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and im pacing here, back and forth on my outside stairs, questioning everything.

yes, business is good, sales are good, we still put up very positive numbers every week, month, shit, last i saw (one months numbers company wide) we are still up 10% from last year. thats damn good right now.

my labor cost has come in consistently at nearly 2% under budget the last few weeks. i wasnt worried until today. one of my best daytime cooks approached me after he clocked out at 3 p.m., said he needed to talk. he shows me his clock-out slip, and i dont even hesitate. i will take care of this, i tell him, i promise.

three phone calls and 45 minutes later im told that this has gone all the way to the top and that i need to move myself as far away as possible from this, because heads are going to roll.

once again, my immediate superiors are altering in- times for employees. but this time, it goes much further than my immediate staff. all staff, all hourly employees' time-in has been changed, to reflect the scheduled time that they are to start. this is even to the point of shaving just one minute off of the clock in time in some instances.

i am pissed off, i am annoyed, i am in disbelief that stupidity runs rampant in this business, with people who know better.

you can't do this, the DOL will be all over your ass in a second. wtf. and now, twice in my lifetime, i get to deal with the same situation.

same career, different company, same situation. i will not tolerate idiocy.