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  • Report:  #1157023

Complaint Review: Langston Bar & Grille

Langston Bar & Grille A Unfair Wages Failure to pay Illegal payment practices Washington DC

  • Reported By:
    Anonymous — Washington Dist of Columbia
  • Submitted:
    Tue, June 24, 2014
  • Updated:
    Wed, July 02, 2014

I started working here while I waited for my current job to become permanent. I regret it. This place has an extremely high turnover rate, shuts down frequently, and low customer satisfaction for a reason. This is not a rant from a jaded employee, but a warning to the public. I left the job when my other position was secure, but I must tell you  others with children and families to feed were discarded of like trash when the owner Mr. Roberson started pointing fingers at folks for his own leadership failings. I can liken this place to a dictatorship: if you question Mr. Roberson about the wage laws or any other legalities, you dissapear (from the schedule).

The Owner Mr. Roberson is anti-social and short-tempered. He avoids conversation unless it includes confrontation. He is infamous for becoming enraged and firing all staff at the snap of a finger. Tips are horrible because there are so few customers, which is understandable because I've had to explain hour long+ waits for meals, roaches falling on people wihle eating, no toilet paper or soap in bathrooms frequently, bloody chicken, and unavailability of signature menu items. Not to mention the crappy clientel (those not lured by groupon deals) consists of your friendly neighborhood drug dealers and PCP addicts.

If you want reliable employment, enjoable food, and a nice experience for your buck avoid this place. I stopped working there months ago and still have'nt been compensated.

2 Updates & Rebuttals


Anonymous

Washington ,
Dist of Columbia,

Update

#3Author of original report

Wed, July 02, 2014

Just to be clear I filed a claim with the appropriate office of the Department of Employment Services prior to creating this report. At the time of each incident I reported them to management. Again, this report was intended to be a warning to people. If you have a chance to visit this establishment you will see there are no exaggerations here. Sorry for the anonymity.

 


Robert

Irvine,
California,

Jaded..no, Disgruntled.,.yes

#3Consumer Comment

Wed, June 25, 2014

 So if all of these things you posted are true then what have you done about it other than post an anonomous "RipOff".

Did you contact the Health Department about the roaches falling onto people, the uncooked chicken, and unsanitary conditions?  If so what did they say?  If not..why not?

Since it is illegal for a business to not pay you, what did you do when you contacted your local labor board(or what ever it is called in your area)?

By the way, I actually read many of their reviews and overwhemnly the "bad" reviews were because of the service particuarly the poor service of the waitreses.  Perhaps your lack of tips wasn't because of the customers you call "crappy"..perhaps they left bad tips because you treated the customers "crappy".

 

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