There is a new employee, male, about 24 years old.
He has been here less than a week.
I have seen him 3 of those days.
Today I watched him come to work, walking as slowly as possible.
The look on his face was that he most certainly does not want to be at work.
Been at work for 40 minutes now, a totally negative disposition the whole time.
This has been his attitude since he started working here.
Honestly, if I was the owner here, I would send him home and tell him not to come back.
Some of you might say, everyone has a bad day, I am too harsh.
Sure, we all have bad days, but you do not take it to work.
Most people working in retail and hospitality (hostility) look like that to me 
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Perhaps if he earned a decent wage it might help…
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Considering some of the customers they have to deal with I am not surprised.
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He sounds more like a typical teenager rather than a 24 year old.
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Hostility is in dire straits in the UK at the moment…
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Australian wages are set by law, employers can exceed them but cannot pay less. Part of the reason why Australians don’t tip.
At the moment the minimum wage is $24.95 per hour (£12.50) for full time 38 hour week. Casual workers get a 25% loading on top of that (to compensate them for holiday pay and sick pay). That’s a catch all wage, most people will be on an award
Hospitality workers will have their own award (which will be higher)
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In the old days you’d get a mug of Nescafe served by an old dear in a pinny and a fag in her mouth.
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I think they should scrap the minimum wage and everyone gets paid what they are worth.
No minimum wage in my day, bosses paid what they liked and everyone was happy and service with a smile…Then came along big monopolies and drove the little guy out of business with lots of shareholders (who probably live in another country) to satisfy. Nobody cares about the customer anymore because they get paid anyway. In a family run establishment they were proud of their name and did their best to serve the customer, slack attitudes by the staff would not be tolerated, and the boss would probably be working alongside them.
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You’re the chap in the dirty mac who kept winking at me and making me drop my ash !!
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I know some jobs are poorly paid but hasn’t it always been thus?
But … I was always taught to do your best, be pleasant and give 100%.
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Are you back having coffee in McDonalds? If so, then this chap is working in the very definition of a McJob. And you expect him to be delighted at that?
Just a thought…if he’s a new hire, most probably he hasn’t made any friends yet.
Sometimes, making an effort to welcome him to the company and include him at break time may encourage him to try a smile or two.
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