PROPERTY SEARCH

Date Published: 17/08/2022

ARCHIVED - Andalucia bar causes outrage over help wanted poster

ARCHIVED ARTICLE

The Andalucia establishment has come under fire for its rant about “illegal immigrants”

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Andalucia bar causes outrage over help wanted poster

Bars and restaurants across Spain have been getting a bad rap lately, with customers fuming about everything from being charged extra for ice to being hunted off the terrace for lingering too long over a half-empty coffee of cup.

But unless things have been severely lost in translation, the outrage caused by one such establishment in Andalucia is entirely justified and it’s hard to blame the indignant comments that have flooded social media.

It’s common practice these days given the staff shortages in the hospitality sector for bars and restaurants to post ‘help wanted’ ads in their windows, but one such poster had potential workers running the other way.

"We have been looking for waiters, kitchen assistants and grillers for a year. We pay above the agreement and no one appears," the ad begins. Nothing too out of the ordinary so far, except that maybe it raises the question why the place can’t fill vacancies if it pays so well.

Now the poster enters into a bit of a rant: "However, we have more than three million unemployed receiving the subsidy (10,000 in Marbella and 5,000 in Estepona)".

Next up is the real stinger, which has really wound people up ever since a picture of the job ad appeared on social media:

"203,000 people receiving the minimum vital income and an undetermined number of

illegal immigrants, receiving a pension and having health care."

Well then, that’s us told. Unsurprisingly, the photo of the ad has caused quite the stir, with hundreds of people responding to the original poster’s comment, stating that he wouldn’t go within 300 metres of the place after reading their help wanted sign.

"These posters are good because you already know a place not to go," one user tweeted while another asked a fairly pertinent question: "I wonder: how do 'illegal' immigrants get a pension if they are illegal?"

It’s not clear whether the bar in question has filled its vacancies but we’ll let you make up your own mind about that one!

No me acercaría ni a 300 metros de un sitio así, como para trabajar en él. pic.twitter.com/SVousX905j
— Diego E. Barros (@diegoebarros) August 15, 2022

Image: Diego E. Barros on Twitter

Sign up for the Spanish News Today Editors Roundup Weekly Bulletin and get an email with all the week’s news straight to your inbox

Special offer: Subscribe now for 25% off (36.95 euros for 48 Bulletins)