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  • Report:  #5405

Complaint Review: WHITE HEN PANTRY DIANE LABREC - RICHTON PARK ILLINOIS

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WHITE HEN PANTRY DIANE LABREC
4751 SAUK TRAIL RICHTON PARK, 60471 ILLINOIS, U.S.A.
Phone:
708-747-8948
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I WORKED AT WHITE HEN (ILLINOIS) FOR ABOUT A YEAR, NO UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES, NEVER LATE , I WAS d**n NEAR THE MODEL EMPLOYEE.I WENT INTO EARLY LABOR IN OCT'2000 AND HAD TO STOP WORKING BUT I WAS TOLD BY DIANE, "TAKE YOUR TIME COME BACK WHEN YOU FEEL UP TO IT".

I HAD MY BABY, THEN CAME BACK IN JANUARY OF 2001.HAD TO CHANGE SHIFTS TO A LATER ONE (10P-3AM)TO ACCOMODATE MY NEW SCHEDULE WITH MY BABY.MANY TIMES I WORKED FOR OTHER PEOPLE,AND WHEN SHE ASKED I NEVER REFUSED....THERE WAS NEVER A MANAGER ON THIS SHIFT AND AS DANGEROUS AS IT WAS THE POLICE BARELY STOPPED IN.WE WERE LEFT THERE ALONE AND DEFENSELESS WITH NO PROTECTION AND NO PHONE BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT US USING IT.

ONE NIGHT A MAN CAME IN AND ASKED ME TO MAKE HIM A SANDWHICH. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TOLD EARLIER THAT WEEK, THAT THERE WAS NO PLASTIC GLOVES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE SANDWHICHES.THIS WAS THE CASE FOR 4 OR 5 DAYS. HE GETS UPSET, CALLS ME OUT OF MY NAME AND INFORMS ME HE WILL BE CALLING MY BOSS. I TELL HIM GO AHEAD. WHEN HE LEAVES I CALL HER HOME DIRECTLY.

I WAS TOLD THAT I DID NOTHING WRONG AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS OK. SHE ALSO TELLS ME SHE WILL TALK TO HIM AND STRAIGHTEN THINGS OUT. SHE CALLS ME THE NEXT MORNING AND TELLS ME THAT SHE DID TALK TO THE GUY AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS COOL, HE APOLOGIZED AND EVERYTHING WAS STILL OK, AND I DID NOTHING WRONG.

LATER ON THAT DAY (MARCH 16) I GET A CALL FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STATING THAT SHE WAS FIRED FOR NOT MAKING THAT GUY THE SANDWHICH.

I GO UP THERE TO PICK UP MY CHECK AND AM TOLD THERE WAS A RUMOR I WAS TO BE FIRED TOO. WHEN I COME BACK FROM MY 2 DAYS OFF, I CALL UP THERE TO SEE IF I HAVE TO WORK,( I WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK THAT NITE) AND WAS TOLD THAT I WAS'NT ON THE SCHEDULE. INSTEAD OF TELLING ME I WAS FIRED DIRECTLY SHE JUST TOOK ME OFF AND SAID NOTHING UNTILL I CONFRONTED HER A FEW WEEKS LATER.

I WENT UP THERE (ARMED WITH A POCKET RECORDER) AND CAUGHT HER IN SO MANY LIES SHE COULD'NT KEEP HER SELF STRAIGHT.STUTTERING AND EVERYTHING. WHEN ASKED WHY I WAS FIRED, HER LAME EXCUSE WAS BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING IN AND TALKING TO ME (HOW IS THIS SO? I LIVE AND WENT TO SCHOOL LESS THAN 2 BLOCKS AWAY)AND BECAUSE I DID NOT MAKE THE GUY A SANDWHICH. ALSO WHEN ASKED WHY SHE NEVER TOLD ME I WAS FIRED, SHE REPLIED "I DON'T KNOW"..NICE ONE DIANE!!!!I ALMOST GOT HER TO WRITE DOWN WHY SHE FIRED ME,BUT WHEN I STATED " OH YEAH, WRITE DOWN HOW YOU NEVER TOLD ME I WAS FIRED" SHE GOT NERVOUS AND REFUSED.......WHAT'S WRONG , DIANE DON'T WANT TO INCRIMINATE YOURSELF?

