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So I guess all those tax cuts in 2017 did precisely jack and shit to boost demand, huh? Who knew.

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I know how to get experienced restaurant workers to go back to work in restaurants! Require proof of vaccination to enter, pay twenty five dollars an hour, and give staff the authority to kick customers out for being assholes.

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Facts suck.

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Spent Tesla batteries?

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Dictators gonna dictate. I'd bet she howls about having to "watch those layabouts like a hawk", but secretly loves the self-destruction that micromanagement brings forth.

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If a few (or a thousand) middling, suburban sports bar/grills close around this country because they can't staff up at $2 + tip wages, I will shed no tears.

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Anecdote time!Back in the day, I worked for over a year as sautee chef at a very busy restaurant (like 1200 covers a day busy, between takeout and in-house). The kitchen was 100+ degrees from March-October, and I spent 9 hours a day over 4 constantly running stovetops, in front of a 400 degree salamander, and directly next to a gas grill. No breaks, the place was too busy to stop. No health care. No vacation time. I would come home exhausted, covered in grease, burns and sweat.When I found out that they were hiring newbies -- many who'd quit before the training period was over -- at the same rate I was being paid (despite tenure), I'd had enough. Of course, their reputation as a quality restaurant meant that the manager's office had a 5" thick stack of applications, so employees were completely disposable to them.

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The biggest missed opportunity of the last year was not getting everyone in the US who wanted to do so enrolled in some form of legit higher education.Careers > Jobs

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Only if it's got a crescent moon carved out of it for a window. Now That's Livin' High!

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The other little secret about working in a restaurant kitchen is that if you do it long enough, your hearing is shot. They're incredibly noisy places to work.

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I always try to say something to the person helping me that will break their automation and make them smile. I treat them like real people - they respond by treating me like a person. Unfortunately, the next person in line screws up the process by being a chud

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Chuck Todd will be doing his best to make sure their ire is placed on "Washington" an amorphous term that isolates the villains (which are not a geographic area, nor all of elected government) in the story-line from pointed criticism.

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Right before the crash people were telling me "it does not matter what the contract is like just buy a house anyway you can" suggesting an interest only mortgage was a good deal. Not a deal I wanted.

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I recently discovered a reality show where an industry expert goes into failing bars and tries to get them back on track.

The number of owners who have no clue what they're doing...who are just sitting at the bar getting drunk and harassing the women customers...is astounding. I know reality tv isn't reality, but still.

One man had hired all his douchebro frat buddies, who were all acting EXACTLY as you'd expect. All of them were drunk all the time, doing stupid and dangerous things to themselves and each other, starting fist fights, and hitting on anything vaguely female. But he couldn't fire them! They were his buddies!

I watched my parents run a business. It's HARD. And screwing your employees is definitely false economy.

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"They did it, you can too. "That is also true for arson, but just because someone can cause massive damage to society, doesn't mean they should.

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Social mobility in the USA sucks, compared to other countries.https://www.epi.org/publica...

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