Owner is a dick and resents when any kindness or comfort is directed to the staff (who are beneath him) by outsiders. Narcissist red flags.
agitatedandroid
Are all restaurateurs cunts?
I know this is largely a “get things off your chest” sub but could someone post a story about a nice place you enjoy working at? Just to restore my hope for humanity.
swazi44
What is the story behind it?
burnerburner23094812
My thoughts would be primarily with the least annoying way to quit.
i__hate__stairs
God how embarrassing.
Excellent_Novel7252
Sure , we will get right on that ! No problem, let me make sure this pack of ribeye’s doesn’t get lost along with these Salmon fillets.
Burrista_E
Any decent owner would want to reward staff with such things. If they want to collect it and then give it to specific employees who have been going above and beyond I guess I would understand. But this reads like they want everything for themselves. Which is lame as hell.
16thmission
Theres a lot wrong here. First, why is this a posted letter? Should be a simple “yo, GM gimme my swag and put the liquor behind the bar.”
Second, why keep it? Distribute it to the team. Maybe keep the tickets. But keep people happy. Ooh it’s a couple cheap koozies.
Third, looks like the owner isn’t around enough to know what’s going on in their restaurant.
I’m in my restaurant 7 days a week. No need for this garbage if you’re present in your restaurant.
Interesting-Goose82
Drop off a dildo for management to give to the owner. Tell them it came in with the “f u” purveyor
jabbadarth
I could see having them turned over to put in a pool where people are rewarded like an employee of the month, or just a random lottery system but the owner taking them is insane and this is the cheapest sleeziest scumbag type of shit.
FizzgigsRevenge
Christ, what an asshole
Holdmywhiskeyhun
In all reality wants something is handed to you it is yours. Same goes for tips. This owner can go suck a fat dick, or pussy if he likes dick
itsVainglorious
I would quit sooner rather than later. This is cartoon level bullshit. Whoever wrote this is an antagonist in a Dicken’s novel.
0dirtyrice0
No fucking way is that cool.
As a sales rep for a major wine distributor, I’d give out free cork screws, crumbers, champagne toppers etc etc all the time.
If those pieces of merchandise went to the owner, that would be complete and utter bullshit. It was for the wait staff to do their jobs better. As a waiter, I sometimes had three or four waiters best friends in my apron to start the night, and end the night with 1, having given them to other servers to use, or even to deserving customers.
It raised brand awareness for products we had which made selling those products easier. Made my job easier as a server.
When I became a distributor, it felt good knowing the real use case for these little bits of merchandise.
If they were collecting in a drawer of the owner, that would be a fucking smack in the face for our relationship. It’s taking away something that legit helps move product in your business and makes your servers life easier. And you’re gonna hoard it?
Screw that owner. That’s no way to treat your staff, and is the opposite of why distributors give these things out. The servers are out there pushing the products en masse, not the reclusive owner.
Fuck that owner, for real.
Hell I even offered wait staff incentives that drove sales of wines in their restaurants, which increased the restaurants revenue and the servers tips. If the owner took the incentive, that would be the opposite of the relationship I am building with the business.
Fuck that shit. That’s a toxic ass owner.
Wonderful-Ad-7132
I’d move the note upfront so the purveyors could know where their gifts are going to
ACoinGuy
Many years ago I was a purchaser for a large company. There was a simple policy. Any gifts were placed in the break room and shared by everyone. I never really cared except for the one time I received a full box of Omaha steaks. That stung a little bit to place in the break room.
Distinct-Solution-99
Let’s name and shame this company. Greedy bastards.
Ccctv216
Somebody likes coke.
LedKremlin
Pretty sure that owner can lick my hairy asshole at the end of my closing shift.
