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nichomachus

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4. I had a friend who worked as a waiter

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 06:44 PM

Nov 2012

at a top-of-the-line restaurant. You got no benefits unless you worked 30 hours or so. The trick was that you had to repeatedly kiss the manager's ass. If you didn't, or if you complained about something, you were immediately put on 29 hours a week.

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Ask MineralMan for the receipe Panasonic Nov 2012 #18

yup, it is total bullshit to blame it on ACA Skittles Nov 2012 #2

I had a friend who worked as a waiter nichomachus Nov 2012 #4

that is exactly the way they want it Skittles Nov 2012 #9

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In the silver lining department: more part time work means lower unemployment. JVS Nov 2012 #8

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In poking around Darden's website CurtEastPoint Nov 2012 #17

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Some customers do choose restaurants based on price. To compete owners try to reduce costs and jody Nov 2012 #22