Mutiny at the Cafe

That's fucking awesome! I hope the employees fall upon this post.

Livejournal's all over the drama....

Apparently I can't use a link in a comment...

community.livejournal.com/vancouver/2071932.html

Yeah, stick it to the man!

SO awesome.

god, hasn't anyone heard of unions?

Killer, Sean. Thx for posting.

there is hope in life.

Hey Red Annie, unions are the answer for people that would like to stay at their job. These are probably kids - fresh out of high school, travellers, with more ambition than slinging mochas - so their efforts are best left for other things besides securing a future at Blenz. And it's a personal thing, something that unions aren't so adept at handling.

Bloody awesome! Did they actually lock the doors, after taping that note to it?

Way to stick it to the 'man', ex-Blendz employees. Perhaps the manager in question will learn some respect, if only through his bottom line.

quick somebody email blenz and ask them if they know about this. they will probably not reply but you never know. maybe we'll get scott's side of the story.

Bloody brilliant.

when i saw that it filled my heart with glee. here's to the working class heroes who pour our coffee with mr stinkbreath breathing down their necks.

Oh, damn, that so rocks. I wish I would have been crafty enough to concoct this kind of movement en masse against some bosses I've had.

Simply amazing. You hate to see this sort of thing happen, but you gotta hand it to the employees for taking a stand. Usually, it's the businesses that just up and close and leave the employees high and dry.

Hats off to those brave souls. Life is too short to put up with a shitty boss.

I wish more people would get some self respect and do things like this. Few things are worse than watching some asshole manager crap all over a peon and get away with it.

This is amazing. I agree with Hugh, I love seeing people really stand up for themselves like that.

I bet they made themselves a coffee before leaving!

A specialty coffee!

that was so beautiful I almost shed a tear. I'm so proud of those employees. People ought to do stuff like that more often, instead of whining and complaining about their situations.

Awesome! this people rocks!
=)

I love this. Too many people stay in crappy jobs with crappy bosses, blinders on, thinking that they MUST put up with it, resulting in bitter people who feel like victims of their lives. If they are a bunch of kids, right out of school, they were raised right....full of self worth and confidence. I hope Scott was on a "coffee break" and had to run the place all on his own until closing that day and the next!

Beautiful. People taking control of their lives and not taking shit from asshole management.

Beautiful. People taking control of their lives and not taking shit from asshole management.

Um, before call anyone asshole management and all that, we haven't heard the other side of the story. Lets not turn young kid, coffee makers into some sort of martyrs for some cause. They work for a coffee shop so lets not get outta control.

v

sean orr = getting people talking.

A much better solution than peeing of wanking off into the coffee, as done at so many Starbucks.

Hah. j/k.

Maldito Simio el del coffee.. ya Quemenlo!!! Ja no es cierto.. Solo respeten a mis amigos Jorge & Hyun y que lo que salga sea a favor de las personas que trabaja ahi.

Paz desde Mexico
*Jorge que todo te salga bien!! te apoyo amigo, igual a los que trabajan con tigo!! Salu2!!

Che Ricardo, lo conoces a Jorge? Si es cierto porque no le decis que me mande un email asi podemos averiguar un poco mas este asunto??? ariadna@beyondrobson.com

Gracias! Ariadna

I would offer them a job in an instant if I had a coffee shop. They should have put their phonenumbers on there!

I would offer them a job in an instant if I had a coffee shop. They should have put their phonenumbers on there!

Hey Pais ... Your my hero.

Hey i found out they are picking up their pacychecks tomorrow at 2:00. Let's go and make sure "Scotty pays" !!!!

see you at 2...
...funny how this all happened... we certainly didnt anticipate such a huge reponse...
THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT!!
VANCOUVER ROCKS!!
WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!
THANKS GUYS!!!

Fuck Yeah!

Hahahahahahahahahaha! That is brilliant! I love it!

