So who is going to do the work?

[pt756]

Good evening, granddaughter just caller her Grandma up, they live a small town in central wis, her and her younger sister drove thru Culvers for an ice cream treat, waited for a half an hour in line, finally guy comes out and said 5 of the staff  just walked out, granddaughter said the closed sign went up, this is at 7 pm, our local Mcdonalds i will get the senior coffee about 10 am once in awhile, tried the other day if it wasnt raining out I would of left, only 2 cars in front of me and waited 15 minutes, they are claiming short staffed need help

[vtfireman85]

The long wait in apparently empty restaurants is largely a factor of online/app ordering, I don’t frequent dining establishments often, but once in a while I am where I go in, order kiosks, unfriendly employees, part of it is online culture, another is that nobody gets fired for anything anymore, because they can’t be replaced. 

[TroyDairy]

4 hours ago, vtfireman85 said:

The long wait in apparently empty restaurants is largely a factor of online/app ordering, I don’t frequent dining establishments often, but once in a while I am where I go in, order kiosks, unfriendly employees, part of it is online culture, another is that nobody gets fired for anything anymore, because they can’t be replaced. 

Exactly.  Online orders/pick up are big share.  Even if you look empty they are buzzing in back.  And for some reason Fast Food esp just attracts the oddest in society  

Fwiw our local DQ has some 30 year employees.  MC D... never ever have has same person help when grabbing a coffee.  They have great coffee  

[jeeper61]

Hard to find decent help these days none of the young want to work that type of job, those jobs are below them

[acem]

Saw a carhop at sonic recently that was in her 50s.

[Chester5732]

That’s why my boss tries to hire mid40’s on up.  He knows they will show up and get the job done.  

[iowaboy1965]

If 5 walk out at once there may be an issue with the management/culture of that particular restaurant?

[marty966]

6 hours ago, TroyDairy said:

   MC D... never ever have has same person help when grabbing a coffee.  They have great coffee  

I agree, Mc Ds has great coffee

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1 hour ago, marty966 said:

I agree, Mc Ds has great coffee

Mc D has the former supplier for its coffee that used to supply Tim Hortons. That is why Mc D has great coffee 

[stronger800]

Timmy Ho’s is crappy, imo.  I’m glad the closest one is 100 miles away.  McD’s way better.I think, and it’s $1

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3 hours ago, stronger800 said:

Timmy Ho’s is crappy, imo.  I’m glad the closest one is 100 miles away.  McD’s way better.I think, and it’s $1

Ya that is what I've been saying Mc Donald's has the coffee supplier that Tim Hortons used to have! That is why McDs is better now 

[stronger800]

Ooo, I did read that wrong the first time.  

I always am surprised that a can of McD’s in the grocery store is on the more expensive side compared to traditional Folgers or Maxwell house 

[Sledgehammer]

Rarely eat fast food. Stopped with a friend yesterday after spending the day at a sale. Hardee's was empty but food was fresh, hot, and quick.  I haven't purchased food from a McDonalds in over 20 years and won't. 

[Lazy WP]

8 minutes ago, Sledgehammer said:

I haven't purchased food from a McDonalds in over 20 years and won't. 

I will buy from McDonalds every time I can. They are loyal supporters of my cull cows, and I don’t have to worry about any impossible meat. 
They are the only fast food chain that supports the families who are dealing with extended hospitalization, with the Ronald McDonald house. Just my thoughts. 

[Sledgehammer]

21 minutes ago, Lazy WP said:

I will buy from McDonalds every time I can. They are loyal supporters of my cull cows, and I don’t have to worry about any impossible meat. 
They are the only fast food chain that supports the families who are dealing with extended hospitalization, with the Ronald McDonald house. Just my thoughts. 

My problems were local. Very poor service, "out of meat", wrong orders,  I just swore off of them completely. The local store was selling drugs through the drive up. People were fired but it was kept very quiet and shouldn't have been. That was within the last 5 years

[forwhldrv]

Yes it’s sad the local Dunkin doughnuts in the town I work in is frequently closed due to  lack of staffing.the company I work for in March put an ad looking for redi mix truck drivers offering insurance paid vacations and 401k the add ran for a month and they had one application. They have gone as far as putting help wanted signs by the entrances to a few of the concrete plants. Only a couple people have inquired asking if they needed a license to work or looking for a loader position. I think some of it is the people don’t want to be subject  to a drug test. Especially with pot being legal in a few neighboring states. It has been good for my wallet this year and  I’m helping to pay for quite a few benefits for those unwilling to work 

[tractorholic]

My daughter graduated from high school in 2012. She worked at the local private owned grocery store thru high school. At that time if you went there in the evening there would be about one adult there in charge and several high schoolers. Now you go there in the evening and it’s one adult there in charge and several people that are retired and on social security. I have a huge problem with this and I think the problem lies in the parents of these kids values. I hope this country survives this worker shortage. It seems like a third of the population works for the government, a third lives off the government, and a small third is doing the work and supporting the government. 
As far as fast food, I worked at McDonald’s in 1989. The team there was good, and you felt bad if someone had to wait long for their order. Boy has that changed. I don’t know if anyone feels any remorse at all anymore