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Old May 8, 2021 | 1:38 pm
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FLYMSY
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Originally Posted by JBord
There are absolutely better paying jobs out there. But that's always been the case. Perhaps when the government forced his restaurant to close, ....

Restaurants didn't drop employees. The government shut down restaurants, effectively eliminating server, host, and busboy jobs.
I think there needs to be some clarity to the above. I don’t believe that the government shut down restaurants, rather, it was indoor dining not being allowed. In my area, many restaurants pivoted to doing takeout and managed to survive up to this point. Indoor dining is now allowed at 100% here. We went out to one of our favorite restaurants last night and while 1/3 of the staff was new, it was fully staffed. We don’t patronize chain restaurants, only locally owned small restaurants. We have had some restaurants close permanently, but, surprisingly, we have had some new restaurants opening during the pandemic.
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