• theposterformerlyknownasgood [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      “It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By “business” I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living.”

      -FDR. The average lib is to the right of a 1940s racist.

      • @Anne_Teefa@hexbear.net
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        89 months ago

        The average lib is to the right of a 1940s racist.

        PREACH!!! Louder for the lurkers on the fediverse in the back. PLEASE!!! eric-andre

  • Rom [he/him]
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    509 months ago

    did-someone Did someone get addicted to paying workers unlivable wages?

  • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]
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    “rights” to do what, exactly? Pay a pitiful wage?

    Also I’ve seen cafes do this cutting hours here and there thing, and it’s never the boon they think it is. Even if they’re barely breaking even or “losing money” during those hours, having changing, short, or unpredictable hours has ripple effects onto their busy times as well, and is usually the beginning of the end for an unsustainable business, not to mention employees having a little down-time where they aren’t completely slammed lets them catch up on background tasks and cleaning up and such. Those things have to happen eventually, so they can either happen while you’re still open and bringing in some revenue, or they can happen by keeping employees working for an hour after closing, making no revenue. Its not even good business

    Edit: oh my god lmao this is a fancy restaurant not even a little cafe. Yeah I’m sure it’s really hard to make ends meet selling $20 salads and shit

  • motherofmonsters [she/her]
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    379 months ago

    This does not make sense.

    The minimum wage went up by $4 (let’s call it $8 with taxes and other shit). Looking at photos it’s a relatively small place so maybe 50 seats MAX? So that’s a front of house and kitchen staff requirement of 8. Let’s call say I’m wrong about the size and they are luxuriously overstaffed and have 20 people working.

    That’s still only $160 more an hour. That was the make or break between success and failure?

    Bullshit.

    • SuperZutsuki [they/them]
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      9 months ago

      Guarantee they were planning on cutting lunch a long time ago and this is their convenient excuse

      They probably abuse their workers so much that they can’t get enough staff for lunch service

      • motherofmonsters [she/her]
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        249 months ago

        It frustrates me that these “journalists” just show up, and say “here’s my iPad write whatever I’ll just be down here cleaning your boot sir”

        Maybe we need to regulate what can be called “newspaper”

    • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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      349 months ago

      Bruh not only did they get something like 50k but there were contractors and architects working for free. What the fuck, all you have to do is serve salmon with cream fraiche and pistachios and people bend over backwards?

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    319 months ago

    I’m sure that’s the real reason and not just something they’re saying to get people to support them paying their workers less

  • @pearsaltchocolatebar
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    309 months ago

    Is it just me, or is it monumentaly stupid for a restaurant to close for lunch? Especially a fine dining establishment which would probably get a decent amount of business lunches and such.

    • SuperZutsuki [they/them]
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      209 months ago

      Especially when lunch has a much quicker turnover because people have to get back to work. They’re making a lot of money very quickly in that 2-3 hour period

      • @pearsaltchocolatebar
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        Idk, maybe they know something we don’t. When the new owners of the Cafe up the road from me in the country stopped serving dinner, I thought they were moronic.

        But, they were open for like 8 years before the owner retired, and most previous owners lasted 6-12 months (those were my first jobs).

        Turns out all the old guys go there for breakfast, and all the oil workers go there for lunch, but very few went for dinner.

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    279 months ago

    I love that the owner is the first thing you see when you get to the website. Says everything you need to know about this guy and his business.

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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    A business is not a human right that others should be forced to pay for. The workers of Chadifornia are not your personal volunteers, go look for forced charity in Texas. big-cool