Callum Lerwick wrote:

>>establishment to relax, or whatever. Why is it basically mandatory I help
>>pay the staff's salary? I'm already patronizing the establishment,
>>purchasing goods they are selling to me at a profit. If the staff is that
>>underpaid, why am I obligated to compensate? All the different jobs I've
>>had, from the lowest, peanut paying positions to the best, no passers by,
>>bosses, or anyone else has tossed 15% of my wage on the table as they
>>passed thru.
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>
>Have you ever worked as a waiter/ess? In a large corporate chain? Are
>you 20 or under? Do you realise these people are unappreciated slaves?
>That you get treated like shit because you're not 30+? The faceless
>corporation they work for sees them as a liability, not an asset, let
>alone a human being? Its bad enough being treated like trash by your
>managers and supervisors, you don't need it from the customers too.
>*Sounds just like working for IBM*
>  
>
sam

>>I guess I just don't get whats up with that whole thing. If you're
>>underpaid and want a raise, you talk to your BOSS, you don't call the
>>customers 'cheapo's'.
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>
>Especially in corporate chains like Dennys, Perkins, *IBM* etc, you DO NOT get
>raises. You just get fired and replaced. Its cheaper to just hire
>someone new at base pay than keep people on and give them raises.
>There's plenty of others desperate enough to take it.
>
>  
>
sam

>Non-nationwide corporate chains are getting very rare indeed.
>
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>
>>In NO other business would this be acceptable, ever.
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>
>We live in a world of corporations being given preferential treatment as
>if an individual, corruption, greed, and cost cutting. God Bless
>America.
>  
>
*Sounds just like working for IBM

*sam*
*


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