Posted on 07/11/2021 6:39:22 PM PDT by God luvs America
We've heard this time and time again- its more financially beneficial to stay home and get your government "relief" than actually get a job. I am seeing it firsthand this week. We are in Cocoa Beach, Florida at our condos for a week and tonight went to one of our favorite restaurants Jazzy's Mainely Lobster. Over the past few days we've seen restaurants down here, including Jazzy's, with signs that read "closed Tuesday's." We asked the hostess why- her response? "They cannot find people who want to work. Its better for them to sit at home and collect money from the government. Restaurants here (Cocoa Beach) are suffering and most are closed on Tuesday because they do not have enough staff!!" I had heard about this but had not really experienced it until now. Brought to you by biden and the democrats.
I applaud your nephew.
Agreed. My tipping has gone up. Many of those who have waited on us are very young.
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Most are still requiring employees to wear masks all day also. Who the hell wants to wear a mask for 8 hours aside from the fact it’s a serious long term health risk? During the lockdowns many people who were restaurant workers may have realized they want a better job and took steps in that direction.
The plural of "Tuesday" is "Tuesday's," with an apostrophe?!
Regards,
I’d like to know what and where the “better jobs” people are getting are. As a general rule, those working hospitality/food service/ entertainment/retail arent just going to suddenly become white collar professionals or skilled tradesmen en masse. Teenagers aren’t now middle-managers and college kids aren’t splicing fiber. In our Midwestern city, you can start at a higher wage at Taco Bell than at the packing plant.
There has been a big shift in younger (under 30) workers. You have to specifically avoid work— and many do because they apparently don’t need to. Our state never had mask mandates. We’ve always been open for business—but it wasn’t always there.
We’re hospitality and had to layoff 47 employees in April 2020 and were a skeleton crew trying to keep the doors open and a dozen people employed. We started trying to bring back employees in July 2020 as it was busy. Only a few came back- most were happier getting super unemployment. We’re as busy as 2019 and cannot find employees. Out of ten applicants, maybe four show up to the interview and get hired at $16 an hour. Two will actually make it to their first day. One will work for a week or two and then not show up or quit or get fired and then collect checks. Unemployment fights when you try to deny anyone for any reason (and we are an at-will state!!) and it is just maddening.
Our manufacturing friends can’t find employees ($20+ hourly), can’t find people who can pass a drug test, and can’t get steel or other materials so their previous contracts are in danger and inflated materials costs and delays are killing them.
Restaurants are still closing a couple days a week. A bagel shop is now closed on their busiest day (previously Sunday provided 2.75 days revenue) because they can’t find help. The Noodles franchise is open from 11-5 M-F and missing 60% of its former revenue. A just-opened new Starbucks by us closed “for training” for several weeks after it opened as they found they didn’t have employees. It is now open (drive-thru only) 7-2 M-F. We are sprawl- we don’t have a “business district” and you can get anywhere by car in under twenty minutes. These places are in strip malls and have never had any pedestrian traffic!
I guess we are all supposed to work for the government. Or, maybe not work and let the government give us money. Seems like much less of a hassle and maybe an occasional day off…
Tuesday’s gone with the wind.
I worried about my nephew, growing up with liberal parents. I've had my share of political arguments with my sister and her husband, and we haven't spoken much with each other over the last five years (and not at all since 2016 with her against Trump). Sis never encouraged independent thought in her children and their adult lives were chaotic. Thankfully, my nephew managed to get out on his own, has a job and bought a house.
I see lots of help wanted posts on local businesses, yet many young people are lazy and others want government handouts. My conservative friends don't have that problem with their adult kids. My adult kids are thriving - last week my daughter told us that her two pre-teens, out of the blue, said they were having an art sale out front to raise some money. They set up a table with their home-made artwork, selling it to passersby and made $65 in one day. They're 9 and 7 years. My daughter taught them well!
....and by parents who didn't teach their kids properly.
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