Posted on 09/05/2016 1:11:28 PM PDT by Lorianne
Over 17 million kids went to college to be waiters or flight attendants. ___
There are many reasons why so many people now work in the low wage sectors of America. As it turns out, the eating habits of Americans have changed dramatically. Only in the last couple of years have Americans spent more on eating out than they do on actual groceries. Too bad the median annual pay for waiters and waitresses in 2015 was $19,250 with tips included. Companies still haven’t figured out how to outsource servers but our manufacturing base that once provided millions with good paying jobs is completely decimated. It also may have to do with a large number of young Americans living at home. Since homeownership is on the decline with the young, discretionary spending on eating out is up. Way up.
Spending on eating out
It is an interesting cross point that for the first time in a generation people are spending more on eating out than they do on groceries. Are Americans just not cooking as much? Is there a preference simply for eating out? Or is it because the rise of the two-income household leaves no time for cooking?
It is probably a mix. But it might also be a part of the culture where people now feel as they should eat out more often. Here is the data:
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My trade deficit with the local olive garden is crazy. Bring the pastas home!
Not this American.
The impending democrat SHTF Apocalypse will bring that to a screeching halt.
Kiosks are replacing waiters, so so much for going to college to be a waiter.
LOL
I do pasts at home. My rule is I eat out in places that serve things that are to difficult or too much trouble to cook at home. So I never eat pasta out.
Past is my downfall.
That's wrong, right? :-)
Maybe off topic, but I get the impression that lots of young people don’t know how to cook. The idea of getting a cookbook, and then going grocery shopping to buy ingredients needed to prepare a meal, is beyond the frame of reference of many. At least that’s the impression I get.
Ain't nobody got time for 'dat.
Yep. These millennials have no survival, hunting, or outdoor skills whatsoever. Not even a supply of emergency food.
No time, LOL.
These days, I suspect it’s mostly the drinking. Food might be an after thought.
Or maybe it’s because momma won’t let them use the kitchen.
So it has nothing to do with vanishing manufacturing jobs then.
ROTF LMAO
Where do they come up with this tripe?
Since this is such a great economic indicator, why are 90 million people out of work?
Me thinks they’re just plain lazy.
Not this American, either.
Ninety nine percent of the time, I cook at home and from scratch. Nothing goes to waste. Tonight I’m making “steak” from 2.97/lb boneless beef ribs, splurged on 20 cents an ear corn on the cob and a salad not from a bag. Dessert is a homemade banana bread made with pecans from our tree and bananas from a big paper bag of over ripe bananas for 99 cents that I’d divided up between immediately eat, banana pudding, dehydrate and freeze.
For lunch today, we had sandwiches from the last bit of leftover roast and I fried up a couple of potatoes for potato chips. Waaaay cheaper than store bought chips.
Millenials idea of survival is hitting Groupon for what’s cheapest.
For the most part, your impression is right. Maybe I was old fashioned in teaching our kids from the start how to shop. They were still sitting in the grocery cart when they learned how to pick produce. They learned math by calculating price per ounce and making recipes from cookbooks. When they left home, I made sure they took a Betty Crocker Cookbook. And they also knew how to do the laundry, change a tire, use a hammer, etc.
Same here. My wife loves to cook, and I love her cooking.
Trump in a landslide win.
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