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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Monday, February 22, 2010 - 1:22 pm
around here 7/11 has great hotdog specials. kids can load up on the toppings at a little sidebar. even chili and cheeze (mystery product) sometimes the special is 2 for $2.88. Its a great idea instead of MacDonald's or other junky food places.

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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 7:05 am
Alritey then. I just stopped drinking 7-11 coffee. LOL Not 5 minutes in, a 7-11 employee (Delores) used the coffee filter holder to push open the garbage can then flipped the old grounds out then put in new filter/grounds without washing the holder. GROSS!!!
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 7:26 am
Another 10 minutes in... Perhaps it is just the editing but imo that store with the maintenance (lights) issue seemed partly responsible for the slow response. They reported a couple burnt out lightbulbs and a sensor that was acting up. I wouldn't rush on that either if I had other issues from other stores. I think that manager should have said they had a power failure in the storage area (which is the truth, she didn't need to tell them she had an idea of the cause (that's not her job)) and been more proactive in emphasizing that it was a safety issue. Like I said, maybe it's just editing.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 7:37 am
Final comments: I did enjoy this one better than Hooters but not as much as the first. The one thing I liked about the first was that the CEO used his experience to make the company better for everyone. This CEO just rewarded a few individuals with the exception of addressing the maintenance issue. For example, instead of mentoring that young man, how about putting in a program that would allow all employees an opportunity to advance into management positions or first crack at employment openings in other parts of the company?
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 7:55 am
I finally got to watch this recent episode and enjoyed it. Like some of you, I hated seeing all that food go to waste when there are people starving in this country. To me, that's a huge crime. I loved Igor.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 9:53 am
About the wasted food....Personally I have a problem with unpackaged food from a self serve area being handled yet again and sent to another location. It's already had tons of grubby hands on or near it. It should be thrown out. They should just lower their order. If they were all individually wrapped, then there's no problem.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 2:46 pm
When I worked at Starbucks 4 years ago we would donate our unsold pastries, but we I came back this past year, I noticed they were no longer doing that. It had to do with opened food and health laws.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 3:11 pm
One of our local Starbucks sends pastries to a Senior Citizen center - the swankiest and least needy in the local system! Second Harvest (ur local food bank) opens to the public for Friday lunch and serves a top-shelf restaurant meal for $12. Half of that money goes directly to feeding programs while the other half covers expenses as we NEVER use a speck of donated food. Food that has been on the buffet line either goes home with the various volunteers or into the garbage. Food behind the line in ovens, hot boxes, on stove tops, or prep tables can be donated to Nashville's Table, one of our programs that collects prepared food from restaurants, caterers, hotels, etc. and re-cycles it to the hungry.
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Skydiver6
Member
07-21-2006
| Friday, February 26, 2010 - 3:16 pm
After watching the Hooters show I was very upset that the degrading manager was not fired and I wrote to the company and let them know. They wrote me back and said that Mr. Brooks and Hooters were bound by complex legal agreements with the show and they were limited on what they could do during the show. The manager did end up resigning and is no longer with the company.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Friday, February 26, 2010 - 3:42 pm
I am sure it was difficult for him to continue being a bully once the company took all his victims away. His *reindeer games* showed a truly vile, ugly personality and I hope wherever he is now that he isn't in a position to further abuse a new batch of employees.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 8:05 pm
What a good show tonight. I liked the White Castle boss a lot. I bet there won't be a dry eye in the house when watching this.
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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 8:49 pm
The look on the supervisor lady's face was priceless. I wish he would have done something with a little bit more impact for the worker with the little boy.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 9:10 pm
Me too. $5000 seems like so little. I hope they are paying him for helping set up their "program". Now does anyone know how they film this? It doesn't look like undercover filming -- looks like a camera crew is following them around which changes people's behavior. What do they tell the people regarding why they are being filmed? This was the first time I watched this and I enjoyed it.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 11:29 pm
Brenda, they use a cover story: tonight was that it was that they were making a documentary about a guy starting an entry level position at White Castle. I didn't enjoy the show tonight, although I thought it was better to give Jose and the father of the visually impaired kid money instead of "making a donation in your name" to a charity like the bosses had done before (can you spell tax write-off, boys and girls?). I think the main reason I'm through with this show is because I really believe these businesses dehumanize the workers--what Marx and Engels called the alienation of labor--and this show glories in humanizing the bosses. And, while I am far from a Marxist, I really do believe that these businesses make money by systematically undervaluing labor and forcing American workers into ever-more tenuous circumstances, and in most cases doing it without providing the workers with essentials like health care. Until they are willing to make systematic changes, rather than just providing rewards here and there and pretending they're sufficient, I can't think of a reason to watch this celebration of CEOs. ETA: One of our local Starbucks sends pastries to a Senior Citizen center - the swankiest and least needy in the local system! The Starbucks in Hollywood donates their leftover pastries to the local homeless shelter. I know the shelter residents appreciate Starbucks for the kindness.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 5:05 am
As I understand the cover stories they went something along the lines that they were filming people trying to find a job in the down economy. It was passed off as supposedly about their struggles to find a job and learn new skills.
