Randi Rhodes is being totally obnoxious to her current caller!!!!

[BrklynLiberal]

Let him get a word in edgewise!!!

She is totally wrong! No HS or college kids that I know would want to work in a restaurant...
She is making a judgement from a very narrow experience.
Most HS and college kids I KNOW do not want to get down and dirty and do the work that is required in a restaurant.

[NJ_Lib]

1. She's all fired up today... n/t

[htuttle]

2. He's an idiot

He says that college students don't know how to sweep floors.

[BrklynLiberal]

They don't WANT to, so they pretend they don't know how.

[JackBeck]

7. Let's not go around generalizing here, OK?

[tridim]

8. Yep, I worked at Applebees all throughout college

I prepped, I cooked and I cleaned, right along side the Mexicans. After work we all went out and partied together.

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Kids like you are few and far between.

Guess it depends on the community.

[adigal]

86. I put myself through college waitressing in the summers

and then worked as a restaurant manager for a year after college where I had lots of high school kids working for me.

But you are right - it DOES depend on the community. This particular chain has a restaurant in Darien, Connecticut (very wealthy East coast community) and they could not get ANY help from the students at all!! They had to bring everyone in.

[LostinVA]

90. No, they aren't

Most college kids I know work either retail or food service for money. Some of the lucky ones work part-time for a local moving company (lucky, because they make more $$$ for shorter hours).

[Nimrod2005]

23. Same here, crew was Mexicans, me, and American Indians

Did it all for years during college...

[BrklynLiberal]

28. According to Randi's argument, they should be hiring only college kids,

and if that was not possible, it was because the manager was doing a bad job.

[w8liftinglady]

47. I had to turn her off with that guy.He couldn't finish a sentence.

[BrklynLiberal]

57. That was my complaint as posted. It was horrible to listen to her keep

cutting him off and then complain that he wasn't answering her questions.

[BlooInBloo]

3. In other breaking news, dog bites man.

[derby378]

4. Since I'm not able to stream...

Is the caller being a dickweed, or is he just boring in general?

Yes, Randi is sometimes hard on callers who don't deserve to be dumped on. The one thing, however, that I always recommend to anyone who calls Randi is to try to say something that will not only interest the radio audience, but also Randi.

[Xenotime]

5. Randi can get in a groove....

She's a great political voice.

[Andromeda]

82. Yes she is....

Most of the time she's right so I overlook the times when she's rude. She's just passionate about what she believes.

[ginnyinWI]

6. She was also very rude on Larry King last Friday.

Not the way I want CNN's viewers to think of Democrats. She has called herself a Democrat anyway--but she's also said somebody should start a new party and leave the Dems in the dust. I've stopped listening to her in favor of Ed Schultz. He lets people finish their sentences and doesn't talk all over them. Refreshing.

[katty]

15. I really like Randi, but can't take perpetual rant-more Q&A

[otohara]

30. Even When She Has VIP's On

she rarely lets them do much talking - she turns it around and makes it about her.

I like Randi - but sometimes she's a boatload overbearing

[timtom]

65. Pardon me for

piggybacking on your post, but I didn't want to go to the end of the line.

I think it was yesterday, when one of her loyal subjects said "Randi -- you're ALL WE'VE GOT!! How come there isn't anyone else?......"

Randi said something like, "And you know WHY?? Because...."

I stopped listening at that point.

I felt that to be a superb opportunity to say something like, "No. No. There's also Tom Hartmann and Mike Malloy and..."

But she didn't.

In my car, I ended up thanking her for all she's done and realized that she's probably saved the civilized world. All alone. With her bullet proof wrist bracelets.

(Sarcasm smilies not added because I don't use emoticons)

[katty]

69. heard that segment, she could have shared the spotlight a bit

[butterfly77]

40. Don't hate randi..

she knows everything!

[Justice Is Comin]

58. You would love Guy James.

You should have heard him handle a degenerate puke caller yesterday.

Very few will use the language he does just lambasting Bush. And he knows enough to let a caller show the moron they are before he shreds them into dust.

[Cleita]

75. That's because he's in agreement with all the Republican

Lites who call in. Randi isn't.

[Andromeda]

83. ....

:)

[Andromeda]

84. She's just being metaphorical...

when she says things like that. She's a Dem through and through and defends the Democratic leaders better than I've heard anybody else do it---and she makes sense. It's kind of refreshing to hear her rebuttals of the criticism Democrats get all the time.

[KurtNYC]

9. I worked in restaurants throughout HS and college

Loved it. The hours are perfect (evenings), you can eat all night and you take home cash daily.

[BrklynLiberal]

13. Workers like you are few and far between in most communities.

They do not want the hours and to be on their feet all that time.

[KurtNYC]

38. When I travel outside NYC the chain restaurants

employ almost nothing but anglo HS kids.

