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  • adam 11:30 on 2002/08/25 Permalink  

    My famous relative 

    Godfrey Jackman
    Ok, so unless you’re British (or an Anglophile with access to British TV) then you probably don’t care.
    This is my “uncle”. It’s actually my mothers uncle, so I guess that makes him my grand-uncle, but he’s still related, so that’s all that matters.
    There’s a few things missing – the one I recall being “Treasure Island” – but it means that besides myself, my brother and my mother’s shop, there’s another one of my family on the internet. We’re slowly taking over, I guess!

     

  • adam 09:59 on 2002/08/25 Permalink  

    Friendly? Heck no. 

    The Journal News reports…
    Mount Kisco: Longtime Friendly’s waitress resigns over corporate policy
    The 60-year-old Mahopac resident says she’s resigning after being suspended for three days for a mediocre review by a so-called "mystery shopper." Corporations like Friendly’s hire consulting companies who send "mystery shoppers" into restaurants, movie theaters, retail outlets, etc., to rate the help.
    Apparently the only problem with her reveiw was:
    “Did you receive your breakfast entree within 10 minutes of time of order?” The mystery shopper replied, “It took 11 minutes.”
    Most importantly:
    While the review states that service was average, it notes that Kennedy, who makes $3.30 an hour plus tips, was “very nice.” The customer said that Kennedy had a lot of tables to handle and that she frequently apologized to customers who were waiting.
    Leaving aside the pay rate (isn’t minimum wage now like $7.50?), it says that she was very nice. It does NOT say, however, that the restaurant was understaffed that day – meaning that the reviewer was lucky to get their food so quickly.
    I have to say that this entire story is just stupid. If Friendly’s had been smart and flexible, this would be a non-issue. But they’re being stupid and rigid, so now they’re getting bad press.
    Back in my retail days (I was an employee of a large chain of pharmacies back in high school/early college) I was “mystery shopped” many times, and never had a problem. Other co-wokers got bad reviews, but they weren’t suspended. I’d also like to point out that when an employee was on the cash register, the total on their register was closely watched (obviously). The thing is, I think that unless you were over/under more than $20, they didn’t do anything but tell you to be more careful. So I could be taking money out of the register, but as long as I was careful about it, they wouldn’t fire me. Where’s the sense in that? (By the way, it should go without saying that I never did actually take money – I was just using that as an example)

     

    • Rudi 18:04 on 2002/08/27 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Actually, for food service workers, the minimum wage isn’t often used for pay scale. They assume that tips will cover the difference, and then some. Fun, no?

  • adam 09:19 on 2002/08/25 Permalink  

    Doctor, heal thyself 

    Yahoo! News
    Cops: Dr. Knew How to Hit Mosques
    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – A doctor suspected of hatching an elaborate plot to blow up dozens of mosques and an Islamic education center had enough expertise and firepower to carry it out, police said Saturday.
    Well, at least it wasn’t the other way around – Islamic’s trying to blow up a church. And it’s really good that he was so unhinged that he was threatining his wife – otherwise he might have done it.

     

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