CalvinisHobbes
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"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, I'm out!"
https://www.businessinsider.com/burger-king-we-all-quit-sign-viral-workers-labor-shortage-2021-7
Jul 15, 2021 6:32 PM
CalvinisHobbes
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1560
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"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, I'm out!"
https://www.businessinsider.com/burger-king-we-all-quit-sign-viral-workers-labor-shortage-2021-7
1moreStep2Go
worked at a few BK (moved often to fix problems), that which she describes in article is standard operating procedure at many franchises
barnwolf
Wow only had 13 employees working there. OK I can now sorta understand how they all quit. I thought it was just 1 employee pranking.
Rocksteady412
Local BK is failing miserably. I'm sad cause BK lounge
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
Worked in a restaurant that had no working fans in kitchen an entire summer. 140*f+... Guys were passing out every single day.
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
Heard "we gotta get that fixed for you guys," more times than I can count.
ILikePugandFrenchiePictures
Saw two seizures in the middle of a shift.
copingcabana
I love that they took the time to update the sign.
1moreStep2Go
I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, well kinda
VaultGirl69
All those idiots crying about protecting the free market. Guess what. This is also part of the free market. Corps don't own amplitude.
Link01
97? Our back room is whatever temperature and humidity it is outside minus the breeze because management says fans actually make it hotter
CalvinisHobbes
What!? Get those guys on tape. Send it to the local paper.
Link01
It was even better when the heaters were broken down for a couple weeks, we were using fridge thermometers to track it, got down to the 40s.
MightyIink
Don't they have air conditioning for the customers? How cheap do you have to be to block that off from the kitchen...
heodaubu
I used to work for Mcdonald in the back making biscuit and salad. Winter time was cold and they left the back door open for morning...1/2
heodaubu
deliveries. It was freezing cold and I wore my sweater over my uniform. Audit day and they failed due to (out of uniform). I quit
mccar7hy
Good for them
Isi151e
Extreme heat is no fun to be working in. It's dangerous and those are unsafe conditions. 97 degrees in a BK kitchen, I'd be out too
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
place near me that I used to love has one of those "due to government handouts no one decided to work please be patient with the >
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
>people who showed up" signs. While yes, I agree, that is gonna make your service slower. The people who decided "not to show up" are >
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
>working in other places, for better money, better hours, and better working conditions. But sure, blame the "gubmint handouts"
mindstorm8191
Of course its 97º in their kitchen, they have an industrial sized gas grill in the middle of it
mindstorm8191
I've worked there when the vent stopped working (broken belt), it gets much hotter REAL quick
bluefirecracker
This is totally absurd!!! Gas for $2.95?!
OamZ
an yet nothing in this town changed the Burger King was still empty......
88wut
“Can’t we just leave?” the person who had to change the sign
servingmytimeinusersub
I will never stoop so low as to spit in your food... But if I'm in this environment...you are going to get sweat in your burger.
sevenfingerman
Just remember, if a company pays its workers so little that they require government assistance to survive, then your taxes are subsidizing1/
johnvictor
But id da bidness rait da explut da wurkers! /s
sevenfingerman
That company. 2/2
DropDeadFread
1moreStep2Go
agreed, but there's states that manage to work so that minimal crap amount of pay is enough to cut into benefits significantly
PizzaQueen2000
I think the law is it cant be 100°F or higher. Ive been working in around 95°-99° DRINK LOTS OF WATER
afatrollofmyown
It may vary by state, but I've called OSHA in Oregon when my work space was hotter than 78, per state regs.
PizzaQueen2000
Dang 78° sounds like a dream. Currently sweating at 94°
rbudrick
Wal mart has literally told workers how to file for federal assistance whole working for them.
rockhydra
In case anyone was wondering, most kitchens are 100° on the regular in summer months.
rockhydra
Sense said right. Just said was.
buffalowineguy
Yeah, breweries too. Pretty much nonstop.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
that doesn't make it right.
feyli
this really isnt high enough up, kitchen work is always going to be hot. which is why they should be paid fairly for having to work in that
OrgasmicGiggle
I was going to say, 36 Celsius is pretty low where I work.
helyx
I used to leave work after 11pm and it was still 95° in the warehouse and production floor.
WeGotMore
97? Its over 100 in my kitchen rn.
Xspotjr
The ac just blew in my kitchen here in South Fl. It's been 105 for a few days and we have have to freeze rags the night beforehand
WeGotMore
We do the same, never had ac in the kitchen. Hanging out in the walk ins helps too lol.
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
clintwestwud
Imagine how amazing it would feel to be the “you’re cool” person he shouts out!
TittiesMcgeeDaTurd
I love that the guy next to the guy who got hit reacted so fucking slow, he was so baked lmaoooo
CalvinisHobbes
Noice! I couldn't find an HD version, but knew someone here had it. Thanks!