Very nice work. I've often wished this same thing could be pulled off in a professional setting.

P.S. I actually love Blenz, I wish they had one down here in PDX. Dark Chocolate Mocha's kick ass!

Awesome.

Yah, I'd have to hear what Scott had to say. If he f*ed up, I guess he could apologize and learn something. Or even give his staff a raise, hire them back and try this whole thing again, this time under blog, public, media and corporate scrutiny- can you imagine the publicity for Blenz. But if he's one of these control freak guys who sees his staff as 'resouces' rather than human beings, or uses bullying as a management strategy, or critisizes without ever thanking his staff for a job well done- then I think it might be time for for one of those touchy feely human relationship courses. Good luck former Blenz dudes, and good luck Scott- you can change!
And greetings from Victoria, BC, also home of Blenz.

This made a huge smile on my face-one that I have not managed to make for a while. I'm so proud of these people.
Viva los trabajadores!

coffee shops are the devil anyways

Stick it to the man!

I passed by on my bike at 14.10 but didn't see anything, not a placard, not a stink bomb, not four colleagues rejoicing, so I kept pedaling.

I was wondering if those in Vancouver might continue posting updates here in the comments about the follow-up to this? A lot of us in other cities would love to know what the coffeehouse owner's official response ends up being.

Its not the first time something like this happened. I used to be the night manager at the Blenz at broadway/granville, and I quit along with some other employee's due to the owner's blatent disregard for Canadian labor laws and health code. Blenz simply doesn't regulate its frandchise properly. If you have the money, you can buy one and bend the rules to your liking.

Word of advice, don't go to the Broadway and Granville location. I believe it is still owned and operated by Rosa Kim. Reasons? Rats in the back, coffee is brewed and served until the container is empty (sits on heater for 6+hrs at times), they serve bread that "looks" like it can still be eaten (2+ weeks old), she doesn't give employee's breaks, schedules them for shifts they cant work, gives little to no raises off minimum wage. I was a evening manager doing cash outs and closings and was only paid $8.20/hr, and I had to put up with the gripes from the customers complaining about moldy bread and lousy coffee, as well as my fellow employees being treated unfairly.

Myself and a few other employee's quit and told the owner, Rosa, to let us leave in peace or else we'd report her to the better business bureau and the health inspectors. Tried calling Blenz head office to complain about the situation and all they said was "Does Rosa know you're doing this? We're going to have to let her know"

Shocked but pleasantly surprised to see that uprising's can happen at other Blenz locations. Maybe the company will start acting in a more respectable manner now and regulate. Some of the drinks taste pretty good, but whats the point if they're presented in a pile of $hit.

Its not the first time something like this happened. I used to be the night manager at the Blenz at broadway/granville, and I quit along with some other employee's due to the owner's blatent disregard for Canadian labor laws and health code. Blenz simply doesn't regulate its frandchise properly. If you have the money, you can buy one and bend the rules to your liking.

Word of advice, don't go to the Broadway and Granville location. I believe it is still owned and operated by Rosa Kim. Reasons? Rats in the back, coffee is brewed and served until the container is empty (sits on heater for 6+hrs at times), they serve bread that "looks" like it can still be eaten (2+ weeks old), she doesn't give employee's breaks, schedules them for shifts they cant work, gives little to no raises off minimum wage. I was a evening manager doing cash outs and closings and was only paid $8.20/hr, and I had to put up with the gripes from the customers complaining about moldy bread and lousy coffee, as well as my fellow employees being treated unfairly.

Myself and a few other employee's quit and told the owner, Rosa, to let us leave in peace or else we'd report her to the better business bureau and the health inspectors. Tried calling Blenz head office to complain about the situation and all they said was "Does Rosa know you're doing this? We're going to have to let her know"

Shocked but pleasantly surprised to see that uprising's can happen at other Blenz locations. Maybe the company will start acting in a more respectable manner now and regulate. Some of the drinks taste pretty good, but whats the point if they're presented in a pile of $hit.

