Over and over again we hear both in the news and on the streets, companies going way too far in controlling their employees beyond what is reasonable.
For instance: Tattoos. Personally, I don't like tattoos. I think that getting one is a poor choice, I wouldn't get one, but many people do get one, and they don't get it to be hidden somewhere, whether on their leg or their arm, and sometimes on the back of the neck, and I figure, to each their own.
Businesses, however, have been moving toward not allowing visible tattoos on their employees in the name of professionalism. Now I tend to agree with that for certain kinds of employment, such as office jobs, banks and the like. I don't want to walk into my bank for instance and have the guy or girl handling my account to be filled with all manner of tattoos. Its not that I don't think they should have them but in a setting like that, its not something that I would expect to see in such an environment. Walking into fast food...my expectations aren't really that high, so I would expect to see tattoo's here and there, on one or both arms, on the neck, maybe small ones on their face.
The same goes with how people talk, specifically the slang they use. Mind you, I'm personally a grammar Nazi, or at least I try to be; and I do so because I feel like there's a level of intellect conveyed in using proper grammar that lends itself to a certain level of credibility over sounding like a 2nd grade dropout.
That being said, there is a line that I wont cross when it comes to what I expect in certain environments. Where I do expect a business professionalism from certain employment archetypes, the fast food industry is just not one of them.
Which brings us to our ever favorite Chik-Fil-Ay. The picture above is of a note that a manager of an undisclosed location placed in an attempt to quell the "unprofessional" language, even referring to the employees as professionals. You know who believes that the people taking your orders and are flipping burgers in fast food are professionals? Exactly no one!
These people are not professionals, These jobs have been embarrassments for the last thirty years, are some of the worst paying. The only job set that out scums fast food is Walmart. When you're at about a level playing field with Walmart, don't expect that you're going to attract people of a professional five star restaurant. You're not going to get the professionalism of a 5 star restaurant worker because those workers are probably already working at a 5 star restaurant and wouldn't be bothered by a fast food environment.
Frankly, if you want a professional environment they you probably should stop working at Chik-Fil-Ay and actually get a professional job.
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