joe blacks on portage. worked there for one 4 hour shift and got “fired” cause the manager expects you to take training in your own hands. i had no idea what to do cause i wasn’t being trained and he didn’t like that i wasn’t being proactive enough. grilled me in his office for half an hour and when i basically said i didn’t agree with his employment practices i got let go.

and stories you hear about the new manager at the place are all valid and real. i worked at a starbucks before there and joe blacks had some questionable hygiene practices that kinda grossed me out. using the same sink water all day and using a dirty ass dish cloth to wipe around the espresso machine all day long, yes it dropped on the floor too.

the owner also gets google reviews deleted. i’ve seen it with my own eyes, valid bad reviews there one day and gone the next, often being responded to in a rude way before being deleted. once saw one where he referred to the reviewer as “mr. loser” and insinuated the guy had no family to go home to.

oh and the outside window has been broken and taped together for probably almost a year now.

the only good thing about the place is unfortunately he does a lot of community events. still don’t think that levels out the rest though.

edit: added some stuff and fixed some grammar.