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Hortensis

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64. :) Poor people don't buy prepared TG dinners at Boston Market.

Sat Nov 27, 2021, 08:11 AM

Nov 2021

It's not exactly a dollar store and only locates in middle class neighborhoods. Compassion's fine, but some need it and some don't.

I do have a sympathetic oh-well for the inconvenience and aggravation of the customers, and that would have been appropriate for me if I'd been one of them. We were out yesterday in our town, and there were plenty of markets and restaurants open to make sure no one went hungry, or had to cook.

I'm looking forward to hearing, hopefully, how it was that no one came to work. I can readily believe that one person couldn't have fulfilled the orders; we're talking a lot of food going out over a short period. I don't believe the notice-poster left to avoid being torn limb from limb by an enraged mob of over-politicized turkeys.

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"No employees showing up today. We are unable to fulfill the orders!!! We are sorry!!!" [View all] Demovictory9 Nov 2021 OP

At least one employee showed up to post the letter on the door. Doremus Nov 2021 #1

or maybe send them to another Boston Market DBoon Nov 2021 #5

I don't know that a minimum wage job Miguelito Loveless Nov 2021 #7

Yeah, I would have posted it XanaDUer2 Nov 2021 #53

How about some compassion for the minimum-wage worker who showed up to post the letter? wackadoo wabbit Nov 2021 #40

:) Poor people don't buy prepared TG dinners at Boston Market. Hortensis Nov 2021 #64

My niece in Murietta, CA had no such problem at140 Nov 2021 #2

From Boston MArket ? JI7 Nov 2021 #3

Sure ... some years back my family ordered food from Boston Market for Thanksgiving Raine Nov 2021 #30

i'm not questioning the quality of the food. I'm asking if they picked up from Boston Market JI7 Nov 2021 #37

Treating customers like they were employees DBoon Nov 2021 #4

Well, I guess that's a hundred families that won't be getting the shits💩 on Thanksgiving🦃! 🤣🤣🤣 TheBlackAdder Nov 2021 #34

Unable to fulfill the orders??? skypilot Nov 2021 #6

Maybe they didn't show the previous day. former9thward Nov 2021 #8

If employees didn't show up... skypilot Nov 2021 #10

How do you know they didn't try? former9thward Nov 2021 #11

Why wouldn't the business be at fault in this case? PTWB Nov 2021 #14

For employees not showing up without any notice? former9thward Nov 2021 #18

Is the business or responsible for that in your world view? PTWB Nov 2021 #54

Oh its so easy, isn't it? former9thward Nov 2021 #55

Oh that's easy. PTWB Nov 2021 #56

You made the answer easy. former9thward Nov 2021 #59

Nonsense. PTWB Nov 2021 #60

Voice mail? Text message? Email? we can do it Nov 2021 #16

I guess you have it all figured out. former9thward Nov 2021 #19

Consideration and decency, yeah I have that figured out. we can do it Nov 2021 #23

Do you have a dog in this fight? skypilot Nov 2021 #17

I doubt the writer did a lot of research for the article. former9thward Nov 2021 #20

I'm sure he did more research than you. skypilot Nov 2021 #21

This was my first Thanksgiving working at Whole Foods. johnp3907 Nov 2021 #9

Yes, that's why i'm wondering how this happened JI7 Nov 2021 #39

I'm thinking the manager skated with $$$$$ Mopar151 Nov 2021 #12

it is in san bernardino county near ontario nt msongs Nov 2021 #15

Nowhere near Compton. Almost 50 miles away in a different county. LoisB Nov 2021 #25

if nobody showed up not surprising customers got no notice nt msongs Nov 2021 #13

But the food would still be there... skypilot Nov 2021 #24

My wife and I have noticed the quality of food and service... VarryOn Nov 2021 #22

Maybe you should call your f'n shareholders... Enter stage left Nov 2021 #26

And just how would that work logistically? AllTooEasy Nov 2021 #41

You mean like schoolteachers and stuff? cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #63

For NOBODY to show up for work Demobrat Nov 2021 #27

a loose labor market and decades of corporate ill will led to this cadoman Nov 2021 #31

"I have family coming over, and it's just a shame that Boston Market did this to all the people," Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2021 #28

Then the employees should pay the refunds AllTooEasy Nov 2021 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Demobrat Nov 2021 #43

punch up, not down. uncle ray Nov 2021 #49

"We are unable to fulfill the orders!!!" myohmy2 Nov 2021 #29

THIS! we can do it Nov 2021 #51

That is what I think when I hear, no employees to make salad dressing, or fill orders. LizBeth Nov 2021 #57

Failed leadership and ownership zaj Nov 2021 #32

Probably paying their employees straight pay ... aggiesal Nov 2021 #33

Probably paying straight pay, Demobrat Nov 2021 #44

On Tuesday, the place we were supposed to pick up our Thanksgiving meal canceled all orders. SunSeeker Nov 2021 #35

They made customers pay up front and then they stiffed them FakeNoose Nov 2021 #36

If the upfront payment is via credit card, customers should call their card company to stop payment Hekate Nov 2021 #46

They're being refunded. Blue_Adept Nov 2021 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author Cobalt Violet Nov 2021 #42

A competent manager would have gotten on the phone or text immediately to let people know Hekate Nov 2021 #45

My thoughts too. we can do it Nov 2021 #50

there aren't a bunch of people onethatcares Nov 2021 #47

Yuck on multiple levels ecstatic Nov 2021 #48

a loved one had a similar experience....... Takket Nov 2021 #58

Four Seaons Landscaping had the same thing happen. taxi Nov 2021 #61

Walkout of all the employees on the same day. Hmmmmm..... Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #62

Yep it does make you wonder. Demobrat Nov 2021 #65