Saturday, September 30, 2006

Bad boss gets his comeuppance

I was working as an assistant manager at a mid-town restaurant (NYC) and in charge of hiring, training, firing and supervising the floor staff. We were looking for a couple servers when one day two adorable girls came in looking for a job. They were on a six month work visa and were touring the states. They were also friendly, young and ready to work. As they had some experience back in their home country and this was a simple restaurant to work in (it was a Friday's type place), I hired them both.

I hired based on enthusiasm and was willing to train those who had little experience. Also, I was very willing to hire latinas and blacks to work as servers as I knew from past restaurants they were often not hired because of their race and sex.

Now my boss and owner was a sexist and racist son of a bitch. I already knew this when he came to me a couple days later and after viewing the two new girls, told me my staff was getting too dark.

I was angry with Mr. Epstein and told him that my new olive skinned servers were Israeli, which they were. He turned red in the face and spun on his heels and walked out of the restaurant. I didn't see him for a couple of days.

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