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 5:17 am
I just find it funny that this is the 2nd business that actually turned me off their product. With 7-11 it was the sanitation, they even made a huge point about their being no sinks near the food prep areas. And now White Castle. I have never eaten there but after seeing those sad white buns and pathetic little squares of meat with the holes cut out (the purpose being to use less meat, right?) I wont be rushing out on my next trip stateside. I was hoping when the factory guy said the buns went to feed pigs that the owner would pipe up and suggest they go to humans instead but alas. LOL And I agree that 5 grand is nothing for this company and I wish I would see more systemic changes that would help all employees. I can't help but roll my eyes at their 'help us set up committees to study' line. Seems like a pat thing to say to soothe until the cameras are gone.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 5:18 am
In regard to the comment above that having a camera there changes peoples' behavior - I surely agree because most supervisors would pull a "new employee" off the line waaaaay before they destroyed 48 HUNDRED buns. He wasn't too impressive packaging sandwiches or "straightening" cheese either! I thought he seemed a lot more relaxed with the folks in the work situations than he did in the boardroom -
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 8:20 am
I would think once the buns had been smashed by the machines they would no longer pass the sanitary requirements necessary for humans. I'm just glad that they do something with them instead of throwing them away.
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 8:59 am
I like the concept of this show, but I am beginning to question the authenticity. How many general managers would take aside a new employee on the first day and talk to him/her about unhappy employees and operational problems. This screamed "set up" to me. Also, where were all the customers during the conversations the "new guy" was having in the dining areas of various White Castles? Unless they have changed, White Castle is open 24 hours a day so it wasn't like they had these conversations when the store was closed. The only time I saw customers was at the drive-thru of one restaurant. The questions seemed to be pre-planned. Nothing was spontaneous. I'll continue to watch this show, but sadly with a skeptical eye. I guess I've been watching too many "reality" shows that have now become scripted and cast with actor wannabes.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 9:32 am
Having worked in a grocery store as a bakery manager for almost 22yrs I can tell you this...the amount of waste, from produce to meat to baked goods and everything else is HUGE!! We would throw away perfect product for the simple fact that it might not be perfect to the eye... We would get in some farmers that would pick up stuff for thier animals but anything else was tossed.... I hated that, it drove me nuts.. The reason I was told (and in some cases true) was people would take it home then claim they got sick and want to file a claim against the store.... just dummm ...but most people that were truly in need would have loved to have any of that wasted food, myself included. Also, anytime someone new came into our buisness we were all for-warned... So if our Boss was to say we are shooting a documentry about 'anything', and we would have a camera crew there, we would all be on best behavier 'or else'... That means all policy's had to be followed to the letter.... The store would get an extra cleaning in prep, work uniforms had to be up to code... things that were lax at times were now followed to the tee.... and you had better have a smile on your face and be on your best behavier..... I watch this show knowing that most of those employees are not always so 'darn sweet and happy'... most folks I know in these kind of jobs are unhappy, stressed, overworked and not walking around singing dixie.... anyway...thats just my view.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 9:48 am
Skydiver6, re your Friday, February 26, 2010 - 2:16 pm post: Good for you! Thanks for sharing the info with us. I'm glad he is no longer with Hooters.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 9:53 am
It seems the show is developing a formula. One bad employee, one great employee with a sad story, one good employee with ambitions and one with health issues. The show is beginning to feel like an hour long commercial for whatever business. Showing what good guys TPTB really are even though we who have been there know they only care about the bottom line.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 10:07 am
Also about things being different when the cameras are rolling, no factory would expect a new employee to perform at peak on the line instantly. They can slow the line down for half an hour till he gets the feel of it. And I agree with Tish. Most businesses do make their profits off the back of the little guys. Guys like the White Castle CEO, born at the top, have no idea what the little guy goes thru. That is why they offer bands aids like little donations and stupid policy programs.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 2:06 pm
It would be awesome if one of the employees said "I don't want your money. I want a decent hourly wage, I want decent working conditions and a good health/dental plan!!!"

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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Monday, March 01, 2010 - 4:45 pm
Five thousand dollars. wow Cheap, cheap cheap. There isn't a White Castle here or anywhere in the next state but if there was I would eat one of their burgers to see if it tasted better than it looked on tv. I kind of want one. lol Anyone know what they taste like?
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