BREMEN, Ind. (WNDU) - The Bremen Dollar Tree is going viral this week due to a unique help wanted sign that is not only controversial but could be considered discriminatory.
While the sign no longer hangs in the window of the Dollar Tree, it was there long enough for passers-by and potential customers to snap photos.
So now besides not being able to find reliable cashiers (and I wonder why the boyfriends wanted to 'hang around' the cash registers?) the store has lost a responsible manager.
I never put up a sign but I did get to the place I would not consider anyone under 40 . The kids just would not work and wanted to send 30 texts an hour . Nuff said !
(Old Tech) We hired another mechanic for our shop. He spends at least and hour and a half each day on the phone during work hours, not counting the time at coffee and lunch. Then he said he wanted a raise - I informed him he is already paid 20% more than what he thinks (?) Then got pissed off when I reviewed his non-pro time was equal to an entire day. With any luck, he will quit.
It's everywhere. Punkass kids don't wanna wurk. They have the 'gimme' mentality, and work ain't how it's done. Restaurants seem to be suffering the most, shortened hours, smaller menus. The freebies provided by the HOAXAVIRUS have really helped us. Also, seems like it's always more of a problem in the states that have legalized marijuana. I'm not convinced it's a good idea to legalize, I smoked and sold my share, but it just seems like a open door to being flat LAZY. Others are saying the same, Oregon, Colorado, etc., pot smoke everywhere, blue tarp cities. Disgusting.
I too see people of all ages wanting handouts as well as people still clinging to decades old propaganda from the drug war; or embrace willful ignorance of the currency state of the economy and just how broken it is.
The homeless problem is mostly a symptom of trying to destroy the United States by letting loose all of the mental cases and ceasing in enforcing existing laws on the books.
When the government can decide what you can eat or inhale then you do not own your own body, rather the state and federal governments do. By extension of that ownership of your body, they also own anything that is produced by it. Self-ownership and bodily-sovereignty are two of the foundational principles of private property.
ALL plants need to be restored to legal status, people have been using peyote buttons for over 5,000 years, likewise Ayahuasca, tobacoo, etc. Many etheogen plants are showing extensive promise in studies to treat/cure depression, alcoholism, neurological issues. The combination therapies being developed will likely become the next billion dollar industry.
Pro-tip: Legal or not, the same amount of cannabis users already exist. All the law succeeds in doing is destroying peoples lives over some plant flowers.
Restaurants are one of the worst offenders of terrible wages and expect customers to foot the labor bill with "tips". Minimum wage for waiters is around $2-4/hr because they are "Tipped Minimum Wage" and in my state that is $2.13/hr, one of the lowest. Restaurants cry victim but it's a problem of their own doing by not paying a wage that people are willing to work for. Payroll is one of the biggest expenses of running a business and it will be squeezed as much as possible. Shorter hours should be expected and a smaller menu means the cooks don't have to be as skilled or can handle more dishes at one time.
If you see a tip jar at the end of a checkout isle for a grocery bagger, that is their literal pay-jar and they likely work for tips because the company is too cheap to pay a wage.
If businesses want good help, they need to pay a decent wage and offer basic benefits that are standard / legally required in the rest of the western world.
Every food server I know makes much more than "a decent wage" from tips. Any that would rather go on straight wages without tips is either an idiot who doesn't know that straight wages would be only a little over minimum wage, or is one of the entitled twits that give lousy service and gets tips to match.
Now, for the most part I will agree about the punk kids. But my daughter, who turns 17 in July, has worked at a local grocery store for the past 10 months. In that time, she started as a cashier, has been trained in the front office and as a front end supervisor. She is in charge of the Health and Beauty aisle. She has trained in the deli and in produce. The manager gave her a $1.25 raise at six months, a merit raise, not required by the union contract. She thinks she will be getting another $1 in July.
I've been saying this since halfway through the Obama residency, speaking on behalf of the collective group of Baby Boomers- "They're going to miss us when we're gone."
We are already missing them. This is in the trades as well. Started 5 different apprentices in last 2 years. Only one stuck and come to find out he's actually 30 years old and has already had a bunch of dead end jobs(i.e. he's motivated).
Elsewhere in plant, can't get and keep descent help.
Back when I was a working stiff, the last two companies I worked for had a policy that they reviewed with every regular and every temp employee and made them sign before they were hired that stated that phones were to be turned off or left in their vehicle during working hours. Any violation was cause for immediate, on the spot termination.
Who TF do these kids think they are and what is that dollar store thinking for firing the manager?
There's a whole lot of long overdue culling that needs to be done.
I've pretty much exhausted my commentary on the picture at CFP, https://citizenfreepress.com/column-1/now-hiring-baby-boomers-only-check-the-sign/ (Fleabag) If anyone cares to page down like 5 tabs of comments with Control + F.
