[Fiji Hill]

I have noticed that bus boys seem to be disappearing from restaurants and that waiters and waitresses are increasingly busing tables—probably due to rising costs due to Obamacare, rising minimum wages, etc.

[TigerClaws]

Good point. I’ve noticed that as well.

Tough finding workers at all these days for many businesses. Know a guy with a smoothie shop. He went through 40 workers to find one that’d actually work. Many didn’t quit. They’d just not show up at all.

[CatOwner]

I have noticed that bus boys seem to be disappearing from restaurants and that waiters and waitresses are increasingly busing tables—probably due to rising costs due to Obamacare, rising minimum wages, etc.

Yeah, we're seeing a bit of that, but mostly must higher prices. We live in an area (Silicon Valley, CA) still flush with people with a lot of disposable funds (especially coming from overseas), so higher prices are just accepted by most.

We've seen prices of $10.99-11.99 from the beginning of this year spike to $13.99-14.99. It's not going to get any better, at least in our area of the country.

[Enterprise]

We went into a Red Robin Restaurant one night and we decided to eat in the bar area. There wasn't a table without dishes on them, and in all fairness, we could see that things were very busy. Anyway we were led to a table and they said they would clean it asap. We took all the items and placed them on another table waiting to be cleaned. The we wiped the table with a handi wipe and we were ready! The waitress enjoyed it, and we got our order in right away.

A few minutes later, another couple were by us at a table that also had things waiting to be removed. I got up and moved the items off that table, onto another table waiting cleaning, and I then I wiped their table with a handi wipe, and again the waitress was laughing, and they got served right away also. It was a fun night.

[dfwgator]

Kiosks are quickly taking the place of waiters/waitresses.