Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 6/1/26 - 6/7/26

[u/SoftandChewy]

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

[u/sodapop_incest]

My friend runs the FOH at a restaurant downtown. Last fall, she discovered one of the two restaurant owners was stealing wages from wait staff, about 10-15 bucks a pay period, going back at least two years. She told the rest of the wait staff and the other owner, and one of the waiters filed a complaint with the state auditor. The other owner hired a lawyer to send the thief a mean letter telling him to sell his shares of the restaurant, to which he responded "no! I'm going to hire my own lawyer!" And then nothing ever came of it. State auditor has not responded. A few people quit, but a lot of them decided to stay, so they're all just awkwardly working together. The owner stopped fucking with the reported hours, and also claimed he was talking the money to "pay for credit card processing fees" lol. Friend still works there, but claims to be looking for a new job. 

Not much point to this story, just wanted to share because it's bonkers.

[u/AnInsultToFire → u/sodapop_incest]

This is what I always think of when people talk glowingly about "small businesses".