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I'm sure old white guys can find quite a few places for employment. So long as other businesses can refuse to hire other types too.
Not exactly.
White makes are now a minority, but don't have minority status YET.
that's not to say they outnumber blacks, it's not just blacks they are against, it's the Hispanics, the Asians, the blacks, and anyone else of "a color " that isnt cinsidered "white".
And white old guys who pursue it are getting handsomely rewarded by juries or courts.
Regardless what age you are now ( meaning 20s early 30s) you WILL be "OLD " someday unless your life struck down younger.
White makes are now a minority, but don't have minority status YET.
that's not to say they outnumber blacks, it's not just blacks they are against, it's the Hispanics, the Asians, the blacks, and anyone else of "a color " that isnt cinsidered "white".
And white old guys who pursue it are getting handsomely rewarded by juries or courts.
Regardless what age you are now ( meaning 20s early 30s) you WILL be "OLD " someday unless your life struck down younger.
Young people seem to forget that.
If I have 20 applications for a job and I interview all 20 please tell me who I hire? That's right, whoever I want. Why does Hooters have all young girls working there? I haven't seen any old guys waiting tables.
Olive Garden is crap. They serve glorified TV dinners. No one with any self respect would want to work there. If this "Seasons" place is owned by the same company, chances are they are no better.
I've read that it's one of the unhealthiest places to eat. That the meals are very high calorie and/or high saturated fat and/or very high sodium. I've never eaten there and don't plan to.
I've read that it's one of the unhealthiest places to eat. That the meals are very high calorie and/or high saturated fat and/or very high sodium. I've never eaten there and don't plan to.
Most of their stuff (deserts, etc.) are frozen, the pasta comes to them pre-cooked or par boiled, etc.
You aren't missing anything.
This happens to be true of most places these days - which is why it gets harder to go to restaurants. Places which claim to make "fresh" can be found to have their soup delivered in large plastic bags.
Even high priced stuff like Starbucks - most of their deserts are shipped frozen and thawed out.
This is why - when you find a "real place" - stick with it! We have found certain pizza places (we live near the hubs of the best pizza in the USA) where everything is made right in front of us. Same goes with a French Bakery and other such places.
Other than that, we tend to make our own food at home or go to one of a very few fresh eateries (we live near college towns, so some can be found).
Unless you can prove it was age, sex or race related, which no one ever can, there is nothing anyone can do. I don't have to hire anyone I don't want to. It's virtually impossible to prove.
No employer is going to say in an interview the reason they aren't hiring you. Useless laws.
Sure there is. If you have 20 years of wait staff experience, are 50 and have great references, but they hire a 20 year old with 0 years experience, no references, it is clearly a case of age discrimination.
I (And others who are older) have actually been told I /we "don't fit into the employers cultural image", meaning you aren't young hip and "modern"....what ever that is.
Older people have a goid work ethic, tend to follow the workplace rules and don't sit texting their friends as,young people do, in many cases.
I was in a store not to long ago, where the young female cashier actually stopped counting my change to take a cell phone call.
With her hands still in the drawer, she continued to chat about finding a babysitter so she could go out after work, still not giving me my change.
Only after she got off the phone did she finish getting my change, and finally have it to me 8 full minutes later!! She was 20 if that.
A 54 yo would not have done that to me. I asked her to see the manager, but was informed he'd gone to the bank. I decided not to wait for him to tell him of my experience.
I find that to be the case, although it can be different for other experiences.
It is sad this country no longer values older persons, and their experience and work ethics.
Even my 30 yo manager sits watching videos half the day, comes in when he feels like it, goes home the same way, and says he's sick, when really he'd been out late drinking trying to pick up a new GF and is actually hung over.
"I'm sure old white guys can find quite a few places for employment."
Look at the above statements. These are examples of rationalizations for illegal discrimination.
talk to us about hooters??
How about hip clubs - the bartenders? Should a 65 year old without tats get the job?
How about those places where people with roller skates roll up to your drive-in space? 300 LB old white guys should get the job as opposed to young women?
Lots of age discrimination everywhere...and I am fine with it. There are advantages and disadvantages to every age. You can't be a commercial pilot after a relatively young age - DISCRIMINATION....or, a FACT that cognitive abilities decline?
I report, you decide....
Basically people can hire whoever they want. There are some laws which apply, but we could say NASA discriminates...or the Marines do too!
We owned a business and once passed over a candidate because she was too pretty (it was mostly guys there...and she would have definitely upset the chemistry, although we had other women who qualified and succeeded. The same biz...we once had a 350 LB woman working for us...with customers! So it's not like we were sexist. We just knew that it would be a distraction to have this "perfect" woman working in a relatively dirty (HVAC, etc.) place. Also, the woman that we did hire was far superior in work performance...than anyone I can imagine. She was attractive, but not perfect. Her sister was, tho (a model) and when she would come into the shop all the guys would actually crawl on the floor drooling.
In the real world, appearance matters. I think a "Kojak" might be hired as a bartender.....or maybe even a George Carlin type. But not a "straight man" who was older. Personality matters and appearance and mannerisms often reflect personality.
As a customer I never cared one iota whether an "older white guy" or a younger one (or a female) served me...of course, I am not a regular at Hooters, either.
The only thing surprising about this thread is that Seasons 52 and O.G. are owned by the same company. I love Seasons 52 and would rather go hungry than go to an O.G.
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