Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Behind the counter

The most amazing information I read in this chapter was the blatent abuse that most fast food workers took. I personally never worked fast food and would have walked out if treated in such a manner. I have worked in a machine shop making pieces parts for a family owned business who did not follow labor laws for required breaks every four hours. Everyone worked ten hours a day with only a lunch break and that was it. Osha did not seem to myself to take the workers safety seriously as I thought a occupational safety enfocement agency should. I understand that fast food workers do not rate a safe work enviroment and most definitly any respect as human beings. The paragraph tittled "Making fun of it" (p.87) the keynote speaker, David Novak wanted the work places in his restaurants to be fun and employees to be motivated by awards programs. Norman Brinker was the next speaker and made comments about the increase in minimium wage. Brinker's comment " That'll be fun,won't it? Ilove the idea of that. I sure do-Strike me dead!" expresses the corporate mentality the fast food workers are shown.

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