I went on dating sites in the past and deleted my profile when I found someone I wanted to date. Is this what guys on there thought I was doing? Just “getting attention” because I went out with someone else that wasn’t them?

Good to know. Sounds like The Keg is not the kind of place where a party of 8 can easily commit felony theft with a dine-and-dash (notice your site says five thousand, not five hundred.) In the US, felony theft usually starts at one thousand (though it varies by state), and there are a small number of restaurants…

My parents bought me Mavis Beacon because I was always clamoring to be treated like an adult, and this was a typing program for adults. But with Mavis, I met my match; it was so goddamn boring. I later discovered Mario Teaches Typing, and we went with that. 10/10 would save the princess with the home row again.

Obviously the law was well-intentioned. But it’s an example of how difficult it is to protect workers even when you can muster the political will to pass legislation to do so. I’m not a libertarian; I’m generally pro-regulation, pro-workers’ rights, etc. I also recognize, as a former minimum-wage employee and as a…

No, dude. Don’t double down on making fun of both homeless people and those with mental illness by being all “I was one of those things and support funding for the other!” If you don’t care what people think, let your joke stand on its own. If you do care that several of us think you’re an asshole for making it,…

Cool; thanks for clarifying. In that case I agree. ;)

Having worked in restaurants both in and out of California, I’m actually not a fan of the overtime-over-8-hours law. Most restaurant shifts are around 5-6 hours, so pulling doubles is pretty feasible if you’re young and healthy. It’s also often financially necessary, because 5 or even 7 shifts a week won’t always pay…

Frankly, that would have probably cost you your job.

Neither sheep nor dog was created by humans.

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Ugggh, of COURSE they find a way to make jeans less relaxed than black dress pants. I shoulda known.

Were you there back in the days when we had to wear button-down collared white dress shirts with ties? I stayed through the transition to all black, but apparently now the servers get to wear jeans? Kids these days.

I love this story. It has all the grossness and absurdity of the best of BCO, but with nice people not dicking over the employees.

This is actually not the first BCO story of a customer throwing coffee at an employee—it’s not even the first story of this happening at Starbucks, though the other one I’m thinking of involved an iced beverage. With an obscene amount of caramel. Don’t trust people who ask for that much caramel.

Federal law, and the laws of most states, do not provide overtime for exceeding eight hours in a day, only if you exceed forty hours in a week. Most of these places are staffed with mostly part-timers, so even getting stuck for a few extra hours on every shift won’t necessarily result in overtime pay.

Possibly. Eight people eating steak, with desserts and port for all could easily exceed a grand at a fancy place.

Ideally, if you’re going to be ordering a seriously crazy amount of food (i.e. feeding more people than the fire code permits the restaurant to contain at once), you should call 24 hours in advance, ask to speak to the manager, and give them a heads-up, so that they can borrow inventory from another store if…

Since the manager wasn’t around, do you think the employees could have gotten away with accepting tips? I’d like to do the right thing if I’m ever in that situation.

Honey isn’t animal waste; it’s food that bees make for themselves. I’m not opposed to eating it, personally, but at least get your facts straight.

LOL I know which restaurant you’re talking about. I used to work there, too. :) You done good, knowing your shit and also not strangling her.