Tasteless Restaurant

One of the things I enjoy about small town living is getting to know the people who work and frequent it.

Just the other day a friend who works in a restaurant told me a story  The friend was hired full time.  The owner has a beautiful home and enjoys the fruits of an abundant lifestyle.  The worker, however, does not.

All too often we hear about the CEOs and upper management in Fortune 500 companies.  We hear the executives of these companies make enormous salaries, with enormous bonuses.  The people working in the lower tiers do not.  We complain about it as though it is a crime.  It is no different in a small business. For some reason, we don't hear very much about these environments.  It is no different and it is time we realize what goes on there, too.

This friend who was enjoying full time work had their hours cut.  They were cut 30%.  The worker told me they had not been able to go to a grocery store in two months.  They can't afford gas and their car is not working too well, either.  

Of course, I do not know the other side of the story.  I suspect there is some disharmony.  But I have to wonder what kind of owner would do this.  Knowing the owner as I do, I see another side.  A wealthy lifestyle, going like a bat out of hell to make a lot of money and forgetting the customers who frequent their restaurant.  For my part in this, I rarely go in their establishment anymore.

This one way ticket has grown old. Business owners need to realize their customers are their lifeline. Some of them even care about their employees.  But this place has lost its appeal.  The food never had much taste and the owner has even less.

I won't be going into this tasteless restaurant for a very long time.  Maybe never.