When there is a crisis, there will always be people who look to benefit from someone else’s misery. In this case, it's Wayne Pankratz, an executive director of operations for American Franchise Capital, which owns 50 Applebee's in the Midwest. Applebee’s has both company and franchised owned restaurants.

The food chain’s executive sent out an email to colleagues gleefully saying that the combination of skyrocketing gas prices, inflation, the ending of enhanced unemployment benefits and lush stimulus checks from the government, will give the company the upper hand in dealing with workers. This would include paying staff lower wages.

The tone-deaf manager wrote "Most of our employee base and potential employee base live paycheck to paycheck," and "Any increase in gas prices cuts into their disposable income." He added, "As inflation continues to climb and gas prices continue to go up, that means more hours employees will need to work to maintain their current level of living."

We also talk about Amazon and Starbuck employees joining a union.