Amazing! I applaud these employees' ability to stand up for themselves. It took courage and creativity to do it the way they did, and I am sure they're walking with their heads held high today.

Way to go people!

this is wonderful ... i am inspired.

i hope that more of my own country might learn this.

This is great stuff... and the blogosphere is picking up and running with this. I talked about it yesterday at neomarketing. Bottom line is that this dude needs to fire himself.

That guy is a dick, I used to work at that location when it first opened and Scott fired me. Hahahhaa, take that ya big dick!

I dunno how many of you have ever run a place like that. And I don't know what problems Scott might have.

But I can tell you that all high school or college students are not model employees. Some of them steal from the till. Some of them will spend their whole shift drinking cup after cup of free coffee. Some of them show up to work an hour late on a consistent basis. Some of them don't show up at all. And the nicer you treat them, the more comfortable they feel with ripping you off.

Most of us are probably college-educated professionals, and a stern or even harsh management style would be totally wrong for us. But all employees are *not like us*.

I don't mean to imply anything specific about this situation, I am just saying that there is such a thing as crap high school employees, as well as crap bosses.

When you refer to Martin Luther's "Ten Declarations" are you actually referring to his 95 Theses?

Besides that, that was a funny, if not completely worthless, action.

Hopefully these employees tried to talk things out with their boss before leaving him like that. But as a past Blenz employee, I feel their pain. I worked at a different location, and I know each location is different, but this company really needs to get their act together and learn how to do things right. Kudos to these employees. Perhaps this will be a wake-up call to the company.

Then again, perhaps not.

Okay, I am sick and tired of the Scott bashing. I used to work there and he was fine with me. Even if he was a dick to them this is not how you act. If you must quit immediatly then fine, give your notice to him, not on the window and don't come in the next day. This is the kind of attitude you expect from junior high kids. And the sad thing is that I know these 4 and I would have expected better things from them. Welcome to the working world where you won't get along with everyone, and like every job that you're asked to do. Welcome to the real world guys. And also, signing your last names? Gonna be a bit hard to get another job now isn't?

A friend of mine ran the Blenz on Robson. We racked it dry. Anyone giving $7.50 and hour and expecting them to watch everything like a hawk is insane. I know you are supposed to have ethics, but you learn those, they can't get taught. He let it all slide and didn't give a shit, pay people or expect the same.

I've worked for Blenz and Starbucks and let me tell you this..the morals and values at Starbucks are far higher and so is the pay. You're basically doing the same thing at both places so why not work for a company with a better reputation? I know plenty of Blenz employers and not only are they demanding and bossy, they never put real time and effort to increase their customer service, all they do is expect perfection after paying someone minimum wage. Trust me, Starbucks is better!

Way to go,I hope these empolyees get rehired soon.I sent a link to this page to Blenz head office,I hope Scott gets an ear full!

I hope that you talked to your boss(Scott) about the issues that brought you to this action. Put your concerns in writting and give that to your boss then ask for a good time to discuss the issues and likely solutions
if you get no consideration from this action. Address the same letter to the company (Scotts boss) and let him know you have done so. Also be professional about this action ie: a typed letter or at least handwritting that is above grade 6 level would give you more credibilty. Other wise a badley written letter makes you look imature lazy and not worth an above minimum wage. I applaude that you stood up for your rights I would have respected it more if it was done in a more mature and professional manner. I hope you come away from this experience with some valuable lessons that you can take to your next place of employment.

wish i had the balls to do that! way to go guys and gals

Hey guys!