When I worked as a line cook, the other cooks were: a Marine who took a 2nd job, a 17YO anglo dope dealer who had moved out of his parents house so he could sell, 2 other HS anglos who lived at home.

Work in general is called "work" because people (of every race, gender and age) don't WANT to do it. Want to to or not, they do work. The statistic bear that out. The reason big businesses can hire people at minimum wage is because some people (teenagers) don't have the kinds of expenses that come from paying a mortgage etc. Live-at-home teens are probably the only group I can think of for whom the minimum wage makes any sense.

[fedupinBushcountry]

53. Baloney

My daughter who is working her way through college, works in a restaurant, and many of her college friends do also. My other son (a musician and writer) works in a restaurant in NYC and many of his co-workers are actors, musicians, and college students.

[BrklynLiberal]

59. As Wait-people, or kitchen help?

[fedupinBushcountry]

68. In fact

when my son first started when he was 16 he was a busboy, many teenagers are not allowed to be waiters at 16 and very rarely at 17. Also many of those immigrants you talk about are cooks. think you need to read up on the restaurant business. Oh yeah and waiters and waitresses make tips, but ask them about those days that were bad, and there $2.13 hourly wage went toward their taxes, and their paychecks are 0 and they have to payback to make up for their lousy tips.

[thereismore]

10. I agree with you. This is her weakness, definitely. nt

[IMSA]

12. I've quit listening to Randi for that exact same reason

[Nimrod2005]

14. I worked in restaurants during college, for years - Hard work, great sex

You get lots of sex with coworkers! It was great...

[BrklynLiberal]

16. It is hard work..and that is why so many kids do not want to do it.

[Cleita]

77. Of course it's hard work. But it teaches you the value of

your money. Most of us knew once we got through college we would be working at desk jobs, but you'd be surprised how many of us still worked part time at a restaurant job to make ends meet.

[LSK]

17. all I can say is that there are millions of kids

Some work hard and some are spoiled. They are both right and they are both wrong.

[BrklynLiberal]

19. Absolutley right. ERGO,she had no right to start impuning this guys's

managing abilities without knowing more about the situation.

[LSK]

21. and on the other hand that guy shouldnt trash college kids

[BrklynLiberal]

26. It sounded to me like he was only describing the population from which

he had to choose employees. I never heard him say anything abut ALL college kids. She started the rant, not him. He was sruprisingly patient with her ranting.

[Nimrod2005]

18. Randi is a favorite of mine...nt.

[BrklynLiberal]

24. I love her, and think she is smart and funny. But she should either stop

taking calls or allow the callers to speak their piece, and THEN refute their arguments. She kept interrupting this guy, and then gave him a hard time for not saying anything.

[Ishoutandscream2]

20. She really doesn't need callers in her show

Just let her rant during her entire show, which I can really enjoy. I do, however, get annoyed with her when she speaks with listeners and guests. She doesn't let them get their words in.

[Marie26]

22. Uh, I don't agree w/that

Most high school & college kids DO work in restaurants (or some other dirty job) until they can graduate.

[hiley]

25. What do you mean most?

Total bs. I know plenty of kids, High School & College who know how to work & are not afraid to "get down and dirty".

[BrklynLiberal]

27. We live in different communities. I can only speak of those I know.

They are obviously among the most spoiled and self-centered.
That is exactly what this restaurant guy must have been speaking to also..the population that he was familiar with.

[hiley]

35. We must live in two separate Americas' cause almost all

the kids mine grew up with have to work & do.
My youngest for instance has three jobs one full-time and full-time
school.
In fact, she graduated last Saturday!
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Database Management
Gotta brag, I am so excited about it.
:party:

[BrklynLiberal]

36. Congrats.

[hiley]

37. thank you

:)

[AngryOldDem]

51. My experience as well

I live in a relatively well-off suburb and most of the kids down here would not be caught dead working in a restaurant, fast food or otherwise. Only jobs at the Gap, Abercrombie and Fitch, and other trendy places will do, IF they work at all.

On the other hand, at the fast-food joints here, there are a lot of kids who come down from the city to do the work. Luckily, these places are on a busline. My hat is off to them. Several years ago I was in such a place down here on a Friday night, when a bunch of the local kids were treating the fast-food staff like shit. So yeah, at least where I'm at, too, some jobs are just too "beneath" some people to do.

[Child_Of_Isis]

34. In my area, they all work.

They start working as teens.

[hiley]

48. yes, some for work for extras but most

to survive.

[Dervill Crow]

29. She usually is obnoxious. She's also usually correct. n/t

[omega minimo]

71. If I had read yours first, I needn't have bothered with #70

:rofl: :applause:

[lonestarnot]

31. SO! They were probably an ASS!

[RB TexLa]

32. What's new about that? n/t

[Gold Metal Flake]

33. BURN HER!!!

etc...

