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We used to allow employees to take home any food left over at the end of the day. Worked great for about 4 months. Then the food cost started creeping up, then

We used to allow employees to take home any food left over at the end of the day. Worked great for about 4 months. Then the food cost started creeping up, then it nearly exploded. Seems that the late shift discovered that if they simply made a lot of food right before closing they could take it home so it wouldn't be "wasted". You know it has gotten bad when people are starting to argue about who gets to work the closing shift. Does everyone do this? No. Do enough people do it to force these sorts of rules to be put in place? Yes.

angersock 9y ago
So, how much were you paying your employees? Were you giving them enough hours? Were they getting tipped-out appropriately? People aren't shitty just to be shitty--there's usually a reason they find themselves taking advantage of a system.
- 0xffff2 9y ago
  >People aren't shitty just to be shitty Eh, especially in the service industry I have found this untrue. Nowhere near a majority of people are shitty just to be shitty, but it really only takes a few.
- talmand 9y ago
  Or, they're just taking advantage of a system for their own benefit. It's been known to happen.
- jonas21 9y ago
  If people can take advantage of the system, some percentage of them will, regardless of what they're getting paid. Random example: at my previous job, people would book more expensive travel options (on the company's dime) so that they could accumulate (personal) frequent flyer miles on their preferred airline. And they were all making 6-figure salaries.
literallycancer 9y ago
Sounds like a management issue. This is like designing public benches so that people can't sleep there - a passive-aggressive "solution" that really just avoids the problem. Why not let people buy the "waste" food at the purchase cost? Or just you know, fire the people who waste it on purpose for misconduct?
- rlanday 9y ago
  People respond to incentives. If you make it easy for homeless people to sleep on benches, that's what they'll do. If you make it difficult, they'll go somewhere else. It absolutely is solving the problem as far as keeping them from sleeping on the benches.
  - literallycancer 9y ago
    Yes. To me, the problem is that there are homeless people in the first place. I suppose if it's just a problem that you have to see them in your park, then it's as good a solution as any. I'm not homeless, though, and it's pretty annoying that one can't take a nap in the afternoon because of this.

angersock 9y ago

So, how much were you paying your employees? Were you giving them enough hours? Were they getting tipped-out appropriately? People aren't shitty just to be shitty--there's usually a reason they find themselves taking advantage of a system.

0xffff2 9y ago
>People aren't shitty just to be shitty Eh, especially in the service industry I have found this untrue. Nowhere near a majority of people are shitty just to be shitty, but it really only takes a few.
talmand 9y ago
Or, they're just taking advantage of a system for their own benefit. It's been known to happen.
jonas21 9y ago
If people can take advantage of the system, some percentage of them will, regardless of what they're getting paid. Random example: at my previous job, people would book more expensive travel options (on the company's dime) so that they could accumulate (personal) frequent flyer miles on their preferred airline. And they were all making 6-figure salaries.

literallycancer 9y ago

Sounds like a management issue. This is like designing public benches so that people can't sleep there - a passive-aggressive "solution" that really just avoids the problem. Why not let people buy the "waste" food at the purchase cost? Or just you know, fire the people who waste it on purpose for misconduct?

rlanday 9y ago
People respond to incentives. If you make it easy for homeless people to sleep on benches, that's what they'll do. If you make it difficult, they'll go somewhere else. It absolutely is solving the problem as far as keeping them from sleeping on the benches.
- literallycancer 9y ago
  Yes. To me, the problem is that there are homeless people in the first place. I suppose if it's just a problem that you have to see them in your park, then it's as good a solution as any. I'm not homeless, though, and it's pretty annoying that one can't take a nap in the afternoon because of this.