Someone forwarded this to me! I happen to work at Blenz (not that location). Since we are tlaking about shittyness let me say a little something. I have worked there for about 7 months (I go to school full time). They don't pay overtime, no raise, no benefits, customer is ALWAYS right and the mgr will make sure you feel like shit about the situation, sexual harrassment from customers is perfectly acceptable to mgmt, as well as abusive treatment by regular customers. The location I work at is unsanitary with tons of flies, no plastic gloves for food, no dates on food items, and lack of decent policies. There is no mgmt or owner they go off an do whatever they like all day with the occasions of them sitting across the street/or in random cars spying on employees. There are no breaks and they enjoy having employees work 10 hours per day. NO breaks! you better be a smoker. Finally, on a parting note I'm quitting in a few weeks and it feels excellent. This is one shitty job I will never forget. Baristas unite! hahahhahaha. No but seriously if there are other Blenz or crap coffee shop employees out there dont be afraid to tell them like it is!

I found this extraordinary. Why hasn't the company responded? How can anyone think about having a coffee at Blenz after this? Why is it that companies continually treat their employees like shit? Why is the customer always first?

Why is the customer always first?
^^
That's what we're meant to want these days - according to the media, no-one cares about anyone else

love it! Management, needs to learn to listen, and pay attention to staff and customers, obviously he didn't care, the best compliment is when employees rave about their boss and the boss has more current application than positions, BRAVO, to the staff!!! Hopefully the manaagement will learn from this, public apology???

Beautiful!

tho now I'm afraid my favorite coffee shop doesn't treat their baristas well and the girls I've come to love over the past few months will follow suit =o

I just put in my two weeks yesterday as well, so it's good to know I'm not alone in the world...good job employees, stick it to 'em!

That's great!

Ha ha ha. The really funny thing is that those former employees will probably not find new jobs as fast as the cafe owner will hire new employees.

Guess the joke is on those idjits.

What some of the commenters here don't seem to realize is that this sort of management behaviour (inconsiderate, ungrateful, untrusting) is not unique to the bottom of the labour food chain -- it can happen at *any* level. Bravo, Blenz crew, for taking a stand.

This is what happens when you don't unionize.

Without a union, the owner will just re-open the next day. The next batch of workers will see that all rebelling does is create a minor inconvenience for the owner.

In effect, these ex-employees have just made it worse the labor market in their area.

I'm just gonna say this. I've been a regular at the blenz on denman for about two years now.
Reading this post shocked the hell outta me. The Denman Blenz is a good place. The people who work there are treated fairly and I've never seen anything unsanitary about their food. They get plenty of breaks.

p.s. Check out blenztales on livejournal. A funny account of the comings and goings of the Denman Blenz!

i remember a guy who didn't feel like going to work one day so he xeroxed his hand, middle finger up, and faxed it in with the words " i quit. "

Mixed metaphors, somewhat-

Luther nailed 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church, not "ten declarations".

I certainly applaud this... An excellent gesture of rebellion against a shitty boss. I give my support, and suddenly am slightly worried, starting work at a nearby coffee show in May sometime.

god, hasn't anyone heard of unions?
Yes, My letter carriers union which is supposed to be so STRONG and so PROUD has supposedly WON us the right to an 8hr. day and a 40 hr. week, however, then only way I get to exercise that right is to go to my doctor and get a no overtime restriction in writing! So don't push the union thing too hard, the trade unions are selling out to management left and right!

Yes, oh yes, this is just like Marines braving an overwhelming heavily armed enemy force to raise a flag.

Idiot.

Actually, to the kids that put the letter up, it probably feels just like a great military victory. Maybe they'll have a long hunt for a new job, maybe another one is right around the corner. Who really knows? What really matters is that at that moment they knew what true freedom tasted like.

(not to nitpick, but the Iwo Jima flag raising photo you alluded to had six soldiers, not four.)

it looks like some flamey goodness is brewing here ... i just want to say 'bravo!'. although corporate involvement and class action suits would be more grown-up, i embrace the 'in the moment' of this staff, with their print out paper, their fat sharpie marker that they probably took with them. bravo!

