Posted on 03/31/2015 11:23:05 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Shanna Tippen was another hourly worker at the bottom of the nation’s economy, looking forward to a 25-cent bump in the Arkansas minimum wage that would make it easier for her to buy diapers for her grandson. When I wrote about her in the Post last month, she said the minimum wage hike would bring her a bit of financial relief, but it wouldn’t lift her above the poverty line.
She called me the other day to say she didn’t get to enjoy the 25-cent hike for long. After the story came out, she says she was fired from her job for talking to the Post.
I spend a lot of time writing about people at the low end of the economy, and I see up close how narrowly they get by day-to-day. In this case, writing about Tippen’s plight may have made her situation worse.
Tippen says she was fired by her boss, hotel manager Herry Patel. Earlier that day, Patel had called the Post to express frustration that he had been quoted giving his opinion about the minimum wage hike. (He objected to it.)
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Bet she’s really complaining about her “wage” now.
You know for a fact he wasn't born in the States?
She works at a hotel, her name is Tippen, and she can’t figure out how to earn more money?
If you publicly complain about your job, what exactly should you expect to happen?
On two different trips I stayed at two different Days Inns and both had issues. Now I'm not one to be that picky, particularly at budget hotels, but I will report major problems, not because I'm looking to stay for free, but so management can take care of the situation for future guests. The last Days Inn I stayed in — the key card wouldn't work properly, the shower/tub had hot or cold water — nothing in between and there was a major hole in the bathroom ceiling. What really bothered me was that when I reported the issues to the manager, I was given a shrug. No apology. No thanks for reporting the problems, no statement that he'd address the issues. That is what bothered me about this Days Inn. Indifference.
In January, I stayed in an older Quality Inn hotel on Clearwater Beach. Nothing fancy and there were a few small issues. But every employee — front desk, manager, housekeeping, you name it — all were courteous, pleasant and extraordinarily helpful. No shrugs. I could stay at some really top notch hotels there, but every time I go to Clearwater, I stay at this hotel.
You get what you paid for and I understand that, but really, every hotel should throw in courtesy and cooperation for free.
This thread looks like something from DU.
She was fired so she can go find a better paying job, this is what she was begging for.
Indians make Scottish people look extravagant.
One of the funniest conversations I ever heard was between the Indian owner of the motel where I worked and the Jewish clerk. They were arguing about wages and the Indian guy thought minimum wage was the top wage for an “Untouchable” like me (I was grounds and housekeeping and preceded the Indian guy). He thought he was being generous to pay me almost the top wage. The Jewish guy turned him into the state and I later got a check for missed wages.
The Indian guy could not fathom that I was leaving to go back to college because college was not available for people at my level who pulled used condoms out at the motel sewage treatment plant.
This entire argument is based on the concept that certain individuals are either too stupid to do anything else and/or their lack of motivation needs to be respected.
They write books and teach classes that rail against any attempt to learn and advance within a company.
They excuse and support people that are too lazy to learn even the most basics of the English language.
Minimum wage goes up and some minimum wage employees have to be let go to balance the books. Only makes sense to let go the one employee you know supported the wage extortion.
This is actually a good policy for a business to have, to let its employees know that if they even talk to the press, they are fired. Importantly, there should be a press representative who speaks for the business, so the employees also know that when anyone from the press asks them a question, they are to refer them to the representative.
The reason for this policy is to keep vipers out, journalists more than willing to destroy your business just to get a sensational headline.
What really bothered me was that when I reported the issues to the manager, I was given a shrug. No apology. No thanks for reporting the problems, no statement that he’d address the issues. That is what bothered me about this Days Inn. Indifference.
I actually inspected the Days Inn mentioned in this article several times and know Harry Patel. I’m not surprised he’d do something like this. He’s one that berated his staff right in front of me, which is something I can’t stand. It’s rude, both to the staff member and to whomever is hearing this happen.
I’ve been traveling for work for the past 18 months or so, and I’ve found wildly differing levels of quality in hotels with the same name. Super 8’s seem to be mostly “ok”. The only really bad branded hotel I’ve stayed in was a Baymont in Houston. When I’m in one certain town, I stay at an “American Inn”. It’s cheap, clean, and the rooms are *huge*.
I’ve been traveling for work for the past 18 months or so, and I’ve found wildly differing levels of quality in hotels with the same name. Super 8’s seem to be mostly “ok”. The only really bad branded hotel I’ve stayed in was a Baymont in Houston. When I’m in one certain town, I stay at an “American Inn”. It’s cheap, clean, and the rooms are *huge*.
i’m aware. it was crafted to say exactly nothing. proves where we are as a society.
“Days Inns are terrible. I’ve stayed in a few and they are dumps.”
Can’t say I stay in those places - a bit pricy. But I DO FINE in Motel 6’s. Not quite home, but then I don’t expect them to be either.
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