Manager who locked Trump supporters out of Bojangles’ restaurant after president’s rally is fired

theamericanmirror.com ^ | March 6, 2020 | LifeZette

[ChildOfThe60s]

Just how will this follow the now ex-manager around in future hiring possibilities?

It likely won't. If you call a company now days and ask why an employee left, they won't tell you anything. Fear of lawsuits.

[Free in Texas]

A very good tune.

[Fiji Hill]

One annoying thing was the overly loud “music” everywhere you sat. It was also blaring in the bathroom. I was just glad to eat & get out of there.

That seems to be the case with all types of restaurants these days. At many restaurants the music is so loud that it drowns out conversation, which is one of the main reasons I used to like to eat at sit-down restaurants. Restaurateurs these days must be catering to millennials who for some reason seem to like noisy eateries.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I think that millennials are simply desensitized to it. It’s all they have ever known.

If I am in a restaurant for a real meal I will politely tell the manager that I want the music turned down so I can converse with my company.

Funny/stupid story: Some years ago we were eating in an Appleby’s and I asked the waitress to have the manager turn the music down. When the manager came over and asked if it was better I said it wasn’t lower at all. He looked surprised. He had gone into the kitchen and told the staff there to turn *their* music down. Which of course we couldn’t hear anyway. I just rolled my eyes.

[JennysCool]

Wow! How can you guys forget Sammy Davis Jr.’s version?

[Deplorable American1776]

The Management of Bojangles needs to tell us Deplorables, that the manager of that outlet was wrong, and they will donate $1 million to CONSERVATIVE CAUSES...

[Svartalfiar]

Side note, it’s been nearly 50 years since I worked in food service, but I’m guessing a “shift manager” makes a pittance more an hour more than the grunts. I was the night manager at Rollins College (Winter Park, FL) student cafeteria in the early 70s and made 15¢ more an hour than the people I supervised. I was of course a heck of a lot more responsible than some of these twerps.

Eh, for a chain/non-fast food restaurant, it's likely higher. When I worked at Spring Creek BBQ back in high school, starting wage for the kids was $5.25 an hour (ten cents over minimum wage means "competitive pay"). Managers were salaried, and generally started around $36M a year or so. Which is about $17/hr, but they likely worked closer to 50-60 hours per week. So $14 to $11.50 an hour. Double to triple what the kids make. Plus benefits.

[nfldgirl]

That $36M looks more like Brian Williams’ kind of math. :)

[weezel]

A friend of mine who wears his Trump hat everywhere he goes went into the waffle house in Wadesboro NC and never got waited on.

He sat right there and called corporate at waffle house to report how he was being treated, dont know what ever became of it.

[Leep]

I’ve cut way back on my Fast Food consumption..no longer get coffee at any public establishment.

[ph_balanced]

I’m trying. Believe me, I’m trying.

[Svartalfiar]

That $36M looks more like Brian Williams’ kind of math. :)

Huh? What math?