Mae:

"Other wise a badley written letter makes you look imature lazy and not worth an above minimum wage."

Oh, the irony....

@Ellie - Not really. Vancouver is a big city, not some tiny one horse town. Its highly unlikely their next job would know anything about this unless they were in someway specifically acquainted with what went on.

And sometimes, things like this need to be done. Quietly quitting by giving your notice and leaving while upstanding and appropriate doesn't get the message across in a bad situation. 4 employees up and quitting (Especially if its the whole staff) may actually clue the company in that there is a problem.

Nice to see people doing something about a bad situation instead of just complaining about it!

Granted, we don't know the other side of the story, but assuming what was written is true, I agree this was brilliant. I've worked in a lot of low-paying, low-level jobs, and the truth is, you get shit on. It isn't fair and it shouldn't happen, but if you complain? You just get shittier assignments until you quit or get fired (regardless of the quality of work). To everyone saying they should have a union, or they should have talked this out with the boss, or they should have gone higher up and complained...guess what? It doesn't work. Not in an entry level, minimum wage job. You're expected to shut up and take it or be replaced. This, at least, brings some light to the situation and lets people know what was going on, and maybe new hires will think twice about working there. Maybe Scott will even think twice about being a dick to his employees. I doubt it, but just maybe...!

That's awesome.

Question to all the people who are talking about unions: it sounds like this place is in Canada. Is it easier to join a union there? Because here in the states, there are certainly no unions for minimum-wage workers. I've never once worked a job where I had the ability to unionize and I'm a college graduate (a recent one, anyway).

That's amazing! I love it ...

Wow, that is fantastic!

Rock on! :)

I see all the commetns about how they should unionize. I work in a place with a union, and they are no picnic either. They are just as corrupt and evil as the management they claim to be protecting you from.

Personally I see them a mafia thuggs wnating you to pay them so they dont beat you up. They dont REALLY help anyone, and just take a lot of your money for them to use on their own junkets. I have not yet found one union any better then that they "protect you from".

I salute you, O brewers of the bean. Godspeed.

Ah, the dream of all underpaid, underrapreciated service sector workers...

I admire you to be open and honest with your boss. Today you made me proud that we live in this country. I hope his gultony for money has bankrupted his business because I am sure your customers followed you with pride right out the door.
LEAD ON

I admire you to be open and honest with your boss. Today you made me proud that we live in this country. I hope his gultony for money has bankrupted his business because I am sure your customers followed you with pride right out the door.
LEAD ON

I love it when people say, "Welcome to the Real World" when they demean great stories like this. As if, we all have to accept our lots.

To that, I say, No....Welcome to REAL World. People are pissed off. People have self esteem, and are starting to realize they are worth at least a living wage.

Good news - God, I love the West Coast.

I recently read "101 Things to do When You Hate Your Job". It mentioned walking out, but not en masse. Way to go!

I recently read "101 Things to do When You Hate Your Job". It mentioned walking out, but not en masse. Way to go!

I recently read, "101 Things to do When You Hate Your Job". It mentioned walking out, but not en masse. Way to go!

This reminds me of a time I went to a restaurant in Atlanta only to discover it had gone out of business and a sign posted in the window that said, "F*** you all, up the a**"

I'm not sure if that was a sign from the owner angry at the community for the failure of his restaurant or left by an angry staff member finally getting the last word.

Either way, it was hilarious to me.

wicked man!! power up to you guys!!

wIcKeD!!!!!!!!holy shit on a stick, first time in all my life ppl actually DO something about their boss! wow, i'm never going to forget this.

Fantastic! Congratulations to those workers. That takes real bravery, putting your money where your mouth like that. You're my heroes of the year so far and I'll put you on my blog and try to spread the word. Congratulations.

The note doesn't complain about "slave labor wages"

1. a wage means you are not a slave
2. as this note points out, people are free to choose if they don't like their job.

these people just wanted to be respected. lacking that respect, they made a personal choice to forgo employment for personal satisfaction. good for them.