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
lol i was actually gonna tag you, but that would have been redundant on your own post :)
TrizzNathaniel
Damn B!
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
Thats Cuban B
vikafx808
twocowgarage
2.95 for gas? Where? I just paid 4.29 here in California.
deathmagiks
I believe you answered your own question: Not California. That said, that extra cost supposedly helps environmental and infrastructure stuf
JackSnare
Problem is they are going to replace staff with robots and essentially make giant roadside vending machines.
AverySillyName
you have any idea how long those signs take to change? that's some quiet rage there.
slaitch
Where is that? Look at that gas price!
CalvinisHobbes
Lincoln Nebraska: https://www.businessinsider.com/burger-king-we-all-quit-sign-viral-workers-labor-shortage-2021-7
Koinpurce
Is that different from where you are at? I think that is about what it is here in Mn as well.
zFUBARz
Maybe they're from a different country? Always looks crazy to a Canadian, cause metric even though it's always cheaper.
shyriath
Not too far off in Maryland, either.
Tom40
It is a little high I guess.
afatrollofmyown
lol, I'm in Oregon, ours is $3.80. I'd say that's CHEAP
fthelions
Spot on for me
Pyrolillycherry
Ours is higher :(
OlympicFail
Lincoln Nebraska
icommentwithsteveharvey
If your business cant afford to pay a livable wage, it deserves to go out of business. Thats how the market is supposed to correct itself
Flowerlady0
Boycott all fast food. Boycott Pepsi Frito-Lay
GQPisadeathcult
I don’t know. My buddies like working a d delivering for Pepsi they don’t have much bad to say.
Flowerlady0
The reason I say fast food is- what they're serving can barely be called food and what they pay can't be called a living wage
Flowerlady0
Frito-Lay, Amazon, and a host of other companies taking advantage of willing workers need to pay a living wage
StarmineRendezvous
If a business has workers on welfare, they should be fined twice the costs of the welfare they are receiving. Changes will be quick.
Tumescentpie
If your business can't pay a living wage it is either a hobby or a grift.
afatrollofmyown
90% of companies would go extinct if that's the case.
icommentwithsteveharvey
90% of the time people pull percentages put of their ass
Hogwaller
I dunno, I get it, but up and quitting is helping the now unemployed how? I left bad jobs when I had a better job in hand.
Hogwaller
Amazing that a person that leaves a bad job for a better one without just quitting with no income gets 65 downvotes - lazy is your problem
Hogwaller
You don't want a good wage - you want money for nothing. You don't want to work at all. Mommy and daddy will support you.
toonsniped
Sometimes you have to take a stand despite the personal costs.
Hogwaller
It's a hell of a hill to choose to die on, but if that's worth it to ya, then I'll support it.
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
The alternative being "Guess I'll live on starvation wages in this shared studio apt."? I'd rather die on that hill than from starvation.
NotHerrVonClaussen
Right now theres a relative surplus of low/unskilled jobs, so they can afford to be picky. Also, most ppl are back at work somewhere now
Hiboredimdad
Left a shit job last year. I had employers calling me looking because theyre desperate for employees. I basically got to chose my wage.
Hiboredimdad
45$ an hour btw, up from 24$. If your boss is a moron.Leave.
PieAndPunch
Them all quiting at once sends a message that they're not taking that abuse anymore otherwise what's the point
Hogwaller
There's na old saying about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Would you rather starve than just get a better job?
Athenalite
Having to be hospitalized for dehydration costs money, so they're saving money on hospital bills by refusing further abuse.
PieAndPunch
Exactly. This is how capitalism should work
bonkersbabytail
I hate to say it, but if you're a cook/chef who started out in fast food, and your first thought was "97 degrees, that's nothing, I had 1/2
toonsniped
I thought basically the same thing but in a much worse environment. But I was well compensated.
bonkersbabytail
Were you in porn?
toonsniped
No. Heavy industry and mining in the desert. In the summer basically every day is 100 plus.
bonkersbabytail
Oh Yeh, that does sound pretty shit, can't imagine the pays bad tho? I've done roofing for a season or two, every day in the summer 1/2
toonsniped
My first full time jon was roofing in Ohio.
bonkersbabytail
is above 100, plus the heat which the shingles gather pushes it up a bit higher as well. The difference is though you can change the 2/3
bonkersbabytail
much worse" or something to that effect, then you are the problem. That was my first thought, and it's called brainwashing. 2/3
bonkersbabytail
We should always want the future to enjoy a more thoughtful environment, so that they have more energy to do what they enjoy outside 3/4
bonkersbabytail
of work, why do you think so many of us have drinking problems and fucked up bodies, it's assholes passing down their shit 4/5
bonkersbabytail
behaviours to us. Head chefs can be like father figures to a degree, you have to be careful with what they teach you, and what you pass 5/6
bonkersbabytail
on to the next generation