Do you ever avoid certain restaurants because of a person that works there?

Question

I'm a restaurant manager, and I have several employees who left on unfavorable terms. It's always awkward to run into them at their new jobs or if they just HAVE to come back to their old work to get a product they can't get anywhere else. There's also a McDonald's I avoid because I tried to get this one psycho chick a job where I worked, but my boss said no. She seems to not like me anymore, and it makes my trips through the drive-thru uncomfortable.

I just think it's funny how pathetic and classless some of these people are in the way they behave.

Answer 1

I do all of the time. If there is someome making you feel uncomfortable then there is no reason to eat there. It makes the entire experience that you are paying for unenjoyable.

Answer 2

Yes.  Avoid stress whenever possible!

Answer 3

yea i do, i hate my self for doing that but i do

Answer 4

do you live in a small town?  I do but we still have two mickey d's

Answer 5

I go to restaurants to eat the food they serve and not the persons working there!

Answer 6

Sure. I was a restaurant manager also and went through this. I was scared to death to go to a place where a former employee worked because I knew he blamed me for his dismissal and he wouldn't hesitate to do something to my food. I've had some former employees just act like they don't know who I am.

Avoid places? Sure, don't spend your time and money places where you aren't comfortable, for any reason. As far as McDonald's chick, just be friendly to her if you must interact. If she's truly psycho, she will either get fired or it won't be long before someone or something else has her in such a tizzy that she no longer cares about you.In other words, it sounds minor so just be above it and don't blow it out of proportion. In time you'll see it's not a big deal at all.