amusing & brief convo between customer and restaurant employee

[orleans]

yesterday a diner was like oh you guys are shortstaffed we’re having that same problem too in Ohio where is everyone who used to work in restaurants?? and I said well more than half a million people died maybe some of them worked in restaurants enjoy your meal!

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enjoy your meal!

[Ziggysmom]

1. Ba Dum Tssssssssssss........

[Clash City Rocker]

2. Why won't they risk Covid to work for below minimum wage

While enduring rude customers, sexual harassment, and ridiculous pressure from the boss? Who knows?

[patphil]

3. Worldometers has us at over 700,000 dead now.

That definitely has affected the workforce. I am sure that's why we have a national shortage of school bus drivers. Many of them were retirees.
And, of course, hundreds of thousands more have long haul covid.
Not to mention those in hospitals or recovering at home.
And also all those people who no longer want to work in a job that brings them before lots of people who may, or may not, be vaccinated.

It's the service areas that are most affected by short staffing.
This isn't going to change for quite some time.

[IbogaProject]

4. Severly injured is much larger

The number of severly injured from covid is much larger than the death rate. I'd guess 5-20 times as many. So 3 million up to 15 million now more unhealthy. This will have national setback for 20 to 40 years.

[wnylib]

5. Today's version of the Medieval

manor lords' complaint during the Plague.

"Where are all the peasant farmers and servants?"

Those who survived left empty villages and countrysides to find new work at higher wages.