Some basic points. I have read that DollarTree pays ~$12/hr and treats their employees like trash; thus has difficulty finding and retaining anything above the barrel scrapings when pretty much any other business pays more. This is typical for a lot of jobs now and even skilled positions requiring college education pay very little. The store is likely open to an age discrimination lawsuit now.
This event is one of countless that is a symptom of a larger systematic problem. Workers don't want to work and employers are paying garbage wages. Minimum wage was $1.25 in 1964 or five silver quarters. That same wage melted to ~$15 in 2016, and ~$20 in 2018, now its between ~$20 and $22 depending on when the price is checked. I stand by it when I say this is initially caused by President Nixon when he closed the gold window around 1971, which coincides with the decoupling of productivity from wages; he debased the currency.
Low wages is why I would sooner watch the grass grow in a national park or hike cross-country and see all the lands than sell my limited days on this earth for near-nothing. Living out of a backpack is plenty comfortable as the grunts taught me. Spend all say writing and painting, charge devices with a solar roll, etc.
I didn't have long hair but I did have wire rimmed glasses. A great foreman of mine used to call me a 'hippie type' and when I'd ask him why I was a hippie type and not a hippie his reply was always "Because you work!"
Now add an 'er' onto the end of 'work' and say it again so everyone understands the problem proper. Pay minimum wage, get minimum work. The number your local labor board quotes as 'the law', is not the same thing. Restaurants here can't get a body worth the free meal for less than 14/hr. Right or wrong, the marketplace is telling employers they are not paying enough wages.
The manager was wrong to post a sign that blatantly violated age discrimination laws. He should have posted a plain help wanted sign, then eliminated the worthless ones during the interview process. That sign was just asking for a fine or lawsuit. He put the company in a position where they had to cover their butts from a legal standpoint.
Why in the hell can't you hire whomever the hell you want? If the people you're hiring - or not hiring - think it's wrong, PROTEST. Hurt their business. But, don't pass laws about it. The shit will settle itself out.
It appears they fired the manager...😑
ReplyDeleteIf the truth hurts, call in the social just-us warriors.
ReplyDeleteSo now besides not being able to find reliable cashiers (and I wonder why the boyfriends wanted to 'hang around' the cash registers?) the store has lost a responsible manager.
ReplyDeleteWell there's a twist: "age discrimination" against the young.
ReplyDeleteNo common sense or freedom allowed!
ReplyDeleteMore proof: No good-intentioned deed goes unpunished. The manager was canned.
ReplyDeleteAnd they fired the manager for speaking the truth.
ReplyDeleteI never put up a sign but I did get to the place I would not consider anyone under 40 . The kids just would not work and wanted to send 30 texts an hour . Nuff said !
ReplyDelete(Old Tech) We hired another mechanic for our shop. He spends at least and hour and a half each day on the phone during work hours, not counting the time at coffee and lunch. Then he said he wanted a raise - I informed him he is already paid 20% more than what he thinks (?) Then got pissed off when I reviewed his non-pro time was equal to an entire day.
DeleteWith any luck, he will quit.
It's everywhere. Punkass kids don't wanna wurk. They have the 'gimme' mentality, and work ain't how it's done. Restaurants seem to be suffering the most, shortened hours, smaller menus. The freebies provided by the HOAXAVIRUS have really helped us. Also, seems like it's always more of a problem in the states that have legalized marijuana. I'm not convinced it's a good idea to legalize, I smoked and sold my share, but it just seems like a open door to being flat LAZY. Others are saying the same, Oregon, Colorado, etc., pot smoke everywhere, blue tarp cities. Disgusting.
ReplyDeleteI too see people of all ages wanting handouts as well as people still clinging to decades old propaganda from the drug war; or embrace willful ignorance of the currency state of the economy and just how broken it is.
DeleteThe homeless problem is mostly a symptom of trying to destroy the United States by letting loose all of the mental cases and ceasing in enforcing existing laws on the books.
When the government can decide what you can eat or inhale then you do not own your own body, rather the state and federal governments do. By extension of that ownership of your body, they also own anything that is produced by it. Self-ownership and bodily-sovereignty are two of the foundational principles of private property.
ALL plants need to be restored to legal status, people have been using peyote buttons for over 5,000 years, likewise Ayahuasca, tobacoo, etc. Many etheogen plants are showing extensive promise in studies to treat/cure depression, alcoholism, neurological issues. The combination therapies being developed will likely become the next billion dollar industry.
Pro-tip: Legal or not, the same amount of cannabis users already exist. All the law succeeds in doing is destroying peoples lives over some plant flowers.
