For the umpteenth time this year, an employee has no-showed for his shift and I am left as the only one able to fill in the absence. What is it about kids these days that makes them think this is acceptable?

I have started firing employees on their first no-show, but doing that doesn’t keep me out of having to work their shifts — it also means I have to train someone new to replace the fired worker.

Why, when I have some employees who have been with me for well over a year, do most new hires seem to last less than a month? Is it because the unemployment rate in Fargo is below 3%? Is it because they know they can find another job that very same afternoon? Am I hiring the wrong individuals? Am I even getting the right applicants?

This is the exact situation I have been trying hard to avoid the last few weeks: I work the lunch shift then switch to owner mode to get banking and other finances done, only to be told that no, you may not leave Ryan. You have to stay. “My time is more important than yours,” the employee is telling me.