When I was a teen working at Canes, I vividly remember management asking a guy to come in on his day off at 8am(mind you, employees normally got there around 930 or so to open) just so they could fire him. He had worked the night before and was looking rough but always eager to pick up an extra shift. All for $6/hr back then. Hope he’s doing well.
Had something similar happen when I was a kid working at a local ice cream and coffee joint. Manager called me in on my day off, I wasn't driving yet and my parents were at work so I rode my bike all the way there just to have them sit me down and fire me. Had to ride my bike all the way home while crying. They closed down within the year, fuck them.
Yeah, it was a long time ago. Looking back at being a kid working, I've found most of the managers I worked for were absolute assholes, I feel like they took advantage of the kids working under them because they know most kids don't know better and don't really have the confidence to stand up for themselves. I know not all are like that, but a lot of them are
I got lucky I guess. Got hired on at an Italian place as a dishie at 13, moved to prep at 14, was asst manager at 17. They did give me and the other kid my age there beer and weed tho looking back just WTF
Yeah, back then that seemed to be the best in terms of treating their employees right and I'm sure it's the same (Of course that can vary). We had a local Italian spot that my family would go to since we were kids, right before college my brother and I worked there for a couple years, a lot of the same staff we grew up with were still there. A few years ago I went back while visiting my family, still a lot of the same workers were there. I remember there was a lot of fun amongst the staff, at the end of the night if a dough roll got dropped it became a dough fight, just slinging that shit all over the place. The Christmas parties were great too. The owners were super chill and treated everyone well, if you messed up, the staff would let you know, they could be harsh about it sometimes, but at least they gave you a chance to learn. We have a local spot we go to now with our baby, the owners wife loves him and always takes him to show to the other waiters and the other regulars at the bar, it's like a family there even as a customer. I always joke that he's going to end up working there when he's older, she told me they have quite a few kids working there that started the same way~
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u/R3353Fr4nkl1n Jul 12 '25
When I was a teen working at Canes, I vividly remember management asking a guy to come in on his day off at 8am(mind you, employees normally got there around 930 or so to open) just so they could fire him. He had worked the night before and was looking rough but always eager to pick up an extra shift. All for $6/hr back then. Hope he’s doing well.