Restaurants are one of the worst offenders of terrible wages and expect customers to foot the labor bill with "tips". Minimum wage for waiters is around $2-4/hr because they are "Tipped Minimum Wage" and in my state that is $2.13/hr, one of the lowest. Restaurants cry victim but it's a problem of their own doing by not paying a wage that people are willing to work for. Payroll is one of the biggest expenses of running a business and it will be squeezed as much as possible. Shorter hours should be expected and a smaller menu means the cooks don't have to be as skilled or can handle more dishes at one time.
If you see a tip jar at the end of a checkout isle for a grocery bagger, that is their literal pay-jar and they likely work for tips because the company is too cheap to pay a wage.
If businesses want good help, they need to pay a decent wage and offer basic benefits that are standard / legally required in the rest of the western world.
- Arc
Every food server I know makes much more than "a decent wage" from tips. Any that would rather go on straight wages without tips is either an idiot who doesn't know that straight wages would be only a little over minimum wage, or is one of the entitled twits that give lousy service and gets tips to match.
DeleteNow, for the most part I will agree about the punk kids. But my daughter, who turns 17 in July, has worked at a local grocery store for the past 10 months. In that time, she started as a cashier, has been trained in the front office and as a front end supervisor. She is in charge of the Health and Beauty aisle. She has trained in the deli and in produce. The manager gave her a $1.25 raise at six months, a merit raise, not required by the union contract. She thinks she will be getting another $1 in July.
ReplyDeleteI've been saying this since halfway through the Obama residency, speaking on behalf of the collective group of Baby Boomers-
ReplyDelete"They're going to miss us when we're gone."
We are already missing them. This is in the trades as well. Started 5 different apprentices in last 2 years. Only one stuck and come to find out he's actually 30 years old and has already had a bunch of dead end jobs(i.e. he's motivated).
DeleteElsewhere in plant, can't get and keep descent help.
Back when I was a working stiff, the last two companies I worked for had a policy that they reviewed with every regular and every temp employee and made them sign before they were hired that stated that phones were to be turned off or left in their vehicle during working hours. Any violation was cause for immediate, on the spot termination.
ReplyDeleteWho TF do these kids think they are and what is that dollar store thinking for firing the manager?
There's a whole lot of long overdue culling that needs to be done.
Nemo
I've pretty much exhausted my commentary on the picture at CFP, https://citizenfreepress.com/column-1/now-hiring-baby-boomers-only-check-the-sign/ (Fleabag) If anyone cares to page down like 5 tabs of comments with Control + F.
ReplyDeleteSome basic points. I have read that DollarTree pays ~$12/hr and treats their employees like trash; thus has difficulty finding and retaining anything above the barrel scrapings when pretty much any other business pays more. This is typical for a lot of jobs now and even skilled positions requiring college education pay very little. The store is likely open to an age discrimination lawsuit now.
This event is one of countless that is a symptom of a larger systematic problem. Workers don't want to work and employers are paying garbage wages. Minimum wage was $1.25 in 1964 or five silver quarters. That same wage melted to ~$15 in 2016, and ~$20 in 2018, now its between ~$20 and $22 depending on when the price is checked. I stand by it when I say this is initially caused by President Nixon when he closed the gold window around 1971, which coincides with the decoupling of productivity from wages; he debased the currency.
Low wages is why I would sooner watch the grass grow in a national park or hike cross-country and see all the lands than sell my limited days on this earth for near-nothing. Living out of a backpack is plenty comfortable as the grunts taught me. Spend all say writing and painting, charge devices with a solar roll, etc.
As a Boomer, I will admit we were not called lazy. We were called long-haired lazy hippies, among other things.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have long hair but I did have wire rimmed glasses. A great foreman of mine used to call me a 'hippie type' and when I'd ask him why I was a hippie type and not a hippie his reply was always "Because you work!"
DeleteR.I.P. Frank Ford.
Simple disclaimer: We reserve the right to hire whoever we damn well please. BFYTW.
ReplyDeleteIn the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, there was bartertown.....we need an 1980s town.
ReplyDeleteChutes Magoo
Wanna bet the ex-employees in question were 300 pound mudsharks ?
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the old banner on a tow truck...
ReplyDeleteGood work ain't cheap, and cheap work ain't good.
Now add an 'er' onto the end of 'work' and say it again so everyone understands the problem proper.
Pay minimum wage, get minimum work. The number your local labor board quotes as 'the law', is not the same thing.
Restaurants here can't get a body worth the free meal for less than 14/hr. Right or wrong, the marketplace is telling employers they are not paying enough wages.
The manager was wrong to post a sign that blatantly violated age discrimination laws. He should have posted a plain help wanted sign, then eliminated the worthless ones during the interview process. That sign was just asking for a fine or lawsuit. He put the company in a position where they had to cover their butts from a legal standpoint.
ReplyDeleteWhy in the hell can't you hire whomever the hell you want? If the people you're hiring - or not hiring - think it's wrong, PROTEST. Hurt their business. But, don't pass laws about it. The shit will settle itself out.
ReplyDelete