A TikToker recently went viral after noticing something odd behind the counter at the Crumbl Cookies location.
TikTok user @ayoshawtty observed that their cookies were made by what appeared to be children, not adults or teenagers making the chain’s famous cookies.
“Yo, they let the kids make my cookies,” @ayoshawtty wrote in the text covering the video. The video currently has over 1.6 million views.
@ayoshawtty @Crumbl Cookies #crumblcookies #fyp #viral #crumbltiktok #kidsaremakingmymfcookies #cookiecrumbl #ahhhh #cookiesfromthekids #kidsinthekitchen #smallahkids ♬ 123start – cyrusaho
As mentioned in the previous post, a user observed a child working at Culver’s site and must be 14 years of age or older to perform non-agricultural, non-hazardous work. Time is also limited for 14 and 15 year olds, depending on factors such as school hours. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, workers over the age of 16 will not face the same restrictions.
That said, for family businesses, the laws are different. The U.S. Department of Labor states on its website that children under the age of 16 may work “at any time of the day and at any time” as long as the business is run by a parent or guardian and the work is deemed non-hazardous.
This has led many commenters to speculate that the Crumbl location is run by a family.
“Probably the owner’s child,” one said. “In my first job, we would have the owner’s kids help clean the store in the summer lol.”
Others told stories of their own family businesses and seeing children at work at work.
“As a former employee, my boss would bring her kids to work with us when we first opened because they weren’t helpful enough,” shared one commenter.
“Gosh, this kid in the crumbl called me and he said ‘I don’t actually know what I’m doing, for a second,'” the second said.
While some questioned the quality of the products the kids were producing, others didn’t seem to mind writing the next post, “The cookies are amazing, who cares who’s making them.”
We’ve reached out to @ayoshawtty via email via TikTok comments and Crumbl Cookies.
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