I accidentally deleted the StrangeBrew thread...
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Spoken like the true dumbass you are. Try running a business. Problem employees make an already tough environment for small businesses unbearable.
Of couse, moron, no rational employer would fire a core employee for a freakin pastry. There has to be more to the story, and I'm sure the owners of SB have another side to tell. But they still have a business to run, hold themselves to a higher standard, and can't just throw **** against the wall or race bait like so many on the other side. You can bet some bloodsucking lawyer is licking his chops hoping for SB to stoop to their level.
As far as firing someone over text- tacky, but so 17ing what. If the whole world has begun hiring off the likes of ZipRecruiter.com and conducts interviews on Zoom, outrage over a text message termination is just ridiculous. The whole GD world has lost it's manners and to draw the line with that is ridiculous. You wanna **** on some tacky manners- go after people who steal.
I was laid off over the phone one time years ago and I had to find a job pretty quick. The lack of manners in that situation were the least of my concerns.
Of couse, moron, no rational employer would fire a core employee for a freakin pastry. There has to be more to the story, and I'm sure the owners of SB have another side to tell. But they still have a business to run, hold themselves to a higher standard, and can't just throw **** against the wall or race bait like so many on the other side. You can bet some bloodsucking lawyer is licking his chops hoping for SB to stoop to their level.
As far as firing someone over text- tacky, but so 17ing what. If the whole world has begun hiring off the likes of ZipRecruiter.com and conducts interviews on Zoom, outrage over a text message termination is just ridiculous. The whole GD world has lost it's manners and to draw the line with that is ridiculous. You wanna **** on some tacky manners- go after people who steal.
I was laid off over the phone one time years ago and I had to find a job pretty quick. The lack of manners in that situation were the least of my concerns.
This is what I saw on Facebook.....a bunch of Ole Miss fans coming after them. They hold a grudge because when SB opened in Tupelo, they were still unapologetically pro MSU. That's probably what's contributing to this....stupid insecure Ole Miss fans.
They proabably have the zero tolerance policy due to past issues with other employees. If you've got a problem with an employee stealing, so you fire them and enact a zero tolerance policy to discourage it in the future - you can't let someone slide even if they are a decent employee.
Brooke may be a saint, but you let her off the hook then you've got to let the next person off too.
Brooke may be a saint, but you let her off the hook then you've got to let the next person off too.
Since I’d bet money there’s no way you have ever run any sort of equitable enterprise, I truly feel sorry for your employers. I hope they can replace you with an automated fry-cook that is operational 50% of the time to increase efficiency.
A couple of other possibilities:
1-Katelyn is in Starkville and the employee is in Tupelo and wanted the matter settled immediately, and
2-She may have wanted some sort of digital record of what was said instead of just a phone call, which we know now, may not be as fake-proof as once thought.
1-Katelyn is in Starkville and the employee is in Tupelo and wanted the matter settled immediately, and
2-She may have wanted some sort of digital record of what was said instead of just a phone call, which we know now, may not be as fake-proof as once thought.
This is supposedly the original post from Brooke's mom on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/robin.u.jackson/posts/10223167167880370. Not that it matters, but they look pretty white to me.
All good advice. One more bit of unsolicited advice, change your zero tolerance no free food for employees policy. That's ridiculous. You could probably fire every employee you've ever had with a policy like that. Allow every employee one food item and one drink item per shift.
Cancel Culture/Generation Z/WokeTwitter or whatever you want to call them are certain of their judgements and God given right to rescue us all from our own privileges and moral shortcomings.
They are starting to eat their own now so the rest of the Woke crowd say it is a problem... now.
I don’t even like coffee, but StrangeBrew’s iced albino rhino is FANTASTIC.
/someone had to say it.
/someone had to say it.
The left always destroys itself. Someday the woke will find themselves under the same attacks from the woker, over and over again. Until totalitarianism takes over. The French Revolution and the Russian Revolutions are classic examples. That is why my retirement plans involve other countries. I truly fear the experiment in self government and liberty called the USA is coming to an end.
Someone I knew in college was fired from their cold stone side of the store for a similar incident. They knew the rules and supposedly intended to pay for the food. They didn’t follow the rules. As a business owner you can’t know intent or take chances over and over again with college kids. They come and go in a short amount of time and it’s better to cut bait.
Fire somebody in person tho.
Call me crazy but couldn't she fire her socially distanced? If you can't look someone in the eye and fire them, then you probably aren't owner/manager material to begin with.
Also, as a college student the chances of you even being hospitalized with COVID, much less dying from it, is so infinitesimal it's a joke. Quit fear-mongering. Using it as an excuse not to fire someone is patently ridiculous. If it's safe enough for her to work in-person at the shop, it's safe enough for her to get fired from six feet away (with a mask if you're feeling cautionary). Hell, you can fire her outside, socially distanced with a mask on. But you have to do her the decency of doing it in person.
Also, as a college student the chances of you even being hospitalized with COVID, much less dying from it, is so infinitesimal it's a joke. Quit fear-mongering. Using it as an excuse not to fire someone is patently ridiculous. If it's safe enough for her to work in-person at the shop, it's safe enough for her to get fired from six feet away (with a mask if you're feeling cautionary). Hell, you can fire her outside, socially distanced with a mask on. But you have to do her the decency of doing it in person.
"Woke" is an unhelpful word to apply in the case of Brooke's firing. The support for her isn't driven contemporary social justice fights but working class sticking up for the little man.
Now, reaction to the alleged racist texts, which seem pretty questionable--that's maybe a product of wokeness.
Now, reaction to the alleged racist texts, which seem pretty questionable--that's maybe a product of wokeness.
I can say with 100% certainty they’d still take advantage of it.
Seen it first hand in multiple restaurants.
Seen it first hand in multiple restaurants.