Restaurant blames govt asst for slow service

[Demovictory9]

https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/07/09/folsom-taqueria-sign-government-assistance/


Folsom Taqueria Posts Sign Blaming Government Assistance For Slow Service
By Laura Haefeli
July 9, 2021 at 11:03 pm
Filed Under:federal stimulus, Folsom News, Sacramento County


FOLSOM (CBS13) – A restaurant owner in Folsom posted a “slow service sign”, asking customers to be patient with the short-staffed taqueria desperate for employees to come back to work.

Taco Loco is a popular eatery here in Folsom and posted a sign explaining to customers why service might be slow.



The sign reads:

“To our loyal customers. Sadly, due to government and state handouts no one wants to work anymore. Therefore, we are short staffed…

“Please be patient with our staff that did choose to come to work today.”

[XanaDUer2]

1. Dumb

[NCDem47]

2. God I hope this place goes out of business.

I would normally have some patience, but with a message like that, I wouldn't give them anything.

[PJMcK]

3. Might as well fly a Trump 2021 flag

How dumb is the owner and/or manager? They just alienated a sizable portion of their customer base.

Idiots.

When they have to close their doors, they'll blame President Biden, of course.

[Initech]

4. Yup, saw the same sign where I was last night (Claremont, CA).

Chose not to eat there and ate at a place that didn't have that sign.

[Demovictory9]

5. Same wording? Coordinated effort?

[Grins]

9. Yes.

Exact wording in several states. It IS a campaign. It IS a planned thing. I blame the same people who cursed the nation with the phony “Tea Party” scam.

[Initech]

18. Yup! Same wording and everything!

Thankfully I had plenty of other choices, so it was no big loss!

[The Magistrate]

6. There Is No Shortage Of Workers, Sir

There is a shortage of people willing to work for the wage on offer here....

[LizBeth]

7. Where as job tht barely pay living age at 15 an hour has 100-250 apps. Go figure.

[Red Mountain]

8. Read that as....

'nobody wants to work for the shit wages I'm willing to pay'.

My area has an unemployment rate of 3.5%. Correct me if I'm wrong but people getting checks from the government would be reflected in those statistics.

If they're staying home for that sweet gubbermint money there aren't many that are doing so.

[KentuckyWoman]

10. Oh I'm hearing that garbage around here too.

First time we ate at a local place they were complaining of short staff. I overheard the owner whining no one wants to work because of "free money". When we left he was running the credit cards and brought my card back to me. I asked they they are paying - he said $4.40 plus tips.

I didn't even try to be polite, and in fact was quite loud. $4.40 ?? !! That place isn't that busy. They don't serve alcohol. McD's down on the corner is offering $15 to start - it's a wonder anyone will work here.



Found out yesterday his staff is all family. Literally, no one wants to work for him. First time we ate there and won't again. The guy deserves to go under.

[MichMan]

14. There are no tips at McDonald's.

It is possible that the tipped staff makes well over $15 per hour

Ever notice in the threads about restaurants paying a living wage without tipping never actually have any servers posting who agree. Not universal, but I think many who do those jobs may very well make more $$ under the current system

[KentuckyWoman]

15. This place. I doubt it

No alcohol, not a lot of traffic in and out of the place. If they stay and work 10 hours and cover both lunch and dinner rushes I doubt they get anywhere near $110 in tips. At best, they might hit minimum wages of $7.25 hrly.

This kind of place, .... My meal was $8. I gave a $5 tip but most take the table and yap for an hour after finishing the meal, and leave a dollar. If this owner can't consider his servers as partners in his business and pay them accordingly, then he deserves to fail.

[CanonRay]

11. This seems to be happening all over

Is this bs being sent out by the National Restaurant Association?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

12. You know the folks who are often desirous of working in your restaurants for your shit wages?

The people that have all been deported, or not allowed in as refugees.

[stillcool]

13. that's republican language

really hard to translate into fact.

[crud]

16. Folsom is a nicer part of town

outside of Sacramento, the rents have gone up here more than most places in CA, about 3-400 dollars increase in a year. Job market seems to be hopping, help wanted signs at all the retail and hospitality. Dude needs to quit blaming some wack fantasy, deal with the real world and offer a decent wage.

[nuxvomica]

17. Looks like they got a $181,334 handout from the government

https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/taqueria-taco-loco-inc-7380187702