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Racer_Bait t1_jec79ix wrote

Actual accountability would mean that they go to jail. Had a worker stolen 100th of that amount from the restaurant, they be in jail.

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donkeyduplex t1_jeccdxh wrote

Employers that consciously do this kind of thing should face far stiffer penalties than individuals because of the power differential inherent to the relationship.

That owner should spend at least a decade in prison.

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ANewMachine615 t1_jeed9km wrote

Yep. This is and should be treated as criminal. The guy stole nearly half a million dollars from service workers. If a service worker had embezzled half a million from him, they'd 100% be in jail.

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sirspidermonkey t1_jef75eg wrote

To really put that in perspective, Class A Felony theft in NH is a theft over $1501. A person who commits a Class A felony theft is subject to up to 15 years imprisonment and a fine of of $4000 or twice the value of stolen property.

Gilberto stole almost 304x that amount from his workers, but not one mention of jail for his crime. Yes he has to pay $900K in restitution to the workers, but given he's been doing it for years that's probably still well within the "cost of doing business"

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WapsuSisilija t1_jeg0lfx wrote

According to Citizens United, businesses are people too. Lock him up.

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AlexTheTolerable t1_jec6k8g wrote

Sad, El Rodeo was my wife and I’s favorite Mexican restaurant, but we can’t support them after this

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Rdnick114 t1_jegw7i0 wrote

Same. Also sad that it was basically the best Mexican food in town.

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WapsuSisilija t1_jee929h wrote

This will continue until there is jail time. Employer wage theft is about $8 billion per year. Per year. Billions. Zero jail time.

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smartest_kobold t1_jeecz3c wrote

Thank God we have small business owners like this creating jobs for employees and the department of labor.

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gordonfactor t1_jec725r wrote

That's terrible. I've been a semi-regular at the location in Salem, Mass especially for taco Tuesday specials.

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fa1con78 t1_jeedbum wrote

Hermanos in Concord is significantly better. Fuck El Rodeo now

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DietCokeMachine t1_jecg5x5 wrote

I heard the El Rodeo in Concord stinks. Like literally smells foul inside. Can anyone confirm if that is true?

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itsMalarky t1_jecnkzb wrote

It's never smelled foul when I went there. Food was good. margaritas were good. Apparently the owner is POS

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SuccessfulPresence27 t1_jeeaya1 wrote

I think their sewage has backed up a few times. Maybe in the 50 times I’ve been, 2 had the smell.

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ANewMachine615 t1_jeedd71 wrote

why would you go back multiple times? If a restaurant smells like actual sewage once I am out, done, finito

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SuccessfulPresence27 t1_jef1mps wrote

Yeah I don’t really get too repulsed by that because I have spent quite a bit of time in the third world, so my nose is kind of numb to it. I hear where you’re coming from, honestly I’m more repulsed by the shitty owner

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DietCokeMachine t1_jeel59r wrote

Okay, thank you for verifying. That was how the smell was described to me as well.

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BelichicksBurner t1_jeenn44 wrote

This is wrong and I'm glad he was at least held accountable financially but I think it's important to point out that A. This is really all about tips culture. If these people just got paid like regular employees, you wouldn't see owners stiffing them on wages. You don't see this type of thing in countries that just pay restaurant workers a typical wage. B. While this does seem like a lot of money, you're talking 100 employees over an extended period of time. Seems like a lot of the missing money was related to miscalculations, which shouldn't happen but is still important to point out. Bussers/cooks not getting correctly calculated OT tip rate splits is an example of one of the things they found. I'd be willing to bet a lot of restaurants get that kind of stuff wrong.

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adam5isalive t1_jec2lso wrote

Bummer. I'm still going to El Rodeo though. I like the salsa.

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thamurse t1_jecgd9f wrote

casamigos next to market basket has the same exact salsa(and better prices/same quality), as do all of the La Caretta locations in the state.

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adam5isalive t1_jecusog wrote

I didn't have that experience with the salsa, I didn't think it was nearly as good.

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thamurse t1_jecwdg4 wrote

Haven't been to El rodeo in probably a year or more, but unless they changed it I remember being identical to la Caretta, and have gone to casamigos and la Caretta recently and the salsa was identical

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beyond_hatred t1_jee6qu3 wrote

If you're close to Manchester, both Consuelo's and El Rincon have excellent food.

I haven't tried El Rodeo, but I'm guessing both of these would be solid competition.

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