O's to pay Concession Workers for Cancelled Games

[Soxfan in Fla]

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Not for the people who already bought tickets for scheduled O's games in TB it wouldn't.
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Yes, that would have inconvenienced all 10 of them. Meanwhile, Tampa gets 84 home games and the vendors at Camden lose 3 pay days.

 

[soxhop411]

TMZ ‏@TMZ  22m22 minutes ago
Orioles To Concession Workers -- We're Paying You For Cancelled Riot Games http://tmz.me/6STfdi4 

 

[Soxfan in Fla]

That's one of the things I mentioned. Good on the O's for doing the right thing.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

It surely won't cover their tips, but if you work concessions, it is a lot better than getting nothing.

 

[Spacemans Bong]

Do concession workers get tipped? The vendors might, but are people tipping workers for pulling a hot dog out of dirty water and slapping it into a bun?

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

They do at Fenway. There's always a tray or a napkin with a crapload of quarters and singles at every stand.

You do know that isn't for you, right?

 

[moondog80]

Do concession workers get tipped? The vendors might, but are people tipping workers for pulling a hot dog out of dirty water and slapping it into a bun?

When I was a vendor at McCoy, ice cream bars cost a buck and cokes $1.50. You wanted to sell ice cream because they sold better and we were on commission (10%), but the upside of the cokes was much more tip because it was easy to say "keep the 50 cents".

 

[Soxfan in Fla]

The beer vendors in the stands get the most tips most likely. Losing the tips sucks but at least they are getting paid something.

 

[The Talented Allen Ripley]

Yeah, I never make a vendor count out change, especially if I'm in the middle of a row and bunch of people would have to pass it back to me anyway.

 

[twibnotes]

I sold Coke at Fenway in the 90s, and it was all about commissions. Tips were a relatively small factor.

This was in the Harry M Stevens days (i.e., pre Aramark) so it may be very different now. It seems like there are way more vendors at the games these days.

 

[Yaz4Ever]

I sold Coke at Fenway in the 90s, and it was all about commissions. Tips were a relatively small factor.

This was in the Harry M Stevens days (i.e., pre Aramark) so it may be very different now. It seems like there are way more vendors at the games these days.

Are you the one who used to scream "coke!" Like an angry person? We loved that guy.

 

[phrenile]

It surely won't cover their tips, but if you work concessions, it is a lot better than getting nothing.

Just kidding. Concession workers are getting diddly squat.

 

[GraysonGrandeGonads]

Just kidding. Concession workers are getting diddly squat.

Sorry, Doreen, there was no trash since there were no fans. Maybe the city or CVS can pay for you to pickup trash near the looting? 

 

[Lars The Wanderer]

Shouldn't it be on the company employing the concession workers to compensate them? It still sucks though.

 

[Senator Donut]

Shouldn't it be on the company employing the concession workers to compensate them? It still sucks though.

All food, booze and merchandise vendors, for example, are technically employed by a contractor, Delaware North, and are therefore not eligible for the recompense offered by the O’s for the disappeared games.

Good luck getting a dime from the Jacobs family.

 

[Spacemans Bong]

One of the comments was that DNC are actually comping people $200, which is better than nothing.
 
I'd be pissed too if I wasn't making very much money and 5/81ths of my wages went down the drain due to something I didn't control.

 

[twibnotes]

Are you the one who used to scream "coke!" Like an angry person? We loved that guy.

Ha. We were, of course, all yelling "Coke!" angrily due to the following:

- customers would complain on about half the transactions (these were the days when the Cokes were in flimsy paper cups covered with Saran Wrap that generally didn't hold the carbonation in)

- the price was something like $1.85 so the math was tricky (particularly when you were tired/hungover)

- fans were always asking stuff like, "could you send over the hot dog guy?" Yeah, buddy, instead of hustling around to sell my assigned product, I'm going to go hunt for the hot dog guy who I'm sure will do a special delivery for you. Oh wait, I'll do the hot dog bat signal for you

Half-kidding aside, it was actually an ok job. I've always loved being at the park, even under less than ideal circumstances