Removed this bit (originally edited in by me some years ago): from Grey and Grey morality.
"The episode where a bathroom attendant trades favours for a free dinner on his shift, for instance, which is seen as theft, and the person concerned is painted as wholly culpable. The idea that the business owner might concede an on-shift dinner to somebody working for him, as is standard in the business, is hand-waved away, on the grounds that the bathroom person is an "independent contractor", and not a directly employed member of staff."
Apparently - and I did not know this when I added this entry - it is not standard practice in the USA for a restaurant employee to get a free meal as part of a long shift - it keeps cropping up in this series that staff can buy a meal at "discounted rates". While it isn't enshrined in law, it's pretty much universal that a catering employee in Britain is offered a free meal as a perk of employment. This also seems to apply in Europe - such a deep-seated understanding that it's taken for granted. I took it as read that this also applied in the USA - and I'm really surprised American catering employees get a shit deal in this respect.
Edited by AgProvElderly curmudgeon and awkward person. Professional old fart.
Removed this bit (originally edited in by me some years ago): from Grey and Grey morality.
"The episode where a bathroom attendant trades favours for a free dinner on his shift, for instance, which is seen as theft, and the person concerned is painted as wholly culpable. The idea that the business owner might concede an on-shift dinner to somebody working for him, as is standard in the business, is hand-waved away, on the grounds that the bathroom person is an "independent contractor", and not a directly employed member of staff."
Apparently - and I did not know this when I added this entry - it is not standard practice in the USA for a restaurant employee to get a free meal as part of a long shift - it keeps cropping up in this series that staff can buy a meal at "discounted rates". While it isn't enshrined in law, it's pretty much universal that a catering employee in Britain is offered a free meal as a perk of employment. This also seems to apply in Europe - such a deep-seated understanding that it's taken for granted. I took it as read that this also applied in the USA - and I'm really surprised American catering employees get a shit deal in this respect.
Edited by AgProv Elderly curmudgeon and awkward person. Professional old fart.