Are buffets in the restaurants and lounges a thing of the past????
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Incidentally, in your town I have also enjoyed a memorable buffet at a certain yacht club. 'on the marina' with one of the world's best dining room views.
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That doesn't even include the logistics. In smaller hotels with smaller loungers the self serve buffet abuts the wall. There often isn't enough space to bring it forward so someone can stand behind. And of course, I doubt if one person if sufficient to serve the entire buffet. Just some thoughts.
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That's a $100 when you count the other costs associated with having an employee. Over the course of a year, that's 36K if the buffet is open daily, 25K if it's only weekdays. In CA, with a minimum wage of $15 in the urban areas, I would assume the salary is $20/hr, that's $30/hr or $150 for five hour shift. That's 54K annually if the Lounge is open daily and 37.5K if the lounge is a weekday only lounge. Of course, these are very rough numbers.
That doesn't even include the logistics. In smaller hotels with smaller loungers the self serve buffet abuts the wall. There often isn't enough space to bring it forward so someone can stand behind. And of course, I doubt if one person if sufficient to serve the entire buffet. Just some thoughts.
That doesn't even include the logistics. In smaller hotels with smaller loungers the self serve buffet abuts the wall. There often isn't enough space to bring it forward so someone can stand behind. And of course, I doubt if one person if sufficient to serve the entire buffet. Just some thoughts.
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A fun twitter post about buffets and how risky they are
https://twitter.com/Johnny_suputama/...86799851376641
https://twitter.com/Johnny_suputama/...86799851376641
Exercising caution during outbreaks is sensible, living in a bubble is not - we manage germs all the time and mostly develop immunity otherwise we d be all wiped out by now...
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Mostly. Only a hundred years ago 50,000,000 souls caught a novel flu and died. Philadelphia gambled and lost, while San Francisco and St Louis were more conservative and had much lower morbidity and mortality. Place your bets.
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Sadly what I bet personally can't compete with the large bets local or county or state or national bet being made by some who are politicizing things like masks, opening of restaurants, beaches or what not.
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Chow down at the buffet?
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Short of a vaccine, the only way out of this is an exponential increase in testing along with contact trace. That way you can limit the lockdown to those that have the virus or are high risk due to contact, and let the rest of the economy to get back to something closer normal.
Probably means testing everybody 1-2 times a month, which is off the charts compared to what is currently happening. Would also mean consent for the contact trace which some will object to. Then again some assert its all a hoax, which suggests plenty of future candidates for the Darwin Awards
Probably means testing everybody 1-2 times a month, which is off the charts compared to what is currently happening. Would also mean consent for the contact trace which some will object to. Then again some assert its all a hoax, which suggests plenty of future candidates for the Darwin Awards
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That's a $100 when you count the other costs associated with having an employee. Over the course of a year, that's 36K if the buffet is open daily, 25K if it's only weekdays. In CA, with a minimum wage of $15 in the urban areas, I would assume the salary is $20/hr, that's $30/hr or $150 for five hour shift. That's 54K annually if the Lounge is open daily and 37.5K if the lounge is a weekday only lounge. Of course, these are very rough numbers.
That doesn't even include the logistics. In smaller hotels with smaller loungers the self serve buffet abuts the wall. There often isn't enough space to bring it forward so someone can stand behind. And of course, I doubt if one person if sufficient to serve the entire buffet. Just some thoughts.
That doesn't even include the logistics. In smaller hotels with smaller loungers the self serve buffet abuts the wall. There often isn't enough space to bring it forward so someone can stand behind. And of course, I doubt if one person if sufficient to serve the entire buffet. Just some thoughts.