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Cashiers claim desperate measures
Topic Started: May 8 2007, 02:19 PM (210 Views)
Mock
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Cashiers claim desperate measures
Thu May 3, 2007 10:52AM EDT

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Cashiers at Chile's Santa Isabel supermarket chain say their employer is so stingy with their work breaks that they have had to resort to wearing diapers to make it through shifts without getting fired.

The union at Santa Isabel, owned by Cencosud, one of Chile's largest chain retailers, said cashiers are not allowed to leave their work stations during their shifts, which last eight hours or longer.

"They are not given permission to go to the bathroom and they can't last for so many hours; that's why some have started using diapers or sanitary pads," Marianela Fernandez, president of the Santa Isabel Supermarket workers union, told Reuters.

Cencosud said any such incidents would have been isolated.

"It is possible that there may have been isolated cases that were not in compliance with the norms and procedures of Santa Isabel," Cencosud said in a statement. "In these instances company policy has been to immediately adopt the appropriate corrective measures."

The complaint has been taken up by Chile's largest labor organization, the Central Workers Union, or CUT, which has requested government action in the case.

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ConfusedMonkey
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That's fucking rank.

What you need, is people willing to say "fine, I won't leave my checkout. YOU clean up when I piss myself then, and deal with the customers who complain about piss all over the floor in a grocery store."

There are no promises or assurances in any shape or form contained in the above post. Do not trust this Monkey.
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Evil_Henry
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When are these people meant to be eating / drinking water?

"The complaint has been taken up by Chile's largest labor organization, the Central Workers Union, or CUT, which has requested government action in the case."

They have unions but working conditions like this? It kind of defeats the purpose of having a union. -_-

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Pestiferous
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A dalek wouldn't need to go pee during a shift.

Replace them with daleks.
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CheapShades
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Free Maxi-Pads for everybody! :D :clapping:
"Touch Her Soft Lips and Part" -- Henry V, Shakespeare
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Evil_Henry
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May 10 2007, 05:52 PM
A dalek wouldn't need to go pee during a shift.

Replace them with daleks.

Despite the OBVIOUS superiority of Daleks in all things, I'm not convinced they'd make great shop assistants. The plunger might be pretty handy at picking up... grapefruit... and a variety of melon-esque objects. Something like spaghetti or milk cartons could prove a disaster.

Anyone complaining though would be swiftly brought to task. With lasers.
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Lasers are too eighties.
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