Turns out it was NOT Pizza Hut's fault

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It was the independent franchise owner.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/pizza-hut-manager-fired-after-refusing-open-thanksgiving-2D11665028

As follow up to the situation in Elkhart, IN, we feel strongly that the situation involving our independent franchisee and the local store manager could and should have been avoided. We fully respect an employee's right to not work on a holiday, which is why the vast majority of Pizza Huts in America are closed on Thanksgiving. As a result, we strongly recommended that the local franchisee reinstate the store manager and they have agreed. We look forward to them welcoming Tony back to the team.
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Odds are in six month's or a year he'll be out of a job unless he transfer's to a different Franchise or a company owned store.
 
I have mixed feelings about this "Open on Thanksgiving and Christmas" stuff. Bottom line, we are a country full of too many selfish people who expect everyone else to be inconvenienced for our convenience. Many of those people at Pizza Hut and similar places work seven days a week, 12+ hours a day. Good for the restaurant manager for standing up for his employees and thinking a day off isn't too much to ask for.

I don't blame businesses for being open on Thanksgiving and Christmas anymore. Fact is, there are millions of people who only care about themselves, have no respect for others and think the rest of the world should accommodate their wants and needs, and if the rest of the world has needs, "I've got mine, **** you".
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I have mixed feelings about this "Open on Thanksgiving and Christmas" stuff. Bottom line, we are a country full of too many selfish people who expect everyone else to be inconvenienced for our convenience. Many of those people at Pizza Hut and similar places work seven days a week, 12+ hours a day. Good for the restaurant manager for standing up for his employees and thinking a day off isn't too much to ask for.

I don't blame businesses for being open on Thanksgiving and Christmas anymore. Fact is, there are millions of people who only care about themselves, have no respect for others and think the rest of the world should accommodate their wants and needs, and if the rest of the world has needs, "I've got mine, **** you".
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You sure are Bah Humbuggy today, even more than usual.
 
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VaDirt said:
Interesting read for those of you that think everyone is just greedy or lazy.

http://www.misszoot.com/2013/11/25/shopping-on-thanksgiving/
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Not sure that's the case for even most everybody. One job I had we had to volunteer to work Christmas and there was never enough so they'd bring in people from non-union stores who had no choice and put them on 12-14 hour shifts.

I've had friends who had to work Christmas anyways even though enough people volunteered to work - solely because it was "policy" that everyone had to put in a Christmas shift.

As far as people who like to shop on Thanksgiving, it goes back to respect. The overwhelming majority of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. The 3% of Americans who don't expect the whole country to operate differently now for them.
 
Where I worked you got overtime and a half. Union so they went by seniority. I was there three years before I had even a chance to work a shift.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Not sure that's the case for even most everybody. One job I had we had to volunteer to work Christmas and there was never enough so they'd bring in people from non-union stores who had no choice and put them on 12-14 hour shifts.

I've had friends who had to work Christmas anyways even though enough people volunteered to work - solely because it was "policy" that everyone had to put in a Christmas shift.

As far as people who like to shop on Thanksgiving, it goes back to respect. The overwhelming majority of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. The 3% of Americans who don't expect the whole country to operate differently now for them.
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But the point of the article (and life) is, Andy, that not everyone shares your view, as much as you'd like that to be the case. And not everyone else is wrong, lazy, stupid or greedy, as much as you claim to be the case. Your 23 year old (or whatever) view isn't always the same view of reality either. Just isn't.
 
30 years ago, the day after Thanksgiving was "ladies day out" for our family. 5 or 6 of us would pile in my Suburban and off we'd go ---- but that was before the insanity of Black Friday. We could always find a seat in whatever place we stopped for lunch. There was never any pushing or shoving. The stores opened at the regular time --- stayed open a bit later, though.

Times have changed.
 
TexasRaceLady said:
30 years ago, the day after Thanksgiving was "ladies day out" for our family. 5 or 6 of us would pile in my Suburban and off we'd go ---- but that was before the insanity of Black Friday. We could always find a seat in whatever place we stopped for lunch. There was never any pushing or shoving. The stores opened at the regular time --- stayed open a bit later, though.

Times have changed.
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pretty sad the society we have become
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I have mixed feelings about this "Open on Thanksgiving and Christmas" stuff. Bottom line, we are a country full of too many selfish people who expect everyone else to be inconvenienced for our convenience. Many of those people at Pizza Hut and similar places work seven days a week, 12+ hours a day. Good for the restaurant manager for standing up for his employees and thinking a day off isn't too much to ask for.

I don't blame businesses for being open on Thanksgiving and Christmas anymore. Fact is, there are millions of people who only care about themselves, have no respect for others and think the rest of the world should accommodate their wants and needs, and if the rest of the world has needs, "I've got mine, **** you".
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