With more lockdowns looming in the not too distant future, the inability to find staff may wind up being the least of a dining establishment’s worries. In the meantime, the struggle continues with governments doing their best to make a bad situation worse.
The pinch is felt by restaurant owners across the country, particularly as many servers or cooks remain hesitant to return to work amid COVID-19. Many business owners say the issue is due to a decision by employees to try new lines of work, while by far the next-highest concern is the federal government’s continued support programs for the unemployed.
Oh wow. After the restaurants go, uber eats, door dash, skip the dishes, …
Restaurants closing is only the first domino.
PS. Are all restaurants in the future going to be Taco Bell?
a number of restaurants shut down their locations, and moved to a commercial kitchen setting where they are sharing space with a number of other restaurants on a hourly basis, thus surviving on the delivery model.
it’s probably not sustainable long run, but who knows.
Collectivized canteens, à la Mao, anyone?
Kevin,
Don’t worry. The likes of us will be eating rat burgers underground.
I also read that in one community the restaurants refused to serve unvaxinated patrons. They changed their minds a few weeks later when a number of them went broke.
This one? https://www.rebelnews.com/the_moonshine_cafe_reverses_decision_to_only_allow_double_jabbed_people_to_dine_in_their_restaurant they can FOAD as far as I am concerned.
This is also a pretty good indication of what a gauranteed basic income will give you.
There is FREE higher education in Denmark. There is also a huge number of 38yo college students … who never really “launch” into adulthood. Nobody in Denmark is much motivated to do much of anything
Kenji,
Your comment reminded me of something I heard from a radio personality a few weeks ago.
He was in a store and a woman with a young child said, “Let the man go ahead.” The radio guy reported that he thought…”Sure, I’m a guy and I’m 39 but I’m still trying to accept that I’m an adult. I’m not THAT old”
WTF?!?!?!?!
The Spawn is delaying the election call until he sees a majority in the polls which means that Cerb benefits might be extended again to ensure that they expire after the election. Restaurants can plan accordingly in the deranged dominion.
That is the thing; all the pollsters he is using are wrong.
Richard Baris has been right these past few seasons. Robert Barnes has been getting rich making bets simply by doing the opposite of what FiveThirtyEight says to do.
Why do you think Hillary was so shocked. They have been lying for long, they are unable to recognize the truth.
Chamber of Commerce? * Crickets*
Don’t count on schlubs like me if you aren’t willing to do some heavy lifting for your membership. Fill your boots and be more vocal instead of tepid, weak assed press releases about how Doug Ford isn’t providing the right guidance on the covid rules.
What a mess you people are. I was told once how C’sofC are chock full of Liberals. It shows.
Where I live in the US, there are plenty of restaurants and bars with “help wanted” signs. But there are also places proudly announcing proof of vaccination as a requirement for people to enter. Most other places are back to “masks for all”.
And the people they have retained are burning out like a blue angel in a windstorm.
Sit back and watch this implosion in slow motion.
Soon, NO industry will be opened for business. Even the lesser public sector workers will feel the pinch at some point.
Indeed. Where will they go for their liquid lunches and 2-hour coffee breaks?
They might have to brown bag things.
If there is any food.
A couple of local pubs have cut back hours due to staff shortages, it’s not due lack of workers tho. Who wants to work in an industry that the guberment can and will shut down at any given moment with no notice? Granted they did it to everyone but the service industry was the hardest hit.
Better to get a “essential worker” job at your town, county, state, federal, or wholly contracted “private” gov trough contractor.
In at 9, out at 3, days off up the ying yang, breaks, lunch, break, parental leave, personal development day at the pub, work from home day, copier fiddling, zenning out during equality, race, aggression, sensitivity lectures.
After a while, roll out of the office chair and apply for disability pension…