"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Cheryl wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On 7/26/2016 3:48 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> > She'd get dressed, drive to work, only to have them tell her that
>> > she wasn't needed that day. When she tried to call ahead of time to
>> > see if she was needed, they told her that she wasn't allowed to
>> > call them. Or on the few occasions that she did work, they'd tell
>> > her that she had to stay late but wouldn't allow her to call and
>> > tell us this. This of course left her dad and I wondering where she
>> > was. The only thing we could do was drive there and see if her car
>> > was outside. He did call once to see if she was still there and she
>> > got in trouble for him calling.
>>
>> I'm sorry Julie but I find this very hard to believe. You might have
>> answered it later because as you can tell I'm not replying to a
>> current post because I've just been too busy. They wouldn't allow an
>> 18 year old to call home to say she has to work late? No fk'n way is
>> that happening anywhere.
>
> Agreed. This is bogus.

Are you really telling me that if you had a job as a teen, they let you use
the phone? If that's so then all other places in this country are not like
they are here. I never had a job where I was allowed to freely use the
phone. Although I did do some reception and switchboard work so I
technically could do it.

But if you are the person on the register and there is no other counter
person... Do you really think it would be okay to leave to use the phone to
call home? I don't.

I never worked in a restaurant but I did work in a store. I had countless
days where I could not leave work at my scheduled hour. My parents learned
not to expect me to come home right away. If you are waiting on customers,
you can't just leave them there. And then there are things like
straightening up to do. No boss is going to allow you time to call home.
They want you to work!