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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Everyone complains about small businesses being driven out, especially in NYC. Their two biggest costs are rent and labor, so of course they try to minimize both of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You know what's cheaper than hiring a cashier and teleconferencing them from the Philippines?

The owner running the cash register. You know, like nearly every non-chain restaurant in the country.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Owner could be the chef, it you know, might not want to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Then don't open a restaurant if you can't even afford the minimal staff to run it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They found a way to make it work.