Originally Posted by Red Ketchup
I agree, 12 means 12... period.
Christ, I work for the government, unionized to the hilt... not in a shitty burger king job... and when a citizen walks in to my office at 11h55, I serve him and give him the time he needs... no matter if my lunch hour starts at noon... I just have to take my lunch later.
And it's the same when I finish my day at 19h00, if I get dispatched to a call at 18h50 I go. Granted I do get overtime for that BUT it's a budgeted expense for my department.
Should be the same for a restaurant. If the restaurant claims to be open until midnight and they know it takes 30 minutes to clean up and shut down, then the employees shifts should end at 0h30 and they should be paid accordingly. If not then they should advertize the restaurant to be open until 23h30!
Red