[applegrove]

39. I did. My friends did.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

41. No Surprise There. She's Always Obnoxious To Her Callers, And Never Lets

them speak. That's why I can't take listening to her most of the time. I agree with her position and perception probably 95% of the time, but man she just comes off so irritating and annoying it makes me want to tune out. She is friggin funny as hell sometimes though, but I wish she wasn't so obnoxious sometimes.

(I've literally had times where callers were on the show that were trying to make incredible points that I wanted to hear so badly, and she just wouldn't shut the hell up. I'd be yelling at the stereo cursing like shit, just stfu and let them talk!, so I definitely know what you're sayin.

[BrklynLiberal]

60. Thank you. That is EXACTLY how I feel.

[nolies32fouettes]

42. so lets bash Randy instead of chilling about it. Regardless of

your opinion Randy Rhodes has changed a lot of minds and gotten more people involved. She deserves respect for the powerful message and her passion towards freedom and democracy.

[EC]

43. Sorry, but I KNOW many that would work

as waitress, waiters, cooks, and dish-washers...I even know some that do do those jobs and have a degree...it depends on what jobs there are to be had...hell, I'd even like to go back to waitressing - it was a lot more fun and less unethical than what I do now...

[lies and propaganda]

44. HAHAHA! I live in a college town in AZ

EVERYONE, or at least 8 0f 10 young people and students here work in restaurants.

Its the best money a student can make with the hours they have to keep. Youre the out of touch one, imho.

[FlaGranny]

45. I see teens everywhere working in restaurants,

sweeping floors, and washing windows, taking out the garbage. Randi is right. My own son mucked out horse stalls as a teen. I picked berries in the fields as a teen. My cousin worked in a cookie factory when she was 17. Kids won't work in a restaurant? For god's sake, I better to go to all the restaurants around here and tell the kids they don't really want to be there.

[leesa]

46. Funny. These are just the people I see working in restaurants as well

Maybe they don't want shit wages. I think that is her point.

[FlaGranny]

52. Most families who have teenagers

are middle class and poor, just like the collective population. Most kids, as soon as they are old enough, want a car. What do most parents do when the kids want a car? "You have my permission, but you have to pay for it." Other parents with more money will buy the car and pay for the insurance but the kid has to buy the gas. Very few kids get the car, the insurance, and the gas from their families. Most kids have the incentive to work.

Maybe kids in the city are different. They don't need the transportation as much.

[Puglover]

49. Um from someone who waited tables for four summers while I was

in college you are very much full of it.

:eyes:

[Nikki Stone 1]

50. Don't bother. Despite good evidence to the contrary, some opinions

can't be changed. Just read the thread.

[BrklynLiberal]

54. Your college town and all the others are not necessarily the same.

You, like the rest of us can only judge from your personal experience.

In any case, there is nothing wrong with letting someone finish their sentence when they call in to your show, which was the MAIN point of my post.

[Nikki Stone 1]

55. Read your own thread. A lot more "personal experience" contradicts yours

than supports it.

Your OP was way too broad, and trashing Randy--and American teenagers, MANY of whom take grunt jobs--is just prejudiced.

[Puglover]

63. Then you might have been abit more clear.

"She is totally wrong! No HS or college kids that I know would want to work in a restaurant...
She is making a judgement from a very narrow experience.
Most HS and college kids I KNOW do not want to get down and dirty and do the work that is required in a restaurant"

Sounds to me like the point of your post was that she was totally wrong and that no HS or college kids that you know would want to work in a restaurant. You said that 2x in your post so I guess your MAIN point was somewhat lost.

[Puglover]

64. Oh and another thing

go to "Skinflints" on the corner of 5th and 79th in Bay Ridge. My godkid is bussing there. You can see a college kid working hard with your very own :eyes:

[BrklynLiberal]

56. BTW. The undocumented people do not have jobs as WAITERS. They are

mostly employed as busboys, kitchen cleanup and other jobs that do not get tips.
Saying you worked as a waiter has nothing to do with the jobs that the undocumented folks are doing in most restaurants.

[Nikki Stone 1]

61. Supporting statistics please?

Or is this more "Personal opinion"?

BTW, lots of teens work in the kitchen, as cooks, busboys/girls behind the scenes. Some of 'em even work as baggers at grocery stores and not just the glamorous cashier jobs. :)

[Cleita]

79. Most waiters share tips with busboys and sometimes

the cooks. Without the busboys you can't give the service which is what makes the tips and if the food coming from the kitchen isn't good, you won't get good tips either.

[Andromeda]

80. I can't believe you live on the same planet...

the rest of us do. Undocumented people DO get jobs as waiters, cooks, buspersons, dishwashers, etc., ANYWHERE they can get hired. They get their jobs with forged documents when documentation is required. Many legal immigrants, and just ordinary people in this country work in restaurants as waiters, cooks, busboys, dishwashers, etc. also. Americans will do just about anything to earn money and there is no job that Americans won't or don't do.

