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Originally Posted by Reaper
It is too bad that he is closing down but whenever someone uses a minimum wage increase in their list of reasons for doing so I lose a few layers of empathy for them. I know it played a role in his rising bottom line but it always sounds like telling your employees that their efforts are worth less than what is mandated as the lowest amount to be rendered by law. Just my two cents though.
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Its a cost increase, and its going to keep jumping up. Its part and parcel with what's causing a business like this to fail.
In the case of middle and upper end places like this, their servers are receiving a lot more in tips anyways.
My brother runs a bar and restaurant in the North, and his waiting staff all make above average incomes even with a low base wage.