3amTPepiphany
I once got a signed photo from an NBA player while on the clock and the owner stole it, scratched my name off it, replaced it with the restaurant’s name and hung it on the wall.
french_snail
Shit I remember when I worked for a ski resort for Vail the representatives would shower the staff in gear, nice shit too like voodoo ranger enamel pins and helly Hanson back packs. It worked because all is staff were poor and paid shit, and the brands got free advertising from us wearing their shit around lol
LazyMan115
Have a buddy show up and “gift” you a gift wrapped dog turd. By policy you now get to give your boss a gift wrapped dog turd.
FonzoLatrundo
I worked for a VERY high volume restaurant as a sous and eventually executive chef. We’re talking $1 million plus per year to several major purveyors. One of those purveyors gifted the restaurant a trip for 2 to a Florida beach resort. At the time I was sous. The owner gave the trip to the exec who didn’t want to go. (He had young children at the time). He in turn gave it to me. I was friends with the sales rep who was my age. We’d planned a deep sea fishing charter and a spa day for our GFs during the trip including making deposits. As the trip approached I found out second hand that the owner had instead given the trip to the restaurant’s carpenter in exchange for work done on the place. He was well aware that I’d been handed the trip by the exec. The carpenter was a nice guy but he was also 25 years older than me or my rep buddy and they didn’t know each other at all. So yeah. I learned a lot about my boss from that experience and didn’t help build my trust of him. It also soured the company’s relationship with that sales rep who ended up moving to another company.
Capable_Telephone103
One of my first jobs was a dishwasher at high end joint in my middle of nowhere hometown. We were Amish county and their customers came in their lambos, Maserati, and McLarens.
The owner would bring his mom and immediate family for the big holidays. Easter mornings was brutal for a dishwasher. Wanna know what he did? He came back in his suit, hung up his jacket, looked me in the eye and said “im at your disposal. Let’s do this!”. And he worked by my side at peak rush for like 2 hours. Getting to know me and telling me how much hes heard about since I started, how well ive done and that hard work is appreciated and assisted when he’s around. Look for that type management..not this.
mkstot
No problem boss. Then I stop doing all the little things I don’t get compensated for like putting out fires during my off hours, accepting any business calls whilst not working, and squeezing the salesperson for better pricing. No kickbacks, well then kick rocks.
tappie
I’m in IT now. But still, you can pry my rep swag from my cold dead hands
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Jesus fucking Christ
Owner is a dick and resents when any kindness or comfort is directed to the staff (who are beneath him) by outsiders. Narcissist red flags.
Are all restaurateurs cunts?
I know this is largely a “get things off your chest” sub but could someone post a story about a nice place you enjoy working at? Just to restore my hope for humanity.
What is the story behind it?
My thoughts would be primarily with the least annoying way to quit.
God how embarrassing.
Sure , we will get right on that ! No problem, let me make sure this pack of ribeye’s doesn’t get lost along with these Salmon fillets.
Any decent owner would want to reward staff with such things. If they want to collect it and then give it to specific employees who have been going above and beyond I guess I would understand. But this reads like they want everything for themselves. Which is lame as hell.
Theres a lot wrong here. First, why is this a posted letter? Should be a simple “yo, GM gimme my swag and put the liquor behind the bar.”
Second, why keep it? Distribute it to the team. Maybe keep the tickets. But keep people happy. Ooh it’s a couple cheap koozies.
Third, looks like the owner isn’t around enough to know what’s going on in their restaurant.
I’m in my restaurant 7 days a week. No need for this garbage if you’re present in your restaurant.
Drop off a dildo for management to give to the owner. Tell them it came in with the “f u” purveyor
I could see having them turned over to put in a pool where people are rewarded like an employee of the month, or just a random lottery system but the owner taking them is insane and this is the cheapest sleeziest scumbag type of shit.
Christ, what an asshole
In all reality wants something is handed to you it is yours. Same goes for tips. This owner can go suck a fat dick, or pussy if he likes dick
I would quit sooner rather than later. This is cartoon level bullshit. Whoever wrote this is an antagonist in a Dicken’s novel.