Forget about unions - why aren't employees fighting for the employee to come first. Why aren't they fighting to be heard, recognized, and trained. Why aren't they fighting to come before customers. Why can't people understand that happy employees makes happy custoemrs. I am sick and tired of going into stores only to find employees that aren't empowered, engaged and happy to be there. Shouldn't employers focus on employees - first?!

They don't need a union. Just treating the staff like human beings would squelch most union talk before it started, but most companies are too stupid and pig headed and they end up alienating their employees and the next thing they know they're looking at strikes and collective bargaining.

This is a throw away job anyway. It's not even anything that would get listed on a resume.

Wow. I'm glad nothing like that ever happened to me when I was an assistant at a coffee shop.

I do feel some bit of empathy for the manager of that shop though, no matter how bad he was. That's just cold blooded.

"a typed letter or at least handwritting that is above grade 6 level would give you more credibilty. Other wise a badley written letter makes you look imature lazy and not worth an above minimum wage."

At least they spelled every word correctly.

Blogged and blogrolled.

People need to realize that labour is a commodity; too often i've seen people taken advantage of because they thought they could be replaced cheaply.

Not QUITE as true as you'd think.

Such an empty gesture. Labor is replaceable.

Having been a barista and managing a cafe i can see the satisfation anyone would get. its not abouth the fact the labor is replaceable, its about the fact that for a week their boss will have to work his ass off keeping the place up. filling in shifts an comimg up with new scheduals. its about that fact that, that place will have had 4 ppl up and go and be remembers as that if only be employees. evindently its not about labour, not about slave wages or a fukking union.(cafes in canada dont have unions) it was about upper management doing thier job, for in this case a lack there of.
get up and walk. make em scramble. In bc especially its nto hard to find a coffee shop job. why shovel shit?

So what - labor is replaceable - what about all of the damage this type of blog and communication has done to the brand - I would never enter a Blenz - let alone talk positively about it! For anyone who thinks labor is replaceable - give your head a shake - sure it is but at what cost!

They must have been fired at once.

fuck them all to hell

fuck them all to hell

"Posted by: jill at April 3, 2006 06:00 AM

They must have been fired at once."

Umm, no, they gave notice that they quit - most definitely quit, and they even put it in writing for the boss, and now the world, to see.

It's been a long time since I worked in a cafe for minimum wage, thankfully, but I've never forgotten those years of toil, abuse, belittlement, and the feeling of finally seeing clearly the ugly face of "the boss."

Much love and solidarity to these folks from a Montreal teacher who wasn't always as well-paid as he is now, and may the bosses and their toadies rot.

Well...damn.

Thanks for posting this and thanks to the ex-employees for brightening up my day :)

Good job! There is an overwhelming amount of managers and "team leads" out there today that believe it is their god-given duty to treat their employees like crap. All the union talk is kind of useless though... I'm in a union in Alberta that recently were locked out, and there were so many backroom deals and so much shady behavior that it was all a waste of time in the end. Makes me wish the Teamsters owned the union here!

Worst. Coffee shop. Ever.

Or at least it was. Maybe Blenz will finally get their act together and shove Scott out the door. How this place managed to stay in business for as long as it has is a mystery to me.

It's not like there's a shortage of competition out there. Even if you don't want to go to one of the 238 Starbuckses on Robson, there's still other coffee.

I learned about this from a union brother's blog. We did some agit prop work on Starbucks. They have may be two or three unionised Star Bucks. One in NYC and one in Vancouver. It made me think if my chatting with my local 7-11 staff is abusive. One never knows when one is being offensive. My low paid job it terrible. The boss is always threatening us with dismissal. Ya I think young workers may just not know how to work. But also all bosses are bad by the nature of the relationship. About unionists spending union money keep up the pressure some of us are honest unionists but we need pressure on the union bosses too.

this is the great idea ... more people should stand on what they believe in and drink coffee as often as possible ... even at the expense of the middle manager ... keep it on

While we at blenz do sympathise with the current outpouring of sympathy towards the employees of this local franchise, we cannot and willnot sanction their actions as they did not go through the proper channels to discuss the indescretions brought up with their "resignation letter".

