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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Patel = Indian = foreign ownership
Don't worry, the NLRB is fixing that as we speak.
Patel is like Lee in Korea and Smith here, it’s a very common rich Indian name. I don’t think I know a Patel who hadn’t have money.
Hotel, Motel, Patel.
I don’t think that I know a Patel who either isn’t a doctor or owns a hotel.
Or motel.
Patels have been running motels in the USA for the past 50 years. I’m sure some of them were born here making them American Citizens.
At least they aren’t demanding welfare.
Wyndham Worldwide, which operates the Days Inn brand, said in a statement that “while we do not control or oversee staffing decisions at our franchised locations, we do require that each independently owned and operated hotel comply with all local, state and federal laws, especially as it relates to employment practices. While we can’t speak to the specifics of this or any particular situation at a franchised location, please know that ours is an organization which values and respects the contributions of all associates and that we encourage each of our franchisees to do the same.”
Thats a whole lot of Nothing from Wyndham.
This line though, “she and her family are living off a recent tax refund check that won’t last past March.”, begs a question.
Why would someone making minimum wage be paying so much in withholding that they would get a refund?
Of course we all know the answer. She did not get a refund of taxes SHE paid she got free government handout from taxes other people paid, or $ the government has borrowed.
That is the statement legal said to give - that we strive to obey the law and be politically correct.
I suppose it's possible that both parents, plus all the aunts, uncles and responsible adult members of the family, died in a tragic boating accident leaving Grandma as the sole caregiver.
But I doubt it.
Don’t talk to police. That includes the PC police, reporters, and generally, socialists.
LOL!!
Don’t leave out the Guptas.
In the India caste system, Patel is at the top.
To fire a subordinate who spoke to media, means nothing. She is several caste levels down.
“buy diapers for her grandson”
Tell your daughter or son to get a job...
Good for him. If any of my employees complained to the media about their wages, I would gladly help incentive them to find a new job by freeing them from the one they aren’t happy with.
I inspected hotels for Wyndham for 10 years and I can tell you there are some extremely nice Days Inns. Yes, the brand has its issues, but you find good and bad from most economy brands. You just have to read online reviews and look at photos as you do with all hotels.
You shouldn’t be surprised Wyndham owns the Days Inn brand. If it makes money, they want it. They also own Knights Inn - check those out if you want bad. Super 8, Travelodge, Howard Johnson, Ramada, Baymont, Wingate (their only brand that requires brand new builds and their ‘business traveler’ hotel), Microtel and Wyndham.
There are good and bad in all of the above brands, including the Wingates, although the bad is a very small percentage of Wingates.
While inspecting for them, I was home 2 weekends a month, spending every single night in a different hotel room. Believe me when I say I have seen the good, bad and ugly of each of these brands. Some were so bad I refused to ever stay at that particular hotel again and some were so nice I always stayed there while in town.
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