I’m so sick of restaurants!! They think they can do anything they want. I work as a captain at a resto in the West Village. Last month I was feeling really sick and I honestly thought I was having a heart attack. After seeing a dr I found out I had a very bad case of shingles that had attacked the nerve system on my left side and that’s what was causing my intense chest pain and dizziness. I was put in quarantine for a week this illness caused me to seek additional medical care and it turned out I have Cancer the shingles was due to my weakened immune system. My job pretended to be supportive for about 5 minutes but then gave away what was supposed to be my first shift back at work to another employee leaving my check short. My boss was a major dick and had a meeting about how it’s “black out time” until after the holidays and so no more requests off. Knowing that I have multiple upcoming drs. appts, tests and treatments to attend. This forced me to resign then he decided to charge me hundreds of $ for the uniforms, Aprons and Vests (which they are supposed to pay to maintain) in order to avoid giving me my last paycheck. Ugh I’m already stressed and they just want to make it worse. This is why no one wants to work at restaurants