But it will please you to know that "Scott" has now been temporarily relived of his duties and is under review by the head office here in vancouver over theses allegations.

"We welcome all business here at Blenzs and hope to see you all in the near future, and welcome anyone to join our happy family apply online now via our main website at http://www.blenz.com/application_form.aspx we look forward to hearing from you!"

Best from the waest movies on our site are like yours. Put some more info.

At Christmas I was offered a new job and I went to management and 'offered my resignation' on the grounds that they were doing nothing with my department. I mean seriously I did hardly more than two days work a week and was still getting paid.

They were neglecting the business sector that we served and it was obviously having an effect on our image. As we had recently been aquired by another company this wasn't supprising because senior management didn't understand what we did.

The response I had in an interview with a very senior member of management (prompted by my letter) was "we hope sometime this comming year to begin forming a strategy." Having spoken to people since I can't say I am sorry, I don't believe they have done anything.

Now I work really hard, infact so hard I feel my head will explode, but I work in a freindly environment and have satisfaction in my job. :)

Genius!! How many of us have wanted to do something like that, but never did...

All hats off to them!

While we at blenz do sympathise with the current outpouring of sympathy towards the employees of this local franchise, we cannot and willnot sanction their actions as they did not go through the proper channels to discuss the indescretions brought up with their "resignation letter".

- This is real cute. They finally had something to say. Heheheh.

I've managed to save up roughly $66561 in my bank account, but I'm not sure if I should buy a house or not. Do you think the market is stable or do you think that home prices will decrease by a lot?

I couldnÒt sleep last night, but sheÒs been completely fine

That is priceless.

er, in talking about the statue of the us servicemen raising the flag at moutn suribachi, iwo jima, you should get your facts straight. the men portrayed are SIX total, not four - us five marines and a navy corpsman. three died in the battle of iwo jima. but thanks for the mention of this moment in history anyway.

That message from Blenz, was probably posted by Mark West, one of the top people from Blenz head office.

Fisrt of all: What do you mean with sanctioning the people who went about doing this? I am not an idiot, when i wrote that protest banner,I was completely aware of what I was doing. You canot take any legal action against us. The note does not make any references to Blenz whatsoever, it was purely a way of manifesting how we were not being tretes fairly by Scott. You say 'we cannot and will not sanction their actions', if you cannot saction our actions, then why bother saying 'and will not sanction their actions' , trying to sound like a good samaritan.

Second: Scott was never temporarily relieved from his duties, because he owns that franchise.

I met with Mark West, a week after the incident, and i told him there and i told him now. We were not complaining about Blenz, hahaha that would be a completely new case, this was just a way of dealing with bad management. It's just a minimum wage job to get you through school, we didn't walk out the House of Commons.

Thanks 4 the support.

I cant believe it that you sick people think that's good behaviour from the staff. I know this guy personally! and he is the best manager ever....

Shame on you all,

Dont always blame the management, u puny worthless workers...

Quit your job for Bob!

Mae, you are a stupid bitch. I call for the use of violence against blenz's senior management team.

So awesome. I wish someone would make that point to our boss. He's always on at us to be faster, work better etc, well maybe if he wants more from us he should actually treat us like human beings. Show some real care for his employees, rather than just pretending to be all buddy with them but treating them like robots who are only there to make his profit higher and can have their hours cut at any time...

Also, about unions -- they're becoming pretty much extinct here in Australia, after our PM's recent Industrial Relations reforms...

Gots to love me a revolution, no matter how mini. It's rare that people ban together to screw the man. Very heart warming!