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Wendy's manager is under fire for blaming his employees' poor service on having a 'talentless...
DAILY MAIL UK ^ | AUG 13, 2019 | Marlene Lenthang For Dailymail.com

Posted on 08/13/2019 1:33:32 PM PDT by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Wendy's manager is under fire for blaming his employees' poor service on having a 'talentless pool of ex-junkies' to hire from in the small Massachusetts town

A Wendy's manager has sparked outrage for insulting his employees and bashing his Massachusetts town as a drug-riddled, talentless 'pool of ex-junkies'.

Wendy's customer Matthew Rose said that he had been shocked by the bad service he received when he visited the restaurant on Cranberry Highway in Wareham on August 3. He says he returned a few days later, to a similarly terrible experience.

He decided to send a complaint to Wendy's corporate office. But the reply he was stunned with the response he received on Monday morning from district manager Keith Edward Helger.

Helger blamed the restaurant's shoddy service the poor caliber of applicants in the town.

The e-mail Rose received said: 'I apologize for your experiences at this location. Not an excuse but the town of Wareham has little to no talent pool to hire from. This is an ongoing issue in that area. We are constantly interviewing and hiring any and all qualified candidates. Unfortunately those candidates are hard to come by as most are recovering addicts and we cannot hire them.'

'We will continue to do our best to fix the issues in this location and improve the overall Wendy's experience. I appreciate your feedback.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: junkies; wendys
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To: morphing libertarian

I’m sure that this manager is a white supremacist...and President Trump supporter. This is yet another reason to impeach NOW!


61 posted on 08/13/2019 2:43:32 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: hal ogen

every one knows wendy is white with red hair and freckles. An aryan woman no doubt.


62 posted on 08/13/2019 2:47:20 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Morgana

The greater the “outrage”, the better the odds that this guy is right.

Too bad I don’t live in the area to counter the inevitable virtual-signalling boycott.


63 posted on 08/13/2019 2:51:48 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: morphing libertarian

...and yet another white separatist. Sheesh! When will this oppression stop!!!???


64 posted on 08/13/2019 2:57:36 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: RetiredTexasVet
The prime reason I never buy fast food .... just look at the staff and think about what they are doing to your food in back out of sight!!!!!!!

Bingo!
65 posted on 08/13/2019 2:57:37 PM PDT by E Pluribus Bellum
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To: z3n

Respectfully asking if you have ever been a manager making the most of talentless junkies.


66 posted on 08/13/2019 3:01:43 PM PDT by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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To: Vermont Lt
There was a documentary a couple of years ago about drug addicts on Cape Cod. Wareham was home to a lot of them.

FYI, Wareham is next to Cape Cod, but not on it. It's on the mainland.

67 posted on 08/13/2019 3:03:42 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Morgana

That’s true of most restaurants, even in some of the nicer states now—especially in fast food. ...except that they’re not “ex”-junkies. Many of them are currently junkies, and many of them have long criminal histories. Drug testing is talked about much but seldom really done except with junkies who don’t go along with the more established junkies. Oh, and the junk increasingly more preferred is meth, ecstasy and the like, ‘cause it keeps ‘em going and wanting to have sex with everything in reach. Also, if slipped into a drink, makes the uninitiated, younger, cleaner young ladies want to join in.


68 posted on 08/13/2019 3:15:50 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Morgana

BK is worse, BTW.


69 posted on 08/13/2019 3:16:49 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Morgana

Definitely not good to be fried when you’re working the fryer.


70 posted on 08/13/2019 3:23:44 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: PGR88

Yes, if he offers more money he will get a higher caliber of employee candidate.


71 posted on 08/13/2019 3:27:08 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: gundog

$15/hr would attract a higher caliber of employee.


72 posted on 08/13/2019 3:27:54 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: ronniesgal

Sounds like both our Burger King and Pizza Hut.


73 posted on 08/13/2019 3:35:37 PM PDT by oldasrocks (Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
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To: central_va
Maybe. You're assuming that there are better available. What are they doing now? But these deadbeat slackers would make $15 an hour anywhere they worked. And they wouldn't care if they worked any harder than they do for whatever they make now, because they'd get $15 an hour at whatever job they got next. Some people just shouldn't be in a position of handling the public's food.

The guy on FB contends that these folks will magically take pride in their work and want to keep their jobs That's how he felt in the ''60s , when he got a raise. I don't think he has a clue about the millenial work force.

74 posted on 08/13/2019 3:42:05 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Morgana
A boss that puts the blame on employees rather then his own lack of ability to train and lead is worse then a pain. He is a failure.

This truth must also be quite bitter to his mouth.

75 posted on 08/13/2019 3:47:27 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Human beings don't behave rationally. We rationalize our behavior.)
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To: gundog
Yes you are a typical Republican. Maybe the GOP should change its campaign '20 slogan to: "Americans are dumb, lazy drugged up losers and don't deserve to make the min wage."

That is the ticket to real populists majority party.

76 posted on 08/13/2019 3:51:31 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Morgana

Very believable

I got to the point of checking the local county jail records before interviewing an application because so many young men who could handle the work load for the job had background that would make them unqualified to hire. At least 50 percent


77 posted on 08/13/2019 4:05:31 PM PDT by Popman
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Duh.

The all go down on the cape to get their heroin.


78 posted on 08/13/2019 4:34:20 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: central_va

I’m not a Republican.

I don’t think it’s possible to pay Americans less than the minimum wage, legally, so your second contention is flawed, at best.

I’ll ask again....these higher caliber workers you’re speaking of.... do you think they’re sitting on the couch waiting for the minimum wage to hit $15 an hour to run out and get fast food jobs?

Apparently, the work force in the area where this particular Booger King is located is as you describe.


79 posted on 08/13/2019 4:39:49 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Vermont Lt

Could have been worse. He didn’t go to a Wendy’s in Leominster.


80 posted on 08/13/2019 4:52:22 PM PDT by CTyank
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