an enlightening conversation with a sandwich artist

March 02, 2004 05:46 +0000 | Society & Culture 2

i met a nice girl in a quizno's today. and while she was obviously working hard, she was not handling the day well. she appologised for her clutsyness siting that she was tired:

me:	it's alright, it's monday
her:	EXACTLY. and i've been here since 7am.
me:	well that's good then! you should get off soon!
her:	not quite.
me:	really? when do you get off?
her:	[ pause ] ten
me:	[ pause ] PM??? that's insane!
[ sandwich conversation ]
me:	well at least you get overtime
her:	nope
me:	[ disbelief ] what?
her:	well i'm the manager here, so no overtime.
me:	tell me you're at least getting shares or something
her:	if it all works out...
me:	wow. how much you get paid?
her:	[ hesitation ] a reasonable amount.
me:	[ shake my head, thank her for the sandwich and go back to work ]

that's insane. this girl was younger than i am, and she's pulling 15 hour days WITHOUT overtime. is that even legal? i mean, i'm new to ontario, but i know that in bc, that's definitely illegal, but here, after the "common sense revolution"? regardless of legality though, i hope her boss' karma catches up with him quick.

Comments

Jeanie
4 Mar 2004, 6:45 a.m. |

Uhh... what you didn't get the idea Quizno's had issues back when I worked there?!
I recall seeing the loverly poster on employee's rights posted there and reading several things that were not being adhered to.
grr.

Ohh and go check out the Spacecast.com site...
2 gems I picked up were:
The Firefly movie got a green light and is aimed at coming out in 2005. They're calling it "Serenity"
Seaquest is coming to Space one month from today! Yay!