I wouldn't know, I've never stepped in one.

In CT? At 40 hours per week, which you'll never get since scheduling always avoids that so they don't risk overtime, that is just $32k per year. The average apartment rent is more than half of that. $15 per hour is not a living wage by any stretch of the imagination.

It has nothing to do with skill and everything to do with the work that needs to be done. If we want people to do these jobs, we need to pay them for their time. There will always be jobs that are easier than others, but a) time doesn't care and b) food service is not easy. It's easy to teach, but it is not easy.

You lost me at “non-Americans” and “Chic-Fil-A’s model is respectable.” I grew from a 16yo first job at Subway to being second-in-command of the non-American owner’s 17 stores.

They have staffed their location with as many people willing to accept minimum wage as they can find. That’s… not a lot. I don’t know how many that was, I can only be certain there was at least one there.

Not wanting to work is different from quiet quitting. Quiet quitting is showing up and doing the bare minimum or less, but still getting paid, which seems to be what you’re suggesting. Not wanting to work is not accepting (or leaving) a job that is underpaid. Expenses have gone up dramatically, but wages have not, so it’s become much harder to find people willing to work at $15 per hour.

The franchisee could solve this problem by paying better. I guarantee they’d find good staff for the right price. I used to this stuff. It’s easy to build a good staff if you pay them well and treat them with respect. The trouble is they need the sales to afford the staff, which they’ve already torpedoed by having such shitty staff. They’re in a death spiral now. Best case scenario, Sonic terminates the franchisee’s license and sells it to somebody else. Worst case, it just shuts down entirely. But based on the response from corporate I got, they couldn’t care less either.

Not sure what you’re talking about. Somebody complaining that nobody wants to work is paying minimum wage and surprised they can’t find people to hire.

They’re not paid to care.

This doesn’t surprise me one bit. Based on my experiences, he seems like the type to offer minimum wage then complain when he can’t find staff.

Are they owned by the same person? I suspect the franchisee is one of those “nobody wants to work” types.

I disagree, it was fine before the pandemic. I mean, not four star food or anything, but enjoyable junk food. Now they’ve just kind of given up.

Manchester too, no onion rings ever.

It’s been opened over 10 years ago.

Yeah, they are more expensive than Sabrina’s. I was originally turned off by that, but you generally get what you pay for.

I've been using Sabrina in Coventry for years. I just switched to Juliano's and I'll probably never go back to Sabrina. Most products consistently out of stock, and service has been... lackluster. Asked for hot tub consult, they never got back to me. They replaced some pipes, told me they'd come back after the ground settled to reset the pavers, but never heard from them.

I haven't had Juliano's do any service yet, but my experience with them so far - at least in Amston - has been significantly better.

I know with my 13 I can barely get a connection with the flat surface charger in my car. I’ve heard other drivers complain about it being impossible with the 14.

But regardless, the core issue in every scenario is the bump.

Supposedly the iPhone 14 can’t charge on most qi chargers because the bump keeps the coils too far away. It’ll work with a small puck or MagSafe, but bigger mats like you’d find in a car or those built into a table are just useless for the latest iPhones.

I am so done with the “bigger bump” fad. Rumors are the next iPhone will use a periscope design, where the camera lenses face the side of the phone, but use a mirror to see out the back. I hope this will solve the bump problem, but I have my doubts. It needs to end.

Just sharing for the sake of coordination, I signed up with Constellation on the 18th and got an email that day with a confirmation number and a contract, which I've saved of course. I have 13.79 on that contract. I have not received any email or calls about problems.

I'm making six digits and still feel low income.

Damn, I loved that place. Unfortunately I moved far enough away that shopping there became impractical.