[durasell]

Chain restaurants are used to high turn-over. They're designed around it.

[DameAutour]

But do they go out of their way to support it, by firing qualified workers?

The high turnover is a liability, not an asset.

[SoDak]

I've run a business before where I was required to deal with turnover and bad employees regularly. When I managed to hire someone good, that showed up on time, I held onto them like gold. It only helps to simplify managing a business. As a customer, I'll take a fat waitress that provides good service over a thin one more concerned with flirting up the bartenders than serving customers.

[papasmurf]

"they are designed around it"

That's a load.

I owned several restaurants including sit down and fast food, some franchised and some not. We had fat and skinny and in between help, never in almost 20 years did we hear someone remark about a person's weight. We weren't designed around it at all. We knew turnover was high, and it was our goal to manage it like we would manage any other liability/expense. Turnover costs money, not just indirectly but directly, so why would anyone operating a business for profit want to throw money away?

Also, someone said that restaurants don't want fat waitresses...wrong. The general public really has no preference to fat or skinny wait persons. They care about getting their food the way they ordered it in a timely fashion and being treated in a polite, friendly manner.

What this guy did was unethical and a cheap shot. Whether or not he had a legal right to do so, I don't know, but it was a cheap shot.

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