It doesn't matter if you're legal or illegal----you still need to eat and support your family.

Restaurant work is not just for the slave class, you know. Americans actually DO jobs that are typically filled by illegal aliens. I know this probably conflicts with your world view but you can't pidgeonhole people that way.

[DeaconBlues]

62. I worked as a dishwasher/food preparer at a pastoral center that was as

busy as a restaurant. I spent a year and a half in high school doing this work, and I am not an immigrant. Maybe times have changed since I was in high school, but I doubt it. My teenage nieces and nephews are still doing the same kind of work.

[0rganism]

66. ALL the HS and college kids I know consider restaurant work as an option

and it's been that way since I can remember. My older brother worked his way through college by working at restaurants. A lot of my HS and college friends worked in restaurants at various times, as everything from busboys to line chefs. It's not easy work, it's not clean work, but you do what you have to do to make money.

[sadiesworld]

67. You TRULY do not have a clue about the world most of us inhabit...

do you? My brothers and I did grunt restaurant work in hs and college. My friends did. My friends kids do now. No wonder some of you seem so absolutely baffled when people try to tell you about the impact that illegal immigration has on wages!

[omega minimo]

70. Yes she was obnoxious and She was Right-- he wasn't saying anything!

Hi BL-- I heard it too-- and she talked over the guy, but he wasn't stepping up and making any coherent statements either.

He had a good opportutnity to explain what he meant and he really didn't try very hard to jump in there with a POINT. "They don't know how to sweep the floor" sounds pretty lame. He needed to explain why he'd been doing that "for 30 years."

Maybe you're all right-- "kids these days" have different attitudes about "starting out"-- may NOT know how to have initiative and do basic stuff-- and NEED good management and training.

:hi:


Now I'm off to the RR Appreciation Thread.

[Cleita]

72. When I was in college, many of us worked in restaurants as

most employers were happy to arrange our hours around our class schedules. If we were lucky enough to wait tables the tips were more than welcome as we all made minimum wage and usually a free meal was thrown in as well. I did my share of cooking, washing dishes, waiting tables and working the cash register wherever I was needed. Why are college students reluctant to get their hands dirty in this day and age?

I agree that good management will get the results you want. Poor management will give you unruly employees. Most restaurants in my day started hiring immigrants because there weren't enough college kids or other workers to fill in the jobs.

[dennis4868]

73. She really has a problem.....

in that she talks too much and when she finally lets someone else speak, she interrupts the person and then does not shut up. Most of the time she makes sense but the message is hurt by the way she does it.

[Ioo]

74. that is the worst part about her, just don't call her...

She will not let you talk.

[Andromeda]

76. Most of the people who work in restaurants

where I live are very young---many in college and some in HS. Where did you get the idea that kids don't want to work in restaurants because they don't want to get dirty? They can make terrific tips and some prefer it to working in an office.

[Cleita]

78. True. After working in retail I preferred the restaurant jobs.

The money was better and the people great to work with. Even though I went into accounting, I still worked for restaurants anytime I could get an office job with them and I worked nights bartending on weekends for extra cash.

[Andromeda]

81. I worked in a restaurant when I was in college...

I was a lousy bartender though 'cause I kept dropping the booze. What a waste! :)

[bridgit]

85. she was apparently her daughter's best reference...

alot of kids have to represent themselves in this job market, and that can be daunting x( i was waiting for her to cut the guy some slack but it was not to be

[ShortnFiery]

87. When you get your own radio show, then you can call the shots ; )

Until then, I like Randi's less than infinite patience. I agree - she calls the shots.

Why? It's her show! :P :-) :hi:

[Dervill Crow]

88. Maybe that's a big city thing.

I wonder if my husband's nieces and nephews in Pittsburgh feel that way about restaurant work; they're kind of spoiled. My kids and their friends have no qualms about it; they like having money and will work hard to get it. Even the ones who were a bit on the lazy side around the house.

[BeTheChange]

89. Let me know when the meglomaniac does something new..

Ugh...

She would do the dem cause a better favor if she claimed she was a Republican. Ive never heard anyone who liked to hear herself talk so much and had so little new stuff to say.

[Yollam]

91. If that's the case, then things have changed.

I worked in restaurants and fast food joins in HS and college and so did a lot of my friends. We didn't like it, but we did it it - we sure didn't expect to be working as CPA's or something with no degrees and no experience.

If kids today really have that attitude, then maybe Hillary really was right.

[ernstbass]

92. I live in a college town and all of the restaurant workers

are college kids. I have 3 neices and nephews in high school who work in restaurants and I have countless friends whose kids work in fast food!!