I worked at a second run movie theater when I was 17. We rotated duties often, so one night, you'd run box office. The next night, concessions, door, and so on. It was a mostly okay job until a new manager came on and started c*****g corners as much as possible. Our break area was turned into storage. If you wanted a break, you had to go stand around behind the theater. You weren't even allowed to eat your dinner in your car.
One bright sunny Sunday, a loud rude phone call summoned us all into work before 10:00. We were given a tour of a dirty theater from the night before. Janitorial staff cleaned our theaters every night. We were only responsible for the trash, concessions vacuuming, and cleaning the popcorn and hot dog cookers. The jerk FIRED the janitors. He expected us to stay even later after close to clean out the theaters. On top of that, Concessions was now in charge of cleaning the bathrooms every three hours. Is that really the thing you want your customers associating with Concessions? "*I just got done plunging and mopping after two clogged toilets, but there's no harm in me running your popcorn tub through the popped corn with my bare hands."*
After this announcement was made, I asked if he was hiring new janitors. He said, "Nope." I and several other people either verbally quit after the meeting, or called and quit later.
One bright sunny Sunday, a loud rude phone call summoned us all into work before 10:00. We were given a tour of a dirty theater from the night before. Janitorial staff cleaned our theaters every night. We were only responsible for the trash, concessions vacuuming, and cleaning the popcorn and hot dog cookers. The jerk FIRED the janitors. He expected us to stay even later after close to clean out the theaters. On top of that, Concessions was now in charge of cleaning the bathrooms every three hours. Is that really the thing you want your customers associating with Concessions? "*I just got done plunging and mopping after two clogged toilets, but there's no harm in me running your popcorn tub through the popped corn with my bare hands."*
After this announcement was made, I asked if he was hiring new janitors. He said, "Nope." I and several other people either verbally quit after the meeting, or called and quit later.