Actually, the point of a period is to demarcate the sentence from others. If there aren’t at least two sentences, the period is pointless (pun intended).
Places I worked that did this had no issues with employees stealing.
It was only a problem in places that were assholes about the shitty food. When they gave food freely, most employees felt like they couldn't take too much without being a jerk but employees that worked in places with hard rules about the food didn't care if they were jerks.
I'm sure some employees took more than their fair share in the places that gave away food but not enough cause issues where the places that didn't give food had a ton of food loss problems.
Most don't anymore and people still steal food. During the worst parts of the pandemic we gave workers a free meal while they worked and then let them take home $15 worth of food for their families when they left. It cost us a lot and we still had to deal with some people stealing more food.
I mean… if you work there you can get shit super cheap anyway though? At least in the UK you do. Not sure they really need to give you free food just because you work there.
That’s stupid and not at all how any job works. You get paid for your job, that’s what you take home at the end of the day. Walking out with stock isn’t something you just get to do because you’re an entitled little shit.
I got a job at chipotle in college while I was doing keto years ago specifically because they gave a free meal that was relatively fresh food. I definitely pushed it pretty far, entire bowl full of meat every time I worked. Still cost them less than paying me a living wage, and it kept me happy and more productive.
Not to mention a lot of employees are going to only be able to go on break when things are slow and often are gonna end up eating food that would have been thrown out anyway, not just because it’s not going to be sold before it has to be tossed, but also because the employees then don’t have to do more work and prepare even more food if they just eat from what’s already made.
Honestly, all they'd have to do is give the employees a free meal. Like a burger and some fries. You earn the good will of your employees, and you're spending so little for each employee.
Like the other person said, it is the local owner who often is still paying for the restaurant and making very little money. And what they said is right. People do start making extra food just to take and eat to the point it ends up costing a lot of money over time.
The problem is if every single franchise does this the. They start losing a shit ton of money. Clearly you have no idea about the logistics of running a successful company. Rule number 1 is never get high on your own supply
Most Mcdonald’s are franchised, and some people only own a single store. The corporation gets a minimal amount of profits from the store, so this has nothing to do with corporate. Idiot.
McDonald’s gets 45% + money for advertising and other shit from their franchisee. There is more than enough food to around. Give that shit away at night to those that need it
That's not what I'm referring to. I agree that you could give that food to a more productive cause. But that wasn't what the comment above was talking about. The boss let the employee eat for free the one time but told them not to make it a habit, a reasonable request, and then the person below is all "boohoo multibullion dollar corporation is losing money /s" as if it's a horrible request to ask someone capable of paying for food to pay for food. And making extra food, without paying for it, only for you to take home, is theft. It's not actual extra food that was made on accident, it was a waste of the restaurants resources on purpose. If you make extra food and there's leftovers, fine, but when you take someone else's resources and make "extra"on purpose, you step into stealing.
He let the employee eat something that was going to be thrown out. Considering those employees are likely under paid, not allowing them to eat food that would be waste is pretty shitty. I also want to add the context that( in the US at least) wage theft dwarves all other kinds of theft.
Most big restaurants are franchised, so owned by a local person. They usually operate with low margins, like a few hundred a day after buying food, rent, utilities, and salary.
Yeah these rules are always made for the assholes that ruin it for anyone, not the employee that wants to eat a burger that was going to be thrown out anyway.
I worked at a gelato store in college and the owner allowed you to have two free scoops per shift. Some people started taking home gigantic scoops. Like these scoops would fill a pint container. They’d give away ice cream to friends and said they were just giving away their “free scoops.” Finally the owner just said no more free ice cream.
It's so stupid. As long as people aren't making all kinds of food to take home and feed their family (which would be super obvious and not very hard to stop), the employees likely aren't going to eat more than is thrown away.
You're gonna pay your people minimum wage AND tell them they can't have a burger and fries on their break? Get fucked.
I used to work at a dominos that charged employees full price for food, but we were allowed to eat food that was going to be thrown away for free. So before my shift I'd just place an online pickup order for whatever I wanted and wait out the clock after I arrived. They eventually stopped allowing us to eat free food.
So I'm the guy that fucked that up.
But you know, at least sell us the food at fucking cost.
Edit: I just remembered, the reason I started doing that was bc they actually stopped allowing us to buy food at all for some reason. That was the breaking point. This was like 15 or 20 years ago so my memory is fuzzy lol
I worked at McDonalds in Germany 20 years ago. Employees were allowed to drink as much as they wanted during their shifts. In their break, employees were allowed to eat for 10 DM (5 EUR, roughly 7 Dollars back then). You could choose any items from the menu (remember: drinks were free). Although it was not luxurious, it was totally enough to end your shift without being hungry (like a sandwich, fries, nuggets and a small sundae).
Yes and no, this was in an area where kids pretty much was on their own with 0 parental guidance. Not bad kids, just needed an adult who saw them and gave two fucks. Hence my presence, I didn’t work to kick them out. I was there to de-escalate and see them. Of course the few who packed bangers and/or stabbers but far from the majority.
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u/Swedzilla Oct 15 '21
I was working security on a McDonalds one Christmas Eve and was given 24 cheeseburgers they “accidentally” made 10min after closing 😄