broken A/C at the Cosi in Dupont Circle: What Would You Do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some employess would rather work in a hot environment than be unemployed.

If your concern is for the safety of your food - fine but attempts to get the place shut down and the people laid off is not done for concern for the employees health or safety.

I think that all workers should have a safe environment to work in. That does not mean I want to see people laid off!! A corporation like Cosi, with stores across the country, should damn well be able to afford to close a location temporarily to fix a dangerous problem, while still paying its staff and certainly not laying them off. You really think workers should be subjected to standing in an enclosed space for however many hours their shift lasts, with a freaking blazing oven blasting at them, when it's 100 degrees outside and 120 degrees inside? I'm all for a capitalist system, but that's ridiculous. Bottom line: Cosi is responsible for providing a safe work environment, and they should do whatever they need to to accomplish that, without it affecting the workers themselves. Maybe I live in a dream world, but so be it.

I agree, but unless people are salaried, they won't get paid during a shut-down. They still need to fix the A/C, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some employess would rather work in a hot environment than be unemployed.

If your concern is for the safety of your food - fine but attempts to get the place shut down and the people laid off is not done for concern for the employees health or safety.

I think that all workers should have a safe environment to work in. That does not mean I want to see people laid off!! A corporation like Cosi, with stores across the country, should damn well be able to afford to close a location temporarily to fix a dangerous problem, while still paying its staff and certainly not laying them off. You really think workers should be subjected to standing in an enclosed space for however many hours their shift lasts, with a freaking blazing oven blasting at them, when it's 100 degrees outside and 120 degrees inside? I'm all for a capitalist system, but that's ridiculous. Bottom line: Cosi is responsible for providing a safe work environment, and they should do whatever they need to to accomplish that, without it affecting the workers themselves. Maybe I live in a dream world, but so be it.

I agree, but unless people are salaried, they won't get paid during a shut-down. They still need to fix the A/C, though.

OP here. I guess you're right. I (living in my dream world again) would hope that since it's the company's responsibility to keep the place cool, that they would still pay the workers during a theoretical shut down. I feel like sicing OSHA on them or something.

[Anonymous]

Its called capitalism.

IF you don't like it, you can move to North Korea.

But I bet the workers would prefer to be in a warm bread/salad establishment than freezing in a Communist Death-Camp.

[Anonymous]

Not more than 2 months ago I got a free entree coupon at the one in Friendship because THEIR AC was broken. It was awful in there and there were people actually eating there! Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its called capitalism.

IF you don't like it, you can move to North Korea.

But I bet the workers would prefer to be in a warm bread/salad establishment than freezing in a Communist Death-Camp.

OMG. No middle ground for you, now, is there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its called capitalism.

IF you don't like it, you can move to North Korea.

But I bet the workers would prefer to be in a warm bread/salad establishment than freezing in a Communist Death-Camp.

I forgot those were the only two possibilities -- totalitarian despotism North Korean style vs. warm bread and salad under capitalism.

[Anonymous]

OP,

Why have you taken it upon yourself to go all Norma Rae on Cosi? Let it go, your obsession is beginning to take a turn for the strange.

Besides Cosi is filthy and their food is trash, doesn't everyone already know this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP,

Why have you taken it upon yourself to go all Norma Rae on Cosi? Let it go, your obsession is beginning to take a turn for the strange.

Besides Cosi is filthy and their food is trash, doesn't everyone already know this?

Sorry, but your reference is simply inapt. OP is not concerned about unionizing the employees at Cosi. She is concerned about the air conditioning environment and the healthfulness of the food. Perhaps you could refer to Julia Roberts in Erin Brokovich? Or Meryl Streep in Silkwood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP,

Why have you taken it upon yourself to go all Norma Rae on Cosi? Let it go, your obsession is beginning to take a turn for the strange.

Besides Cosi is filthy and their food is trash, doesn't everyone already know this?

It's a sad day when an individual, trying to look out for other individuals, is called obsessed, strange, and norma rae. But whatever. Keep living in your little bubbles, folks. Hopefully you'll never be in a situation when you're being taken advantage of and could use someone to stick up for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP,

Why have you taken it upon yourself to go all Norma Rae on Cosi? Let it go, your obsession is beginning to take a turn for the strange.

Besides Cosi is filthy and their food is trash, doesn't everyone already know this?

It's a sad day when an individual, trying to look out for other individuals, is called obsessed, strange, and norma rae. But whatever. Keep living in your little bubbles, folks. Hopefully you'll never be in a situation when you're being taken advantage of and could use someone to stick up for you.

Someone like Kim Jong-il?

No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP,

Why have you taken it upon yourself to go all Norma Rae on Cosi? Let it go, your obsession is beginning to take a turn for the strange.

Besides Cosi is filthy and their food is trash, doesn't everyone already know this?

It's a sad day when an individual, trying to look out for other individuals, is called obsessed, strange, and norma rae. But whatever. Keep living in your little bubbles, folks. Hopefully you'll never be in a situation when you're being taken advantage of and could use someone to stick up for you.

Someone like Kim Jong-il?

No thanks.

LOL!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who's the idiot? You already know it is hot and stuffy, so why are you going there?

You may not have heard of an invention called air conditioning, which can actually chill warm humid air to quite frosty conditions. I'm actually sitting in my office wearing a sweater and I'm quite cold in my short sleeved dress. OP's expectation of a comfortable lunch environment is in fact quite reasonable. So who is the idiot?

Is it now a requirement that restaurants be air conditioned?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who's the idiot? You already know it is hot and stuffy, so why are you going there?

You may not have heard of an invention called air conditioning, which can actually chill warm humid air to quite frosty conditions. I'm actually sitting in my office wearing a sweater and I'm quite cold in my short sleeved dress. OP's expectation of a comfortable lunch environment is in fact quite reasonable. So who is the idiot?

Is it now a requirement that restaurants be air conditioned?

If they want business in D.C. in the summer, yes. If they want people to walk out the door or have people grossed out by the idea of staff sweating into their food, then nope. Of course, I say that, knowing full well that restaurant kitchens are often extremely hot and cooks are sweating into the food on a regular basis. Thank you Top Chef for making me aware of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who's the idiot? You already know it is hot and stuffy, so why are you going there?

You may not have heard of an invention called air conditioning, which can actually chill warm humid air to quite frosty conditions. I'm actually sitting in my office wearing a sweater and I'm quite cold in my short sleeved dress. OP's expectation of a comfortable lunch environment is in fact quite reasonable. So who is the idiot?

Is it now a requirement that restaurants be air conditioned?

Yes! They keep the mayo on the counter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP,

Why have you taken it upon yourself to go all Norma Rae on Cosi? Let it go, your obsession is beginning to take a turn for the strange.

Besides Cosi is filthy and their food is trash, doesn't everyone already know this?

It's a sad day when an individual, trying to look out for other individuals, is called obsessed, strange, and norma rae. But whatever. Keep living in your little bubbles, folks. Hopefully you'll never be in a situation when you're being taken advantage of and could use someone to stick up for you.

Well I'm very worried that OP's employer is losing money due to her spending her afternoon in a battle with Cosi. OP, please post your supervisor's contact information so we can inform your company that you are wasting company resources.