pool might be from East Providence instead of eastern Europe.
As unemployment rises, U.S. workers are lowering their work expectations. Above, Ramon Villanueva, 22, waits for customers at the Frog Bog arcade in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Thursday. Villanueva lost his job as a corporate audio-video tech in October
All over the country, resorts and other summer businesses are getting swamped with applications from out-of-work Americans, many of them professionals. They are competing for jobs usually filled by young people and foreigners — making beds, serving brunch, mowing lawns, running concession stands and operating carnival games and rides.