Chili’s used to be perfect in execution, but last time I went they screwed up my order and gave me cold fries. Good riddance.
I won’t miss Denny’s. The last time we ate there the urge to use the bathroom hit as soon as we got into our car. Once we got out of the parking lot I never thought I could hold it in. I drove as fast as I could to a nearby truck stop with the ham strings as tight as possible. Luckily, there was one bathroom stall open and I quickly occupied it.
My stomach was upset the rest of the day.
Many of those were deliberate targets of the lockdowns. Why? ‘Cause small businesses are mostly run by conservatives, those that realistically (not idealistically) approach risk.
Can’t have such remain in US society. Might support non commie trash policies.
If the price of PVC pipe as a case in isolation is any indication I suggest price gouging. Feed stock, natural gas went up significantly but only briefly, PVC went up and stayed up in spite of natural gas prices now being less than 1/4 of what they zoomed up to for that one short time. And yet, with these persistent and much higher prices the stuff is still flying off the shelves.
The other factor, much more persistent and wide spread, is the burgeoning cost of gooberment. A cost that produces absolutely nothing and just takes and takes and takes. The sheeple don't understand and only understand they have less than they need or want and think gooberment is the answer to give it to them.
Some crazy woman wrote an editorial in the paper today complaining about Oklahoma ranking low or last in so many things except poverty where it ranks right up near the top. Her solution? Raise taxes because Oklahoma also has one of the lowest tax rates. Fact is, per capita, Oklahoma has the same range of revenue base as most states but it also has a lot of empty land with roads to nowhere to maintain. Fact is, Oklahoma has a balanced budget amendment so the state can't go into debt to finance the largess like so many others do. Fact is, Oklahoma is horribly mismanaged start with looking at the number of small mismanaged and top heavy independent school districts that should be consolidated. Fact is, you can't even take all the money from the "rich" and make ends meet when you spend too much. Fact is, America no longer produces stuff that the masses can make, there are too few meaningful jobs in America and that is a loss of prosperity. Either too few jobs or too many unskilled and unemployed / underemployed sheeple.
Here in California, the constant minimum wage increases (now at $20 per hour) have accelerated the store closings. Democrats don’t care if their policies put people out of work.
only one i goto is the local Chili’s, and if that closes i’m down to only two places to take the youngens
they like it and the menu so it makes for an easy fun night out that are getting less and less, as they grow up so damn fast...
Humans have allowed Deep State to price them out of the labor market.
It’s not just the USA.
There were pubs in England that date from before the Norman Conquest, that closed as a result of corona, and the inflation spikes after.
Well, how about an executive order requiring them to not close?
Then they’d have to stay open. It’s just common sense.
See?
Mod Pizza was an interesting thing. Fast food pizza and it was. Maybe three minutes to get a freshly made pie assembled as you moved through the line. Usually a quick process.