Sarah Sanders kicked out of Virginia Restaurant

[_candygal]

All I know is that after Waters this morning on the news...this ain't gonna work! So wrong on many levels..it will not solve..but evolve a huge problem. If we go the way of slamming government the way we do...why vote..why do anything at all?

[_Jersey Girl]

You must be getting old.

So are you.

[_Jersey Girl]

[...]

Preparing and serving food to order is some of the most demanding work you'll ever do in your life, it will teach you about human social behavior like not many other jobs will (John Q. Public can be incredibly rude when it comes to food or take out their troubles on you simply because you are "there"), make you become adaptable, it requires the ability to multitask like a demon, stay on your feet for long hours because good luck getting a break when you're working with a skeleton crew.

[...]

And then there are naïve people on the internet who think that taking a swipe at a whole profession and the people who engage in it, makes them look smart. When what it really does is make them look like a complete ass who doesn't know ____ and has no insight to draw from.

Couldn't agree more. It's very hard work, and the people who do it for us deserve to be spoken to like human beings rather than the vending and serving machines that all too many people treat them as.

Try it in Jersey!

[_Jersey Girl]

And then there are naïve people on the internet who think that taking a swipe at a whole profession and the people who engage in it, makes them look smart. When what it really does is make them look like a complete ass who doesn't know ____ and has no insight to draw from.

You were fine until here. I know you sometimes like to pile on when you never took the time to understand what I was saying and more importantly not saying. I never took a swipe at a whole profession. The point was not that serious, and was only about a universal wisdom of not eating food from your enemy. A lot of us have worked in the food industry, and while the vast majority are very good, we all know there are some who do such things.

Oh look I got a report card. So according to you, two posts on one thread that are both critical of your comments constitutes a "pile on".

[_Themis]

You must be getting old.

So are you.

True, but I haven't started complaining about that younger generation, yet.

[_Maksutov]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpkins ... p?ref=home

"Confused Trumpkins Harass, Send Death Threats to Wrong Red Hen After Sarah Huckabee Sanders Flap
At least three Red Hen restaurants have dealt with angry Trump supporters after an unrelated Virginia eatery of the same name gave the boot to the White House press secretary."

[_Jersey Girl]

I think we've lost something when teenagers no longer work in food service as a first job because companies prefer cheap and lifelong illegal immigrant labor. Too many young people just don't understand work or the value of a dollar.

I don't really agree with your above. I think there is reason to suspect that there was a period of time when teens often became displaced by older workers who lost their jobs and moved into what we think of as entry level minimum wage positions in the food service industry. For all I know, this is still taking place. I am sure that immigrant labor may be a factor, but I don't think that really explains it in full.

I'm pretty sure that McDonalds, for example, has a pay chart and franchise owners don't deviate from it on account of immigrant status. I could be wrong. It doesn't make sense to me that they would do that.

[_Chap]

Couldn't agree more. It's very hard work, and the people who do it for us deserve to be spoken to like human beings rather than the vending and serving machines that all too many people treat them as.

Try it in Jersey!

The restaurant work or the being nice to waiting staff? I can't speak for the first, but I've found the second works pretty well everywhere I've tried it. Mark you, I'd have to learn to speak a bit of Jersey first, since it doesn't work unless you show the degree of respect implied in not insisting on speaking English wherever and whenever.

Is there a Rosetta Stone course?

[_subgenius]

statement from "red hen":
"I have a business, and I want the business to thrive," owner Stephanie Wilkinson later told the Washington Post.

"This feels like the moment in our democracy when people have to make uncomfortable actions and decisions to uphold their morals," she continued.

if a Republican cake baker had said this (spolier: they kinda did), the hair fires would light the night sky! (oh yeah, they kinda did...made a federal case of it they did....the irony is delicious).

[_ajax18]

I don't really agree with your above. I think there is reason to suspect that there was a period of time when teens often became displaced by older workers who lost their jobs and moved into what we think of as entry level minimum wage positions in the food service industry. For all I know, this is still taking place. I am sure that immigrant labor may be a factor, but I don't think that really explains it in full.

I'm pretty sure that McDonalds, for example, has a pay chart and franchise owners don't deviate from it on account of immigrant status. I could be wrong. It doesn't make sense to me that they would do that.

I can agree with your point. My main point was I see a lot of young Americans who think food service is beneath them.