1. Jacksonville, Fla., Restaurant Shuts Doors on Workers
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A120749186/ITBC?u=gain40375&sid=ITBC&xid=03578b36.
This article is about how Hurricane Hatties Restaurant and Bar in Jacksonville, Florida unexpectedly shut down. The employees showed up to work their scheduled shifts only to find a sign on the locked doors informing them that the restaurant is no longer open. The employees say they had no warning of this and they cannot get ahold of the owners to find out what is going on.
The problem is that these employees are now left without a job. Most of them are college students that rely on their paycheck to pay tuition, rent, food, etc. They had no prior notice, so none of them had another job lined up.
The employees are the ones that face this problem because they now have to scramble for money in order to pay their bills and survive.
2. Bank of America to Cut 10,000 Jobs over Next Year
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A121983206/ITBC?u=gain40375&sid=ITBC&xid=93674ce9
This article is about how Bank of American plans to cut 150,000 jobs. They are mostly attempting to thin out management layers. By doing all of this, they are expecting to save upwards of 600 million dollars.
The problem is that thousands of people will be out of a job.
The employees being laid off are the ones that face this problem because they are forced to find a new job.
3. My gag gift got me thrown in jail
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A18413679/ITBC?u=gain40375&sid=ITBC&xid=7894cc46
This article is about how a man brought a gag gift in his luggage and got arrested. It was an old hand grenade mounted to a wooden stick that he bought at a flea market for 12 dollars. There is a law that says it is a felony to carry anything that resembles a weapon through the airport. So, because of that law, the man was arrested.
The problem is that the man did not mean any harm and did not plan on using it as a weapon (he couldn't even if he wanted to) but he still has to face the consequences.
The man who brought the hand grenade in his luggage is the one who faced this problem.
4. Florida communities continue recovery processes after Irma devastation
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A505386478/ITBC?u=gain40375&sid=ITBC&xid=bab618f9
This article is about the road of recovery for Florida after Hurricane Irma. The article is basically just updating everyone on what got restored recently and what is still left to be done.
The problem is that the Hurricane happened many months ago, yet people are still facing the issues and devastations that it caused.
The people that live/work in areas that have yet to go back to normal are the ones facing this problem.
5. Hotel industry call to action against human trafficking
https://infoweb-newsbank-com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=0D0CB57BE7FF6D8A&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F15B00FB084196C58
This article is about the issue of human sex trafficking and what the hotel industry can do to help.
The problem is that Florida has the third highest rate of human sex trafficking in the nation. These people are getting away with their horrific crimes because of people not paying as much attention to red flags. If the hospitality employees are better trained to pick up on the red flags that come along with sex trafficking, it would hopefully help a lot of innocent people escape the nightmare of being sexually abused/trafficked.
The people that are victims of these awful crimes are the ones that face this problem.
Hey Sarah,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post and seeing where you were finding opportunities. I wanted to add to number three if I could. While I obviously agree that the specific man who had the gift has the problem, I also believe that everyone who flies on a plane in the U.S. has this problem also. I think that is a bigger issue than one person and that is where the opportunity lies.
Hi Sarah, I found your post informative and very specific to the opportunities. I was not aware that Florida has the third highest rate of sex trafficking in the nation, that is a major problem that needs to be addressed. I found your "the who" sections to be very accurate and specific, you isolate a specific group and aren't just general. For example, the who in hurricane opportunity are not only victim, but also people who work in those areas, as you noted.
ReplyDeleteHello!
ReplyDeleteI found your post very interesting. These problems that you identified for each article are either very intriguing or very pressing matters. I found the article about the hand grenade particularly interesting because I would have never thought about a gag gift as being something I would have gotten arrested for. I hope the officers in this situation were forgiving and only used it as a teaching lesson for the man.
Hey Sarah,
ReplyDeleteYour post was very interesting. We actually had similar stories about how Florida cities are still feeling the effects of hurricane Irma, except I was talking about Miami and you were talking about Jacksonville. This goes to show that Florida as a whole has a problem restoring itself after natural disasters meaning that there could be a lot of opportunities to start businesses that help people get back on their feet after hurricanes strike.