Just Left The Waffle House

[northgagator]

Originally Posted by GatorNorth

Must be the one on Peachtree.

Reminds me of a old Atlanta story.
A couple goes into a diner (denny's?) in Midtown Atlanta.
The guy tells the server he doesn't know what to order. The server (a male) responds, "You can come up to my place and heat a grand slam".

[northgagator]

Originally Posted by gator996

Really?
Healthcare costs are out of control...
You're right you wouldn't be talking about "cut hours"...
Those people would be out of work.

Oh yeah, BTW...the Bush tax cuts were two "other" separate bills approved through reconciliation...

Did ya bitch about those also?

Would it make you happy that instead of cutting hours to make the budget work that they cut back on staff? Would you be please with the poor service and bad food? Would be dissatisfied and not go back? Would it make you happy that WH just closed the restaurant instead if cutting hours?

[GatrHeel]

Originally Posted by orangeblueorangeblue

I thought the entire Waffle House franchise survived solely because of drunk people at 2 a.m.

I've only been to Waffle House once.

And I don't really remember it.

Hope the OP gave the waitress a good tip and didn't pull a Pastor Bell.

[cocodrilo]

Originally Posted by GatrHeel

I've only been to Waffle House once.

I've only been to the International House of Pancakes once. And ever since that one-egg night I've been convinced that everyone is out to get me.

That includes the government. Every official story it puts out is nothing but a house of pancakes.

[orangeblueorangeblue]

Oh no question that IHOP is also terrible. And Village Inn.

But there's a reason it's known as Awful House.

[gator996]

Originally Posted by northgagator

Would it make you happy that instead of cutting hours to make the budget work that they cut back on staff? Would you be please with the poor service and bad food? Would be dissatisfied and not go back? Would it make you happy that WH just closed the restaurant instead if cutting hours?

Any business model that has to keep employees on low wages and no healthcare coverage isn't the type of business model we should be worried about.

There will be plenty of places to eat breakfast if WH, Denny's, & IHOP franchise owners cease to exist because they can't figure out how to make a profit and cover their workers.

You know what the real outcome of this story is?

Companies will first cut hours...
Employees will get 2nd partime jobs to cover their lost hours...
Employee turnover/tardiness/loyalty will suffer hurting their 1st jobs...

Companies who first cut hours will begin to offer fulltime employment again as a hiring incentive...

Companies will "figure it out"...cutting long term hours will not be the solution...

As keeping the "status quo" in healthcare won't be the solution either...

[gator421]

How much would a waitress at Waffle House make per hour?

[T3goalie]

Originally Posted by secgator

Not altogether true nana. Everything is relative--as is the number of employees. If a business has for example, 12 employees and cuts them all from 40 down to 28 hours/week to avoid the health insurance, the business can afford to hire an additional 3-5 new employees to have ample coverage, yet cost him less overall by not having to handle the insurance benefits.

That is what many of those who support Obama's disasterous plan don't understand--the ones who are going to be hurt are the ones who only think they are benefitting from it...typically those who have been without health coverage before. They aren't going to be getting it even NOW--Obama care is simply not going to help anyone, yet will drive costs up, quality care goes down, and times to get seen by docs will drag on longer than ever. And you think a Waffle House shift is going to be short handed??--just wait and see what the medical field will endure after qualified people totally stop going into the medical field at all.

Please nana--don't blame manager or corporate for the example above--this ALL falls back on the very core of Obama care....TAX. That is all it is in the devilish underlying scheme of things and the first, foremost, and cardinal rule of business is reducing taxes as much as possible because the owners have invested capital AT RISK and the bottom line is THE reason they are in business in the first place. This is ALL on Obama-Pelosi-Reid-and every other numbskull supporter of the garbage piece of legislation which they voted on so we can now see what god-awful things were really in it.

It is a Tax? Businesses actually try to reduce Taxes? Say it ain't so Justice Roberts? Are not businesses in business to just to employ people and pay taxes? Are you saying that these mean spirited owners want to make a profit? Profit? Profit should be outlawed. AT RISK? Nobody is at risk. Does not the Government bail out every business out if things go badly? OH, Just the big boys... I see. Where the hell is my Obama phone, i need to call my Congressman about this.

