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  I can hear the Applebee's management loosing their shit as they scream about how they need everyone in for giftcard week! Lol
context: Somewhere there is a retail District Manager telling his store managers:
  “We gotta get these stores open!” >
  
  I worked at Toys R US years ago, and I got written up for not coming in during a blizzard where the state had enacted a travel ban. The store opened anyway, and my manager's response to me calling out was"well I made here so why can't you?" >
  
  All jokes aside... If nobody is on the road, who exactly does the store expect to sell to?
  I understand the drive to make sales, but if it costs you more to keep the store open (because nobody is coming in) than it does to open it, why not just close it and save the money? >
  
  That was my thought at the time but apparently they thought it was lucrative to be open. >
  
  Well, I venture to guess that they probably thought wrong. If that's what they thought, then I see their logic based on the premise. But I think their premise was wrong, and thus the logic that followed was equally incorrect. >
  
  I wasn't there that day, but I was there on 9/11. It was busy that day. Weird. >
  
  I think it was mostly "business as usual" on 9/11 outside od DC, NYC, and part of PA..... Sadly. I was in Maine at the time, and that's how I remember it. >
  
  I worked at a mall in Pensacola, Fl. on 9/11. They shut the whole mall down and everyone was sent home. >
  
  I worked for a small insurance company and as soon as the second plane struck we were told to go home to be with loved ones, and they would call when they planned on reopening.  They did close on the next day asks a late open on Thursday.  I truly hate corporate America but this was an example of running a business with humanity. >
  
  I worked for an advertising company in Germany at the time and even we closed down. For us it was in the early afternoon and from after lunch when first news broke everyone started gathering at the „business tv’s“ on the executive floor, like 200 people were just sitting/standing there in silence watching. When the first tower fell, everyone was shaken, after the 2nd tower fell, everyone just grabbed their backpacks and went home. >
  
  During Sandy my employer made us come in. All the roads flooded or washed out from the storm surge. We were waist deep in sea water by the time the national guard was able to get us out. >
  
  Well fuck that, I wouldn't come in when there's a damn hurricane rolling in >
  
  My work made us come in with the punishment thst we'd be locked at work for 45 days if we didn't. >
  
  I just read a story of a local lady dying in NY, after getting stuck in the snow while driving home from work.      I know some people have to go in to work regardless of weather, but, their employers should be assisting with transportation in these cases. >
  
  Erie County official statement back in November:
  
  "Travel ban means no travel," Poloncarz said at the 9 p.m. snowstorm briefing.
  Poloncarz said employers cannot force their employees to violate a travel ban by driving to work unless the employees are essential emergency personnel.
  
  Employers had no excuses this time. >
  
  This is exactly what Seattle needed. I mean, all those crashes were a great boon to the auto body industry but so many people were hurt. >
  
  seriously, just wild that people were expected to come to work when the hilly roads were literally solid sheets of ice. >
  
  Solid. Sheet. Of. Ice. On hilly roads.
  Worst bosses ever. >
  
  Best sliding saucer race ever. >
  
  Many of my co-workers live in Buffalo. We all work remote, so luckily they don't have to drive anywhere, but holy hell are they struggling! It's scary over there right now! >
  
  My brother-in-law lives in Buffalo. He and his family were going to come in for a visit yesterday. Needless to say, they canceled. There's no way they'd make it out of Buffalo, much less all the way to where I live. >
  
  How are people getting groceries? >
  
  Do people really get groceries every day? If we had a travel ban or the snow was that bad where I live, I think we’d be ok for a week with what we’ve got stored. Probably would have to get creative with meals towards the end though >
  
  A lot of the problem was when people lost power, their food went bad. I'm in Buffalo and lost power for 36 hours. I made it out to get groceries today and it's like a warzone. >
  
  Why not put groceries outside to keep cold?