No fucking way is that cool.
As a sales rep for a major wine distributor, I’d give out free cork screws, crumbers, champagne toppers etc etc all the time.
If those pieces of merchandise went to the owner, that would be complete and utter bullshit. It was for the wait staff to do their jobs better. As a waiter, I sometimes had three or four waiters best friends in my apron to start the night, and end the night with 1, having given them to other servers to use, or even to deserving customers.
It raised brand awareness for products we had which made selling those products easier. Made my job easier as a server.
When I became a distributor, it felt good knowing the real use case for these little bits of merchandise.
If they were collecting in a drawer of the owner, that would be a fucking smack in the face for our relationship. It’s taking away something that legit helps move product in your business and makes your servers life easier. And you’re gonna hoard it?
Screw that owner. That’s no way to treat your staff, and is the opposite of why distributors give these things out. The servers are out there pushing the products en masse, not the reclusive owner.
Fuck that owner, for real.
Hell I even offered wait staff incentives that drove sales of wines in their restaurants, which increased the restaurants revenue and the servers tips. If the owner took the incentive, that would be the opposite of the relationship I am building with the business.
Fuck that shit. That’s a toxic ass owner.
I’d move the note upfront so the purveyors could know where their gifts are going to
Many years ago I was a purchaser for a large company. There was a simple policy. Any gifts were placed in the break room and shared by everyone. I never really cared except for the one time I received a full box of Omaha steaks. That stung a little bit to place in the break room.
Let’s name and shame this company. Greedy bastards.
Somebody likes coke.
Pretty sure that owner can lick my hairy asshole at the end of my closing shift.
I once got a signed photo from an NBA player while on the clock and the owner stole it, scratched my name off it, replaced it with the restaurant’s name and hung it on the wall.
Shit I remember when I worked for a ski resort for Vail the representatives would shower the staff in gear, nice shit too like voodoo ranger enamel pins and helly Hanson back packs. It worked because all is staff were poor and paid shit, and the brands got free advertising from us wearing their shit around lol
Have a buddy show up and “gift” you a gift wrapped dog turd. By policy you now get to give your boss a gift wrapped dog turd.
I worked for a VERY high volume restaurant as a sous and eventually executive chef. We’re talking $1 million plus per year to several major purveyors. One of those purveyors gifted the restaurant a trip for 2 to a Florida beach resort. At the time I was sous. The owner gave the trip to the exec who didn’t want to go. (He had young children at the time). He in turn gave it to me. I was friends with the sales rep who was my age. We’d planned a deep sea fishing charter and a spa day for our GFs during the trip including making deposits. As the trip approached I found out second hand that the owner had instead given the trip to the restaurant’s carpenter in exchange for work done on the place. He was well aware that I’d been handed the trip by the exec. The carpenter was a nice guy but he was also 25 years older than me or my rep buddy and they didn’t know each other at all. So yeah. I learned a lot about my boss from that experience and didn’t help build my trust of him. It also soured the company’s relationship with that sales rep who ended up moving to another company.
One of my first jobs was a dishwasher at high end joint in my middle of nowhere hometown. We were Amish county and their customers came in their lambos, Maserati, and McLarens.
The owner would bring his mom and immediate family for the big holidays. Easter mornings was brutal for a dishwasher.
Wanna know what he did? He came back in his suit, hung up his jacket, looked me in the eye and said “im at your disposal. Let’s do this!”. And he worked by my side at peak rush for like 2 hours. Getting to know me and telling me how much hes heard about since I started, how well ive done and that hard work is appreciated and assisted when he’s around.
Look for that type management..not this.
No problem boss. Then I stop doing all the little things I don’t get compensated for like putting out fires during my off hours, accepting any business calls whilst not working, and squeezing the salesperson for better pricing. No kickbacks, well then kick rocks.
I’m in IT now. But still, you can pry my rep swag from my cold dead hands