My one wish for all my friends and family on this dumb fake romantic holiday is to find a companion(s) capable of freudenfreude. If they respond to your good news with envy and not joy, cut them loose.
Did you know that not only is there an Alabama, NY, but this week they hosted over 100 stranded Niagara Falls tourists at the Alabama Hotel? #goodneighbors#wny#blizzard2022
Anyone who has ever complimented me on our non-alc menu has had to sit through my explanation about my lifelong love of ice cream parlors, aversion to lactose, and deep hatred of sorbet. So, I'm sorry/you're welcome.
The disruption of lockdown revealed how much hotel/restaurant/bar survival depended on worker exploitation. This is the problem to solve, not convincing people to take their shitty old jobs back.
Hearing Econ news reports about the labor shortage in hospitality is crazy making. The focus seems to be all on the workers not βwantingβ the jobs, not the fact that the industry was fundamentally broken BEFORE the pandemic.
@alcademics@SteveSparshott Ty. Tho I do worry about it seeming too dated/meme-y and may have to wait a season until the song fades out of everyoneβs daily existence .