Can asking for minimum wage put off one's job chances of for a famous fast food restaurant as a cashier?

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Maybe it wasn’t the fact that you requested minimum wage, which is what is expected as a cashier at a fast food restaurant. Maybe it was the lack of experience on your part. Maybe someone else had applied that has worked at fast food before, and they hired that person.

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