The Work Thread..

I have to go to our Home Office meeting next week (no COVID yay!) in AR and I am dreading it.

We have been given a homework assignment from our Divisional President.

I have to watch Apollo 13. The movie, Tom Hanks.

I have always fucking hated homework.

Now I have to resent a movie I appreciated the one time I saw it in the theater because there are some cunts that are going to chop it up and use in a presentation to somehow use as a motivational tool.
 
Wait, so they can fix anything they want to eat while on shift and it only costs them $3? Am I interpreting that correctly?

If that's the case, that's a hell of a perk.
 
1bigfan13 said:
Wait, so they can fix anything they want to eat while on shift and it only costs them $3? Am I interpreting that correctly?

If that's the case, that's a hell of a perk.
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When I was young I worked at Chili's and you got a free meal with each shift. It just couldn't be fajitas.

Another place that I worked for for awhile gave you anything you wanted at your anniversary. The big bosses would come down and I got the stink eye when I ordered the steak and lobster.
 
1bigfan13 said:
Wait, so they can fix anything they want to eat while on shift and it only costs them $3? Am I interpreting that correctly?

If that's the case, that's a hell of a perk.
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That is the way I understand it and these people are not that intelligent (go figure).

A $3 meal for a sub-minimum wage job is actually a bargain.

But the complaint said "many workers don’t have the time or desire to eat off the Waffle House menu every shift and that they often end up working through what should be their breaks".

Whatever.
 
Rev said:
When I was young I worked at Chili's and you got a free meal with each shift. It just couldn't be fajitas.

Another place that I worked for for awhile gave you anything you wanted at your anniversary. The big bosses would come down and I got the stink eye when I ordered the steak and lobster.
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:lol

I've never worked fast food so $3 seems like a deal to me. I'd be eating $20+ lunches & dinners daily.

But as you mentioned, I've heard where a lot of fast food workers get their food free. I've also seen some come from the back stand in line then pay for their own meals.
 
boozeman said:
That is the way I understand it and these people are not that intelligent (go figure).

A $3 meal for a sub-minimum wage job is actually a bargain.

But the complaint said "many workers don’t have the time or desire to eat off the Waffle House menu every shift and that they often end up working through what should be their breaks".

Whatever.
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If I had to work through my break you better believe towards the end of my shift I'm making time to cook myself a large meal to take home.
 
1bigfan13 said:
:lol

I've never worked fast food so $3 seems like a deal to me. I'd be eating $20+ dollar lunches & dinners daily.

But as you mentioned, I've heard where a lot of fast food workers get their food free. I've also seen some come from the back stand in line then pay for their own meals.
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I guess the only way I wouldn't see it as a deal is if they know who is cooking their food and how they are making it.
 
I worked as a cook in college at a pizza/Italian/Bar. We got to make whatever we wanted. Some of the other cooks would make some really creative shit. It was awesome. But we also could only do it when it was slow. Best I ate in college.

Sometimes the bartender would bring a trey of shots too.
 
1bigfan13 said:
:lol

I've never worked fast food so $3 seems like a deal to me. I'd be eating $20+ lunches & dinners daily.

But as you mentioned, I've heard where a lot of fast food workers get their food free. I've also seen some come from the back stand in line then pay for their own meals.
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McDonald's gave you a free meal each shift when I worked there.

I had a friend who worked at Burger King back then and they had to pay for their meals (I think maybe they got a slight discount or something).
 
boozeman said:
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I get that they shouldn't be charged for something they didn't actually get. That's pretty bullshit.

But what I don't get is striking over it.

QUIT.

You can't tell me it's that hard to find another restaurant job.
 
Based on the videos I've seen, the 24/7 security guards might not be a bad idea.
 
Genghis Khan said:
I get that they shouldn't be charged for something they didn't actually get. That's pretty bullshit.

But what I don't get is striking over it.

QUIT.

You can't tell me it's that hard to find another restaurant job.
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Yeah I mean the simple answer is don't charge the employees $3 that's petty. If they want to eat, either give it to your employees free or charge them for the meal. Hell you can give them an employee discount or not, I don't care. But $3 every shift no matter what is petty.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
Yeah I mean the simple answer is don't charge the employees $3 that's petty. If they want to eat, either give it to your employees free or charge them for the meal. Hell you can give them an employee discount or not, I don't care. But $3 every shift no matter what is petty.
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While that's all true, it's absurd to me to strike the Waffle House. It's a shitty job regardless.

If them charging you for a meal you didn't eat is a bridge too far, and if the job has you so busy that you don't even get a chance to take a break...quit. Find another one of the 5 million server jobs that are out there. Hell, I imagine you literally can't do worse as a server.

If Waffle House can't keep employees because of this practice and subsequently can't run the restaurant, that's the free market at work. They either go under or change their policy.
 
Genghis Khan said:
If them charging you for a meal you didn't eat is a bridge too far, and if the job has you so busy that you don't even get a chance to take a break...quit. Find another one of the 5 million server jobs that are out there. Hell, I imagine you literally can't do worse as a server.
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I mean I agree with all this. I think the idea is that there is no impact on a business if just one employee quits. The point of a strike is to all band together to have the dramatic impact on a business to change. So if an employee really wants to punish waffle house (WGAS really) striking has a more dramatic impact. These people are way better than those McDonalds workers who were striking for a $15.00 an hour wage. That was a ridiculous demand. And guess what, now McDonalds workers, gas station workers and basically everyone is making at least $15 an hour.
 
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