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TeamPooka

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19. At signs like this I always ask how much their rent is and what % of their costs are wages...
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 12:27 AM
Feb 2013

since they want to share the breakdown of their business costs publicly.

Ghambari blew it. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2013 #1
Restaurants in San Francisco do something similar... Gormy Cuss Feb 2013 #2
Yes he did... Agschmid Feb 2013 #3
Fuck that. Seattle is gorged with coffee shops, go elsewhere. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #4
So why make a big thing about it.... wandy Feb 2013 #5
Exactly! n/t Pryderi Feb 2013 #8
I beleive that's answered by the "royal dickhead" part JHB Feb 2013 #16
Crybaby bluestateguy Feb 2013 #6
No -- Howard Schultz dicks his employees around, too -- there are sooooo many gateley Feb 2013 #10
Actually, they do have health insurance, but, it would be lovely if they had sick days. juajen Feb 2013 #20
Oops, I responded to myself instead of to you. gateley Feb 2013 #23
Looks good on paper but I know a few people who work there who indicate it's not gateley Feb 2013 #22
Meh. Cafe Darte is the place to go when I'm in Seattle. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #7
Try Vivace. :-) gateley Feb 2013 #9
Or Cafe Lladro The empressof all Feb 2013 #28
Ooooo, yeah! Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #33
Dayum! The teabaggers are getting thick in the northwest. freshwest Feb 2013 #11
"Royal dickhead" indeed. JBoy Feb 2013 #12
Well, I've ever been and now I'll never go ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #13
You know what? He is really telling Obama to go stick it in a very subtle way.... busterbrown Feb 2013 #15
Like the medical care for New York's police and fire... Grins Feb 2013 #14
How long until he undoes this? NYC Liberal Feb 2013 #17
I don't know about anybody else, but distantearlywarning Feb 2013 #18
At signs like this I always ask how much their rent is and what % of their costs are wages... TeamPooka Feb 2013 #19
yeah, and what's their "CEO's paycheck surcharge" ? phantom power Feb 2013 #21
Why not break it all down. Incitatus Feb 2013 #24
i wonder if any places already paid for sick leave Enrique Feb 2013 #25
You know what, if they didnt advertise this in such a jackasses manner... Earth_First Feb 2013 #26
Papa John style cheapass bass-tid! I say go somewhere else! nt MADem Feb 2013 #27
Naked greed. Don't they have any pride or shame? FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #29
Who cares? librabear Feb 2013 #30
I think it's great. hughee99 Feb 2013 #31
Just how tone-deaf are these corp types? KG Feb 2013 #32
That's really good way to tell your customers that you are a cheapskate and don't give a shit idwiyo Feb 2013 #34
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