Rotelli’s Italian Restaurant has surely felt the negative
effects from the plummeting economy. Employees were unexcused if they asked for
permission to take off and if they did anyway they would soon face
repercussions. Sarah Perrone was an employee of Rotelli’s who learned her
lesson the hard way.
“I was hardly ever given shifts,” Perrone said, “Maybe once
or twice a week if I was lucky.”
Rotelli’s main attraction is toward college students. Since
the economy is in the shape it’s in, students themselves have little room for
spending.
“Many of our customers hardly left a tip if at all,” Perrone
said, “I am a college student myself and
it was frustrating coming home every night with next to nothing.”
If there were busy weekends at Rotelli’s you were not
allowed to take off and if you did anyway you were fired. Perrone learned the
hard way that Rotelli’s kept true to their word as she was soon laid off because
she had taken a busy weekend off because of a previous commitment.
“I was enraged,” she said, “It was my first waitressing
experience and it is one I want to forget.”
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