WHEN I APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT , I WAS DENIED BECAUSE SHE FALSIFIED THE REPORT SHE SENT TO THE AGENCY.WHAT I CAUGHT ON TAPE AND WHAT READS IN THE REPORT ARE 2 DIFFERENT STORIES.AND I WAS FIRED ON MY DAY OFF (FOUND OUT LATER).

SINCE THEN MANY MORE ISSUES HAVE COME OUT THAT DON'T PUT DIANE IN SUCH A FLATTERING LIGHT....LIKE THE STATEMENT "TOO MANY BLACK PEOPLE COME IN THE STORE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING DOWN HILL BECAUSE THE BLACKS ARE MOVING IN, I SHOULD CLOSE THE STORE", SOUND FAMILIAR?

AFRICAN AMERICANS MAKE UP 95% OF YOUR CUSTOMER BASE, YOU MAKE ALL OF YOUR MONEY FROM US,OOOPS OFF OF US....YOU NEED TO TREAT US BETTER (RESPECT)SINCE WE ARE MAKING YOUR "RACIST" POCKETS FAT. KNOWINGLY PUTTING ALL THE BLACKS ON THE OVERNITE SHIFT BECAUSE YOU THINK OUR LIVES DON'T MATTER AS MUCH ( BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE STORE IS MORE LIKELY TO GET ROBBED)...NICE ONE!!

IF YOU THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS "TOO BLACK" THEN TAKE YOUR "RACIST" VIEWS AND YOUR BULLSHIT SOMEPLACE WHERE IT WILL BE APPRECIATED, AND HIRE AN ALL WHITE STAFF,( OR LIKE YOU SAID, "I DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU, I'LL HAVE MY FAMILY WORK HERE". DON'T FORCE THE BULLSHIT DOWN OUR THROATS........DON'T MISCONSTUE THIS AS AN ATTEMPT TO GET REVENGE.

EVERYTHING STATED HERE IS FACTUAL AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH...WHEN THIS GOES TO COURT, I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU....YOU CAN TRY AND GET YOUR STORY TOGETHER, BUT THE TRUTH AND I WILL PREVAIL......


8 Updates & Rebuttals

Chris

Frankfort,
Illinois,
Take Diane To Court

#2UPDATE Employee

Fri, October 18, 2002

I've worked for the White Hen Pantry in Richton Park, IL since my mother, Diane LaBrec, has owned it. Which has been about five years now. Lets try and sift through this pile of manure an ex-employee calls a grievance. First matter, security on the midnight shift. We have six cameras that cover the entire store, two Link 2 Life devices(security company that calls the local police station 15 sec. after button is pushed) under each register, and a working telephone near the registers.So out of five years we have gotten robbed once. No one was hurt and it was three years ago. Next, we have the issue of her dismissal from her duties at our store. The grievant swears in this report it was her refusal to make a sandwhich for a customer. Flat out lie, she was fired for sitting on her can for six of the eight hour shift. With this supposed pocket recorder tape and alleged falsified report to unemployemnet why then has she not taken Diane to court.I will tell you why, its total horseshit. We have video tapes of her sitting on her a*s all night, having her friends come in, and also giving away merchandise to her friends. Also, when you tell unempoyment you have video evidence of a employee breaking her employee statement form(which by the way she signed) then they deny immediately. So why has she not pursued legal action against Diane a year after posting this? Because she has no proof and in our legal system we hold all the f**king cards. So if you gander at this you might wanna get a lawyer cause now we can sue your a*s for defamation of character. Bye til then!


