During the Aids epidemic, Karen and Barry were model employers.
Barry would visit employees who became ill or who were taken to hospices with HIV, which was then a fatal illness.
Staff who became ill with Aids were supposed not to work - if they did they would lose their health insurance. But Karen would allow them to work on days they felt well enough, and would keep quiet about it.
“I let them come to work and paid them cash, which was illegal, but there was no reason that they should lose who they were. I have always felt that work is important,” she says.
I don’t if this is a WTF story. More like Hidden Heroes. God bless em.