![]() Give full-time employees medical coverage? Yes, but not for restaurant workers, just cut their hours so they’re part-time now. Raise the minimum wage? Yes, but not for servers. Just like in so many other ways, the restaurant industry gets a pass card for treating employees with little or no respect. Before the tryptophan from the Butterball has even had a chance to make them drowsy, they will be running people over with carts and jumping through plate glass windows to be the first asshole in line at Target.Įvery year on the news, we hear about how unfair it is for stores to open on Thanksgiving, but you know what we never hear on the news? We never hear about how unfair it is for restaurants to be open on Thanksgiving. Yes, plenty of people say that today, but it doesn’t mean those same people won’t be out tomorrow cutting a bitch to get a 120” flat screen TV for $1.99. “It’s unfair for the greedy retailers to take advantage of their staff!” say people. “Employers should let their employees be with their families on Thanksgiving Day!” they say. ![]() “Why can’t Black Friday begin on Friday?” people proclaim. I suppose Radio Shack feels the need to be open all day so that people will have a warm place to hang out until Best Buy opens up a few hours later. Best Buy will be open on Thanksgiving at 5PM as will Toys R Us but the winner of all crappy employers goes to Radio Shack who will open at 8AM on Thanksgiving morning. It’s the day before Thanksgiving and plenty of people are up in arms about certain big box stores being open tomorrow and keeping employees away from their families on Thanksgiving. ![]()
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