Friendly's and Capitalism

Friendly's is quite a popular place in my town which attracts many customers every weakend (and attracts a lot of tips for my waiters and wattresses friends). A while ago, Friendly's has increased its price on many items. While more and more customers notice the change, the time per customer increases. "why is the price like this?" "the icecream used be $1.50. why is it $2.00 now?" I have to explain the new price from time to time. Some customers are okay with the change; some customers aren't, and they yell and demand to talk to the manager. Sometimes, I really don't know what to say. I don't control the price, the corporate heads do.

While the price increased, I have imagined to have a bigger paycheck (I only make $6.10 an hr). Well, i am wrong. My playcheck is a bit bigger, not because my wage increased but because I work more during summer. I have always thought that my wage is unfair. and now, with the increased price for basically every food in the restaurant, I am enraged.

Corporates never think about the welfare of their customers and workers. While i make a pretty low pay, many make pretty low pay too. A chef who has been working at friendly's for 4 years gets paid $7.60 an hour. They make all the profit while the workers suffer

Corportates also do not think about the welfare of their customers. friendly's (at least the one i work in ) is extreme dirty. when i walk into the store, I can instantly smell a strong fragance. Then when I walk to the kitchen and the storage room, There are flies everywhere. The washing machines does not clean the glasses well so I have to have them re-washed again. The floor is greasy. If one is not careful enough one will slide as if he is skiting. My friend one time got the food that was already served to another customer (according to my friend, that customer touched it already). He complained, with no result.

Last but not least, the corporates increase price arbituarily. A banana split costs more than 6 dollars. A dip of ice-cream costs more than 2 dollars. While much of the food is dirty, it costs more than 8 dollars a meal.....Think about it, do you want to pay?

As a worker, I try to do my best to keep the ice-cream I make clean, but i can't guarantee it is the same case for everyone. Also, I sometimes think that why I have to keep it clean since I am paid lowly anyway. But then, they are just glimpses of thoughts. I never intentionally make the ice-cream dirty. I hate the corporates for charging people unfair price; i hate the corporates for taking advantage of the workers; and I hate the corporates for not caring the customers. It does not have to be that way. Business can be brutal, but it can also be gentle, espeically when it is food industry.

P.S. To make more money, I put a tip cap by the front window. and yesterday, on 7/4, I made about 5 dollars. It is pretty pathetic, but I am a lowly paid worker.