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Snarkoleptic

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1. On a personal note, I received a "Safety Award" at work.

Sat May 14, 2016, 09:09 AM

May 2016

It was paid on such a debit card and was a huge pain in the ass to use, not to mention the fees. It didn't have my name on it and every time I tried to use it, (typically at the grocery store) it required a store associate to intervene so the transaction could go through, which was about a 50/50 likelihood.
I was only able to extract 84% of the value of the card and it has since expired, making me wonder who gets funds left over from such programs.

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How A Giant Restaurant Conglomerate Teamed Up With Banks To Stiff Its Workers [View all] Snarkoleptic May 2016 OP

On a personal note, I received a "Safety Award" at work. Snarkoleptic May 2016 #1

The bank that issue it. It stays in a fund and they keep getting interest from it. And when it jtuck004 May 2016 #13

Holy crap, I didn't know about this gambit. Thanks for posting. MH1 May 2016 #2

Neoliberal economics. zentrum May 2016 #3

Steve, you are incredible. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #4

Heinous assholes lark May 2016 #5

Perfect description. nt Enthusiast May 2016 #28

Anytime workers get help My Good Babushka May 2016 #6

Darden restaurants include Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Longhorn Steakhouse, Yard House, Bahama Breeze bulloney May 2016 #7

Darden sold Red Lobster itsrobert May 2016 #14

Must have been recent. I received a Darden gift card and Red Lobster is listed. bulloney May 2016 #29

one slight correction nvme May 2016 #23

Capital Grille is part of their portfolio too nvme May 2016 #24

America boycott this chain of restaurants. They don't deserve to be in business. rladdi May 2016 #25

^ This. AzDar May 2016 #35

Also Season's 52 (which was one of my favorites, but now I can't go to anymore) basselope May 2016 #38

Noooooooooooooo! Amimnoch May 2016 #42

Throw the bastards in prison Angry Dragon May 2016 #8

Can't eat at a place that fucks its workers. I'd choke. lonestarnot May 2016 #9

Darden is always trying to stiff someone. spartan61 May 2016 #10

I grew up in Texas and knew shrimp and crabs, to this day I have never been able to figure out what braddy May 2016 #18

K & R Thespian2 May 2016 #11

Doesn't McDonald's do something similar ? Not surprising that yet another another restaurant azurnoir May 2016 #12

This is one of many reasons... Sophiegirl May 2016 #15

This has been going on for some time ... mrsadm May 2016 #16

I am sure President Clinton will "look into it" Bread and Circus May 2016 #17

THese so called businesses today,, benld74 May 2016 #19

It's evil maindawg May 2016 #20

Did'nt Wall -E -World already try paying in "scrip"? Mopar151 May 2016 #27

Several years ago I had a part time job SheilaT May 2016 #21

Every time you hear about how much job growth reported by percentages quarterly... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #22

These fine folks also fought against healthcare and paid sick days for employees. Snarkoleptic May 2016 #26

That's some shady shit, there. blackspade May 2016 #30

Someone should contact Senator Warren on this. Duckfan May 2016 #31

On the back end, we need to authorize our post offices to Ilsa May 2016 #32

Yep, I can't imagine you can easily use these cards to pay utility bills, school books/registration Snarkoleptic May 2016 #34

Couldn't they withdraw the whole amount TexasMommaWithAHat May 2016 #33

It seems that there are barriers to easy/no-fee access to the fruit of their labor. Snarkoleptic May 2016 #36

Usually you can withdraw the amount somewhere, but there are usually fees. sweetloukillbot May 2016 #46

Well, I think it's horrible what these companies are doing TexasMommaWithAHat May 2016 #47

Agreed sweetloukillbot May 2016 #48

If you boycott a corp like this Flatpicker May 2016 #37

They won't listen until forced to do so. Snarkoleptic May 2016 #39

That's fine Flatpicker May 2016 #40

Organizing a walk would also get media attention BlancheSplanchnik May 2016 #45

Darden has been pulling this kind of swill for years. OwlinAZ May 2016 #44

i xposted to poverty and working poor groups for more visibility. K/R w0nderer May 2016 #41

This is the equivalent of further taxation on already taxed wages. lexington filly May 2016 #43