Chris

Frankfort,
Illinois,
Take Diane To Court

#3UPDATE Employee

Fri, October 18, 2002

I've worked for the White Hen Pantry in Richton Park, IL since my mother, Diane LaBrec, has owned it. Which has been about five years now. Lets try and sift through this pile of manure an ex-employee calls a grievance. First matter, security on the midnight shift. We have six cameras that cover the entire store, two Link 2 Life devices(security company that calls the local police station 15 sec. after button is pushed) under each register, and a working telephone near the registers.So out of five years we have gotten robbed once. No one was hurt and it was three years ago. Next, we have the issue of her dismissal from her duties at our store. The grievant swears in this report it was her refusal to make a sandwhich for a customer. Flat out lie, she was fired for sitting on her can for six of the eight hour shift. With this supposed pocket recorder tape and alleged falsified report to unemployemnet why then has she not taken Diane to court.I will tell you why, its total horseshit. We have video tapes of her sitting on her a*s all night, having her friends come in, and also giving away merchandise to her friends. Also, when you tell unempoyment you have video evidence of a employee breaking her employee statement form(which by the way she signed) then they deny immediately. So why has she not pursued legal action against Diane a year after posting this? Because she has no proof and in our legal system we hold all the f**king cards. So if you gander at this you might wanna get a lawyer cause now we can sue your a*s for defamation of character. Bye til then!


Chris

Frankfort,
Illinois,
Take Diane To Court

#4UPDATE Employee

Fri, October 18, 2002

I've worked for the White Hen Pantry in Richton Park, IL since my mother, Diane LaBrec, has owned it. Which has been about five years now. Lets try and sift through this pile of manure an ex-employee calls a grievance. First matter, security on the midnight shift. We have six cameras that cover the entire store, two Link 2 Life devices(security company that calls the local police station 15 sec. after button is pushed) under each register, and a working telephone near the registers.So out of five years we have gotten robbed once. No one was hurt and it was three years ago. Next, we have the issue of her dismissal from her duties at our store. The grievant swears in this report it was her refusal to make a sandwhich for a customer. Flat out lie, she was fired for sitting on her can for six of the eight hour shift. With this supposed pocket recorder tape and alleged falsified report to unemployemnet why then has she not taken Diane to court.I will tell you why, its total horseshit. We have video tapes of her sitting on her a*s all night, having her friends come in, and also giving away merchandise to her friends. Also, when you tell unempoyment you have video evidence of a employee breaking her employee statement form(which by the way she signed) then they deny immediately. So why has she not pursued legal action against Diane a year after posting this? Because she has no proof and in our legal system we hold all the f**king cards. So if you gander at this you might wanna get a lawyer cause now we can sue your a*s for defamation of character. Bye til then!


Chris

Frankfort,
Illinois,
Take Diane To Court

#5UPDATE Employee

Fri, October 18, 2002

I've worked for the White Hen Pantry in Richton Park, IL since my mother, Diane LaBrec, has owned it. Which has been about five years now. Lets try and sift through this pile of manure an ex-employee calls a grievance. First matter, security on the midnight shift. We have six cameras that cover the entire store, two Link 2 Life devices(security company that calls the local police station 15 sec. after button is pushed) under each register, and a working telephone near the registers.So out of five years we have gotten robbed once. No one was hurt and it was three years ago. Next, we have the issue of her dismissal from her duties at our store. The grievant swears in this report it was her refusal to make a sandwhich for a customer. Flat out lie, she was fired for sitting on her can for six of the eight hour shift. With this supposed pocket recorder tape and alleged falsified report to unemployemnet why then has she not taken Diane to court.I will tell you why, its total horseshit. We have video tapes of her sitting on her a*s all night, having her friends come in, and also giving away merchandise to her friends. Also, when you tell unempoyment you have video evidence of a employee breaking her employee statement form(which by the way she signed) then they deny immediately. So why has she not pursued legal action against Diane a year after posting this? Because she has no proof and in our legal system we hold all the f**king cards. So if you gander at this you might wanna get a lawyer cause now we can sue your a*s for defamation of character. Bye til then!


Diane

Richton Park,
Illinois,
Racial Remarks Untrue

#6REBUTTAL Owner of company

Fri, October 18, 2002

Yes it is true this person was the model employee when she worked for me before she had her baby. When she came back and worked a different shift, things were not the same. I will not go into detail, but I will say I have many credible witnesses. I have managed White Hen Pantry stores for 17 years, have never wronfully terminated an employee, or had any employee qualify for unemployment. This record alone should say enough. As far as the man with the sandwich issue, that was not the reason she was let go, or the fact that friends were hanging out in the store. Also, the police do frequent the store, especially overnight. Any one of my employees, past and present can verify that. I never have staffed my store according to race. I have every schedule from the day I franchised, and there are just as many white employees that have worked the overnight shift as black employees. The same is true as far as being male/female. I might add my two sons worked the overnight shift for a long time. Would I really put my own children in such danger if there were no security? There is and always has been a telephone on the front counter. It is true this person was terminated after she came back from a weekend off, over the weekend , I was still getting information on what was going on during the night shift. I made the decision to terminate her when she got back, can't help another employee phoned her first. As a store owner, I would never risk falsifying any reports to a state agency. The 95% of my customers being african american is incorrect, the figure is more closer to 80%. Did this person mention I had a baby shower for her at my store?


