"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 8/6/2016 9:53 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 20:04:56 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Cheryl wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> I would think that most parents would report this typeof thing to
>>>> Employment Standards (or whatever it's called in the US).
>>>
>>> 18 is an adult, if she has something to complain about, it's her
>>> job to take care of it. She's even allowed to not go home after
>>> work if she doesn't want to.
>>
>> She was 17 at the time, but still...
>>>
>>> I do not believe she was not permitted to call or text to say
>>> she was going to be working late, what if someone was supposed
>>> to pick her up. Maybe she says that to keep her parents from
>>> hovering.
>>
>> Nonsense. Do you seriously think they would allow her off of the register
>> to
>> call or text? They were required to put their phones in a locker.
>>
>> And if you were the customer? What would you do if the cashier said to
>> you... "Excuse me. I just have to call my mom and tell her that I'll be
>> late!" I don't think so.
>>
>> I sure as hell don't hover.
>>
>>
>
> There's no reason the manager or supervisor couldn't call on her behalf.

I never met him but I've been told he was 16 and an idiot who never should
have been made manager.