[gatorman_07732]

I went to a Waffle House once with my wife when visiting Tampa. That is the last time we will every walk into a WH. Not a good experience

[UFNut]

Originally Posted by gator421

How much would a waitress at Waffle House make per hour?

my ex-wife made about 15-17 $/hr at WH in gville, but she had big boobs (no, not posting pictures). I dunno, but I'm calling BS on this one, waitress is trying to get a pitty tip....No possible way her paycheck is cutting as much as she says.

[jimgata]

Yeah it is always better to go for breakfast at a more expensive restaurant and get a worse breakfast for more money. But at least it was "high class".

[wgbgator]

No one goes "high class" for breakfast, that's called "brunch."

[gator996]

Originally Posted by T3goalie

It is a Tax? Businesses actually try to reduce Taxes? Say it ain't so Justice Roberts? Are not businesses in business to just to employ people and pay taxes? Are you saying that these mean spirited owners want to make a profit? Profit? Profit should be outlawed. AT RISK? Nobody is at risk. Does not the Government bail out every business out if things go badly? OH, Just the big boys... I see. Where the hell is my Obama phone, i need to call my Congressman about this.

No one is saying that the owners aren't to make a profit...

But as a owner, if you choose to operate in a business segment with lousy returns on investment then get the hell out.

That's capitalism my friend....

You choose to run a business that can't make an acceptable profit without screwing your employees...that's your fault for investing your capital in such a business.

Like I said before if WH, Denny's, IHOP, etc. go under because they can't afford to operate then I think we'll be OK because someone will figure out how to make an acceptable profit, cover their employees, & serve breakfast.

For those who can't figure out how to operate in a competitive business environment...

I could care less if they survive...

[PSGator66]

My paychecks are smaller this year so this rings true. Obama is only good for special interest and those who depend on handouts. You have to wonder what is the over/under on income to choose whether or not to work or just get on the government dole?

[wygator]

Originally Posted by gator996

Any business model that has to keep employees on low wages and no healthcare coverage isn't the type of business model we should be worried about.

There will be plenty of places to eat breakfast if WH, Denny's, & IHOP franchise owners cease to exist because they can't figure out how to make a profit and cover their workers.

The business model is offering basic food for low prices. They are trying to figure out how to make a profit without chasing their customers away with higher prices. Low income people need a place to eat.

How much are you willing to pay for breakfast?

[gator996]

Are you serious?
Your paycheck is smaller so...

You need to check the breakeven to decide if you should work or not?

[PSGator66]

I am not speaking about myself but there has to be a certain income level in which you are better off not working and just accepting EBT cards and free medical insurance when the Obamacare is completely implemented.

[gator996]

Originally Posted by wygator

The business model is offering basic food for low prices. They are trying to figure out how to make a profit without chasing their customers away with higher prices. Low income people need a place to eat.

How much are you willing to pay for breakfast?

If its purely economics its cheaper to eat at home.

I can buy eggs, bread, & juice for less per meal than any of those big operators who get purchase discounts...

What are you paying for?
The "quality" of a WH scrambled egg over one cooked by yourself?

Restaraunts have been the 1st industry to bitch because they exist on screwing over their human resources....

Its estimated that 1/3 of service employees go without healthcare coverage...

http://www.pdco.com/node/88698

"But despite the pizza price increase, many of Papa John's employees may still go without employer-provided health insurance after the law takes effect in 2014. The company would not say how many of its employees are uninsured, but in 2010 the service industry had one of the lowest rates of insured employees, with 33 percent of the workforce uninsured, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation"

...if the owners in the food service industry can only exist offering those levels of low wage, unisured, under 40 hrs/wk employment they shouldn't have anyone sheding a tear for them.

[GatrHeel]

Originally Posted by PSGator66

My paychecks are smaller this year so this rings true. Obama is only good for special interest and those who depend on handouts. You have to wonder what is the over/under on income to choose whether or not to work or just get on the government dole?

Just curious -- are your paychecks smaller because of the end of the payroll tax holiday?

Or has your employer cut your hours?

[Lawdog88]

Originally Posted by cocodrilo

I asked a couple in the next booth if it looked like three eggs to them, but they wanted to stay out of it.

Everybody hates subpoenas these days.