Diane

Richton Park,
Illinois,
Racial Remarks Untrue

#7REBUTTAL Owner of company

Fri, October 18, 2002

Yes it is true this person was the model employee when she worked for me before she had her baby. When she came back and worked a different shift, things were not the same. I will not go into detail, but I will say I have many credible witnesses. I have managed White Hen Pantry stores for 17 years, have never wronfully terminated an employee, or had any employee qualify for unemployment. This record alone should say enough. As far as the man with the sandwich issue, that was not the reason she was let go, or the fact that friends were hanging out in the store. Also, the police do frequent the store, especially overnight. Any one of my employees, past and present can verify that. I never have staffed my store according to race. I have every schedule from the day I franchised, and there are just as many white employees that have worked the overnight shift as black employees. The same is true as far as being male/female. I might add my two sons worked the overnight shift for a long time. Would I really put my own children in such danger if there were no security? There is and always has been a telephone on the front counter. It is true this person was terminated after she came back from a weekend off, over the weekend , I was still getting information on what was going on during the night shift. I made the decision to terminate her when she got back, can't help another employee phoned her first. As a store owner, I would never risk falsifying any reports to a state agency. The 95% of my customers being african american is incorrect, the figure is more closer to 80%. Did this person mention I had a baby shower for her at my store?


Diane

Richton Park,
Illinois,
Racial Remarks Untrue

#8REBUTTAL Owner of company

Fri, October 18, 2002

Yes it is true this person was the model employee when she worked for me before she had her baby. When she came back and worked a different shift, things were not the same. I will not go into detail, but I will say I have many credible witnesses. I have managed White Hen Pantry stores for 17 years, have never wronfully terminated an employee, or had any employee qualify for unemployment. This record alone should say enough. As far as the man with the sandwich issue, that was not the reason she was let go, or the fact that friends were hanging out in the store. Also, the police do frequent the store, especially overnight. Any one of my employees, past and present can verify that. I never have staffed my store according to race. I have every schedule from the day I franchised, and there are just as many white employees that have worked the overnight shift as black employees. The same is true as far as being male/female. I might add my two sons worked the overnight shift for a long time. Would I really put my own children in such danger if there were no security? There is and always has been a telephone on the front counter. It is true this person was terminated after she came back from a weekend off, over the weekend , I was still getting information on what was going on during the night shift. I made the decision to terminate her when she got back, can't help another employee phoned her first. As a store owner, I would never risk falsifying any reports to a state agency. The 95% of my customers being african american is incorrect, the figure is more closer to 80%. Did this person mention I had a baby shower for her at my store?


Diane

Richton Park,
Illinois,
Racial Remarks Untrue

#9REBUTTAL Owner of company

Fri, October 18, 2002

Yes it is true this person was the model employee when she worked for me before she had her baby. When she came back and worked a different shift, things were not the same. I will not go into detail, but I will say I have many credible witnesses. I have managed White Hen Pantry stores for 17 years, have never wronfully terminated an employee, or had any employee qualify for unemployment. This record alone should say enough. As far as the man with the sandwich issue, that was not the reason she was let go, or the fact that friends were hanging out in the store. Also, the police do frequent the store, especially overnight. Any one of my employees, past and present can verify that. I never have staffed my store according to race. I have every schedule from the day I franchised, and there are just as many white employees that have worked the overnight shift as black employees. The same is true as far as being male/female. I might add my two sons worked the overnight shift for a long time. Would I really put my own children in such danger if there were no security? There is and always has been a telephone on the front counter. It is true this person was terminated after she came back from a weekend off, over the weekend , I was still getting information on what was going on during the night shift. I made the decision to terminate her when she got back, can't help another employee phoned her first. As a store owner, I would never risk falsifying any reports to a state agency. The 95% of my customers being african american is incorrect, the figure is more closer to 80%. Did this person mention I had a baby shower for her at my store?

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