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Where Have All the Servers Gone?
People have good reasons for leaving their dead-end jobs
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone? — Joni Mitchell
Nothing says “back to normal” like meeting up with your friends for dinner and drinks at your favorite crowded, poorly-ventilated restaurant or watering hole. But don’t get your hopes up, because that’s not going to happen anytime soon.
Even if you’re fully vaccinated, even if you’ve had a booster, even if you’re low-risk — young and free of chronic illnesses — we can’t go back to those days because no one’s around to grill your grouper, bring you a beer, deliver your dahl, or serve up your sushi. They pandemicked paradise, and nobody wants to work anymore.
Nobody wants to work
Money for nothin’ and your chicks for free — Dire Straits
When people can get money for nothing, they’re sure not going to work for it. People are lazy and they take advantage. At least, a certain kind of people will. That’s the Republican’s explanation for the great resignation. Of course, their guesses aren’t always right.
Why mince words? What I meant to say was that their guesses are usually wrong because they’re not educated guesses. How could they be, when…
