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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 04:47 PM Apr 2020

Wendy's just told those working in drive through they will be fired if they wear a mask!!

So my friend has to quit. He lives with 2 people with health issues

They decided to live on less money and try to avoid possible infection

Isn't that a caring corporate policy!! (Sarcasm very bitter)

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Wendy's just told those working in drive through they will be fired if they wear a mask!! (Original Post) bobbieinok Apr 2020 OP
BOYfuckingCOTT malaise Apr 2020 #1
Should they put it on the menu? Newest Reality Apr 2020 #2
Truly appalling. Mike 03 Apr 2020 #3
ABSOLUTELY! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #18
Tell him not to quit! Let them fire him! marybourg Apr 2020 #4
Exactly ret5hd Apr 2020 #10
In front of witnesses. lpbk2713 Apr 2020 #11
Reason given--masks scare customers!! bobbieinok Apr 2020 #5
Another bungled message. We were told only sick people needed to wear masks... Beartracks Apr 2020 #14
TBH, I haven't been to a Wendy's in about 15 years renate Apr 2020 #6
What's the matter doesn't it look good Ohioboy Apr 2020 #7
My first thought - DURHAM D Apr 2020 #8
I don't do Twitter, but surely someone should come up with one of those # things????? LAS14 Apr 2020 #9
He should wear mask, and get unemployment if fired, or Liberty Belle Apr 2020 #12
Oklahoma--workers don't have much protection here bobbieinok Apr 2020 #13
Whenever someone posts a thread about a business BusyBeingBest Apr 2020 #15
No more Wendy's taco salads for me. n/t Crunchy Frog Apr 2020 #16
Unacceptable! Contact the Dept of Health in your county/state... WePurrsevere Apr 2020 #17
The company or the franchise owner? haele Apr 2020 #19

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. Should they put it on the menu?
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 04:50 PM
Apr 2020

Welcome to Wendy's, would you like some droplets or a big sneeze on your order? We aim, (very carefully) to please.

So, Wendy's intends to offer virus specials now? Try Wendy's NEW, Vector Burger and COVID Fries.

Cross them off the list even if it's two for one.

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
14. Another bungled message. We were told only sick people needed to wear masks...
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 05:18 PM
Apr 2020

... so that health care workers had more masks to... stay... safe. Wait a minute - that means masks ARE for healthy people, too. So, healthy people start wearing masks, but then the get stigmatized as "being sick" - the kiss of death in food service.

Messaging. Bungled.

This country should've ramped up mask production BEFORE the problem was on our shores, and then required EVERYONE to wear them. This isn't a question of individual liberty, blah blah blah, it's national defense. Or, it would have been if we had leaders.

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renate

(13,776 posts)
6. TBH, I haven't been to a Wendy's in about 15 years
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 04:54 PM
Apr 2020

So my boycott of them means nothing. But I would boycott any restaurant that forbade its employees from wearing a mask. That's opposite-world! Why wouldn't they want to show they're being as careful as they can? It's weird.

I'm sorry about your friend. That's so wrong.

Ohioboy

(3,222 posts)
7. What's the matter doesn't it look good
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 04:54 PM
Apr 2020

I'd rather be served by someone thinking enough to wear a mask than by someone who doesn't give a damn.

DURHAM D

(32,595 posts)
8. My first thought -
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 04:56 PM
Apr 2020

Old rumors - About 50 years ago they got caught adding earthworms to their ground beef and then a customer found a finger tip in their meal.

True or Not true?

Doesn't really matter as I have not eaten at a Wendy's oh...in about 50 years.

Liberty Belle

(9,528 posts)
12. He should wear mask, and get unemployment if fired, or
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 04:58 PM
Apr 2020

file a complaint with the state agency since this might violate workplace safety

What state is your friend in?

BusyBeingBest

(8,049 posts)
15. Whenever someone posts a thread about a business
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 05:19 PM
Apr 2020

or fast food restaurant, there's always people who like checking in to the thread to let us know they never eat there/shop at Walmart/wouldn't be caught dead there/etc. Why? Is that to let us know how superior you are to the rest of us? If it isn't a place you would ever be, and the info isn't relevant to you, why not just move on? Edit to add: I do eat at Wendy's sometimes, and this does disturb me. They should be allowed to wear masks, and I would feel better if they weren't breathing on my food, frankly.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
17. Unacceptable! Contact the Dept of Health in your county/state...
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 05:31 PM
Apr 2020

and Wendy's Corp. Ask them if this is an acceptable risk for their line workers and customers at this time and let them know it's not to you. I'd also contact local news and post on the local chain's Facebook, yelp and other review pages.

Here's a list that might help:
https://wendys.pissedconsumer.com/customer-service.html

haele

(12,581 posts)
19. The company or the franchise owner?
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 05:42 PM
Apr 2020

I'm pretty sure most company policies concerning safety gear would allow gloves and now probably masks for their drive-through workers. Here in San Diego, the majority of workers I've seen are already masked and gloved up - even a few of the ubiquitous 'Bertos Taco drive-throughs.

Except for Chick-fil-A. Only one of the workers was even wearing latex gloves.

Haele.

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