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Seattle restaurants going dark as $15 an hour minimum wage goes into effect
The American Thinker ^ | 3-14-15 | Rich Moran

Posted on 03/14/2015 6:54:42 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

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The $15/hour Minimum Wage


An effort to increase egg production
by strangling chickens.




21 posted on 03/14/2015 7:09:09 AM PDT by shibumi ("Vampire Outlaw of t" /><p>he Milky Way")
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The Seattle government will be ecstatic. Now they will have more drones as a voting constituency and fully dependent on government handouts.


22 posted on 03/14/2015 7:10:07 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: left that other site

My husband ran a private club for years that had a restaurant attached to it. The waiters were unionized and while some of them were professional, others behaved in insane fashion - truly - especially the shop steward. They got a nice salary, great benefits, couldn’t be fired, didn’t receive tips and so had no incentive to behave professionally. What a nightmare!


23 posted on 03/14/2015 7:11:02 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Our special today is “only” $36.95 for the entre. Our wine selection of the day is “only” $18 a glass. lol


24 posted on 03/14/2015 7:11:32 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: afraidfortherepublic

And like Obamacare and workers over 30 hours @ week, what did they think would happen?
They hire and limit hours to 30 and they lay off restaurant workers.


25 posted on 03/14/2015 7:12:16 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: TADSLOS

Restaurants are capitalist oppressors. All workers should be fed in free communal mess halls provided by the Party.

That is all, comrades.


26 posted on 03/14/2015 7:15:06 AM PDT by Argus
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To: elcid1970

Do you tip at McDee’s? lol

Seriously, you don’t see much of the urban Amish at any of the more decent places in town.


27 posted on 03/14/2015 7:16:47 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: miss marmelstein

When I got out of the military in 1976 and brought my wife and son home after 8 years of hard and sparse living, I got a job repairing electronic medical equipment for $150 a week - it was more than I made in the military, actually.

However, Carter’s economy hit and that $150 didn’t go so far. My wife helped out working at a German Bakery here in Georgia making sandwiches all day long waiting on customers for very little money and not much thanks. We put our son in daycare and we shared the one car and tried to subsist but it got worse.

I finally bit the bullet and committed to college with the GI bill and my wife slaved many long days at work wearing that apron and having to work under a Nazi (my opinion of him) while I stayed up at night until 2 or 3AM studying.

It took three hard years of very demanding work from both of us but it has since paid off. But we always, ALWAYS paid near-extravagant tips since then because of my wife’s hard work to eke out a living. We knew what it was like.

If that minimum wage ever hits here in Georgia, that tipping will stop.


28 posted on 03/14/2015 7:17:23 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: shibumi
The $15/hour Minimum Wage An effort to increase egg production by strangling chickens.


29 posted on 03/14/2015 7:18:13 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The future of casual restaurants is going to be no waiters. As in place your order from an iPad type thing///// find a table////// Pick up your order at the counter/////

This will apply to couples and large families and everyone else


30 posted on 03/14/2015 7:18:56 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The closed businesses will no longer pay taxes and fees to the government.


31 posted on 03/14/2015 7:19:09 AM PDT by cutty
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To: miss marmelstein

yep.

As a musician, I have noticed that, if you play for a small amount of money, but put out a tip jar, you can have a very good night. This works in clubs, or even on a street corner. However, your success will be directly proportional to your perfomance, skill, enthusiasm, and artistry.

On the other hand, when doing a private function, a “Tip Jar” is very unprofessional and just plain wrong. So for a “General Business” gig, there is a much higher contract price for the gig and is based on an hourly wage.

The worst situation is when the union takes over the music business. You then have no choice what you charge for a gig, and you can be priced right out of business.

Then, along come the DJs and Karaoke-Mongers to fill in the gap.


32 posted on 03/14/2015 7:19:37 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: shibumi

Damn chicken choking geeks!!!


33 posted on 03/14/2015 7:20:09 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw

Chili’s has that automated bank Nazi thingy at the tables to pay your bill. The first time I encountered it, I told the waitress I don’t have a credit card, only cash.

I haven’t been back since.


34 posted on 03/14/2015 7:20:22 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: afraidfortherepublic

A nice socialism test tube experiment - see how this goes.


35 posted on 03/14/2015 7:22:39 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: CodeToad

It’s in the Constitution of The Barackamerica.


36 posted on 03/14/2015 7:25:40 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: Gaffer

In Canada all the restaurants have those wireless thingys & the waitress watches you as you `input’ the tip. Creepy.


37 posted on 03/14/2015 7:26:33 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: left that other site

I was not a good waitress - too small, tiny hands, klutz-incorporated - but when I worked at the Hilton in NYC, I brought home hundreds of dollars in tips. Unbelievable! But really hard work and the guests were impossible to please.


38 posted on 03/14/2015 7:26:33 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: miss marmelstein

I think efforts such as this are aimed at currying favor with the semi-literate entry level McDonald’s employee who messes up your order and couldn’t give you correct change if the register didn’t do the calculation.


39 posted on 03/14/2015 7:26:39 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: Gaffer

I’ve never met a waiter or service worker who didn’t tip well. They’ve been there and never forgotten. I’ve heard Rush is an extravagant tipper although I don’t think he did that kind of work in his youth.


40 posted on 03/14/2015 7:29:01 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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