Deli Workers Have Beef With Dems

So, there's a deli inside the U.S. Capitol building. Nothing fancy, just take-out. There used to be a phone next to the cashier, but the Democrats have pulled the plug -- kinda, sorta.

Here's the deal: The deli is run by a management team that changed after Dems took back power, courtesy of the House Administration Committee. Management decided a few weeks ago that the cashiers were making too many personal calls so they took the phone out.

Sources say deli employees complained that they had no phone in case of a personal emergency. They say the word they got back was, "Buy a cellphone." Problem is, the deli's in the basement and cellphones don't work.

We're told two weeks ago, one of the employees has a son who had an asthma attack at school and school officials had no way of reaching her. She didn't find out her kid was taken to the hospital til she came home from work.

We called the management company that runs food services for the House. They told us they removed phones in all the restaurants they manage, leaving landlines in every manager's office in case of emergency. They also say there's a repeater system that makes cellphones work in the basement. And they also say, we're sure, that they will balance the budget.

Their baloney has a first name -- it's N-A-N-C-Y.

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31. 30. "I also wouldn't be surprised if the deli workers who are screaming like stuck pigs take excessive breaks, work at a very slow pace, file their garish acrylic nails, pick at their weaves, and sport attitude at every turn.

I'm so sick of the entitlement mindset."

yeah, since all deli workers are lower-class, black women on wellfare with bad fashion sense.

think BEFORE you speak.


Posted at 1:50PM on Mar 14th



Where exactly did I mention race?! I've seen those behaviors in all races.

So, why don't YOU think before YOU speak.

Posted at 2:12PM on Mar 14th 2008 by Lady Zombie

32. As a parent with two children, I hav worked many jobs were I did not have access to a phone. Most of them were in the food service industry. If my kids are sick at school and you can not contact me, I have an emergency list of several other adults who can be contacted. It is not the end of the world to not have access to a phone 24/7.

Secondly everyone keeps mentioning they shouldn't have taken the phone out to save money, nowhere in the story does it say anything about taking it out because of the bill. It says they were making to many phone calls, which could mean the bill was high, but it could also mean that they were so busy talking they didn't do their job. I personally am sick of going in to restaurants and other establishments and not getting proper customer service because people are on the phone or to busy to care. If this helps improve customer service, then remove the phone.

Posted at 2:24PM on Mar 14th 2008 by tlo

33. Again I ask, why are we reading about the Capitol Deli in D.C. on a celebrity-oriented gossip site? Is this place frequented by Britney, Lindsay, Paris or Charlie Sheen? Congressional Cafeteria news? SO WHAT?!? TMZ you're starting to lose me.

Posted at 2:48PM on Mar 14th 2008 by Nor Cal Reader

34. If winky and wrinkly Nancy Pelosi wants to cut back, just feed her some rotten food! There's a cut back for you.

Posted at 2:48PM on Mar 14th 2008 by Sick of Pelosi

35. And this was news because??

I love all the anti-Nancy Pelosi comments. I had no idea so many idiots, I mean, Republicans, read TMZ.

Posted at 2:51PM on Mar 14th 2008 by Meghan Siddall

36. Speaking of baloney- there is NO PLACE in the Capitol building that cell phones don't work. The whole place is wired for wireless. And the minimum wage in DC is 7.50 an hour. Don't believe everything you read people. These folks are just whining because now they have to actually WORK for their paychecks instead of blabbing on the phone all day. If you visited the Capitol and had to wait to place an order at the deli because some idiot was talking to her boyfriend you'd bitch about how the Dems waste taxpayer dollars by letting that happen.

Posted at 3:21PM on Mar 14th 2008 by paige

37. Lady Zombie, you may not have referred to race in your comments, but you did say that pretty much dirty weave wearing bitches work at deli's. Real nice.

I am also sick of the entitlement mindset too, but I am sick of it from people that sit on thier asses all day instead of getting jobs and just feed off of people like us.

I'm also sick of people thinking it's okay that all human beings do is work and barely even enjoy life anymore. It's pretty sad that one day when I am 80 years old and look back at my life I can say I worked more than lived and stared at my computer more than the wonders of this world. Unless we were born into super rich families or were blessed enough to become rich we will always struggle to get by and never truely know how to enjoy life. Sad to know I will spend more of my life working for the man, instead of being with my children. Was this the American Dream?? I'll still go to work and do my job, I have to.

Posted at 3:46PM on Mar 15th 2008 by Kelly H.

38. 39. Lady Zombie, you may not have referred to race in your comments, but you did say that pretty much dirty weave wearing bitches work at deli's. Real nice.



WORD. and i don't know that many white girls who wear weaves - not sure which planet you are from. don't play stupid. you were trying to steriotype without being specific.

Posted at 1:44PM on Mar 19th 2008 by fathead

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