Posted on 05/27/2022 12:09:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
He says he went into the restaurant and found nobody in the kitchen, and no customers in the building.
If you've tried to order from a fast-food restaurant recently, you may have noticed a longer wait for service.
A Pittsburgh's Action News 4 viewer shared a video of one local restaurant with not a single employee or customer inside.
(Click the video player above to watch.)
"Showed up to this Burger King on Noblestown Road, and there is nobody in here. Nobody in here. Went to the drive-through, nothing," he says in the video.
In the video, Lazz Tantalo described his experience when he tried to order food on a Friday afternoon.
He went through the drive-through and saw no workers; went into the dining room and found no one there.
He even opened the door but found no one in the kitchen: "Anybody here? Hello?"
Pittsburgh's Action News 4 learned that the single employee who showed up for their shift that day just left. A manager eventually showed up to lock the doors until the restaurant could be staffed.
Chris Briem, of the Center for Social & Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh, says this is a sign of the times.
"Businesses always need to be agile to be successful. I think this has just sort of been an extreme case of, you've got to be willing to adapt rapidly to changing circumstances," he said.
Briem said that when COVID-19 hit, many Americans who were able to retire chose to do that, and the large numbers of student workers that were seen in the past are not returning to the workforce.
For customers who are frustrated when they can't get a quick meal on the go, scenes like this one may not go away soon.
"I think employers are going to have to adjust, you know? There will probably be fewer workers out there. They're going to adapt and shift," Briem said. "Some employers can add more automation, can add more capital and technology to make their businesses work with fewer employees."
He really could have had it his own way.
(In the video, Lazz)
I knew it!
Lazz Tantalo
All part of the plan.
Winner
Second one in two years.
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His mom named him after me.
That is because I am the one that got mom pregnant.
My granddaughter, who happens to work for Burger King, btw, says several days last week she showed up for work and she had to manage the whole place for three hours.
No management showed up, it would seem.
she’s young yet, but I think she should ask for manager’s money if they leave her to manage.
Although ageing brain kind of remembers she told me they paid her manager’s wages.
I’m a motherhugger.
Man, you must be one smooth talker...
Lol!!!!!
They took my payment over the app though!
If it was me I would fire up the grill and cook up a burger, leave money on the table
Lazz Tantalo
LOL.
That’s gimmick infringement.
5.56mm
Only fair, and good for her for stepping up taking charge and demonstrating her management potential.
Great opportunity.
I'd have fired up that broiler and started making Whoppers.
A double Whopper with cheese, extra cheese heavy everything is one of the greatest sandwiches ever invented.
I thought that was on the line of "An Irishman walks into a bar...."
Local fast food joint around here put up a big sign stating something like that due to the fact that the local population is completely hooked on heroin and fen we cannot find reliable help to stay constantly open.
A Cape Cod border town..
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