Isn't that *ILLEGAL*?!?!?

[captain_slinky]

Today was my first day working at Subway. Now I know a bit about restaurant management and the different laws/health code regulations, and saw enough going on today to have this Subway shut down!

The two biggest violations I saw were:

-I am scheduled for 4 and 1/2 hours every day, Monday through Friday, with no break. Washington State Law requires a 10-minute break for every 4 hours worked, plus a 30-minute lunch break for shifts over 6 hours. I was informed today that they justdidn't give breaks at Subway because they couldn't predict when customers were coming in.

Bullpucky. It's the LAW.

-Secondly, today was my very first day. They put me to work IMMEDIATELY, with no Food Handler's license. Also, they didn't have me fill out a W2. Both of these are pieces of paperwork are the types of things that not only result in getting shut down, but ALSO result in some very hefty fines!

So now I have to decide... get the restaurant shut down (cutting off my only form of income), or just go with it? What would you do?

Comments

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

It's the Food Handler permit that scares me, though. See, we're dealing with meats, both hot and cold. If the peopl working here don't know the proper holding temperatures for this stuff, people could get very sick and/or DIE. I don't like to think that little Suzy is going to be throwing up all night long because the pimply-faced kid behind the counter didn't know to NOT wipe the sweat from the crack of his ass then pick up the meats for the Cold Cut Combo.

[opaleyes.livejournal.com]

Ah got ya. Well, are you going to be working solely in the kitchen? Perhaps the people who will be did get those? Try causually asking about if they use them if you haven't already. I would hope that they require people who would be working with raw meat to know how to deal with it. It's true that every food that I've had to deal with for a customer has already been cooked, or is something that's hard to screw up. (Like frying chips and cooking beans)

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

It's a Subway in a strip-mall. The entire area behind the counter is the Kitchen. It's so tiny! Plus, I'm the guy sticking my hand down the back of my pants and then handling the Colcd Cuts!

[opaleyes.livejournal.com]

Dude. Cut that out. Stop scratching your cold cuts.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

But they ITCH!