A Place for Waiters to Vent
A new website called shamelessrestaurants.com gives restaurant employees a place to vent their frustrations concerning the restaurant industry in New York City. "The food industry in the city has been out of control, and the truth is that many of N.Y.C.'s restaurant employers are abusive, sexist, mean, sleazy and crooked," states the site's manifesto. "We need to share what happens behind the scenes." The majority of the posts on the site come from waiters and managers. These posts are also anonymous. Restaurant owner and industry insider Steve Hanson, who says he's never seen the site himself, says he brought up the site at a meeting with his employees and told them he felt that the personal attacks on managers presented in this way were unacceptable. "If it was written in a newspaper, it'd be slander. The problem here is with accountability," Hanson says. "There's no legislation. It's malicious." Hanson may have a point,although other restaurant goers disagree and feel the site is very helpful in telling the truth about these places. They feel they have a right to know about where they are choosing to eat.
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