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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Imagine how much that rum and coke would cost if they were paying the staff adult wages. A mouthbreathing teenager can make 15 bucks an hour at Tim Horton's. A competent adult who can actually run a bar would command at least double that in Calgary.
One way or the other, we'd be paying the staff something. If a bartender makes a wage of 30 bucks an hour and doesn't get tips, we'd be buying a 10 dollar drink.
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It just gets me that it's either me (the guy buying the double double) or the mouth breather behind the counter that have to make up the difference. It's never the owner of the joint who diggs in a little. He or she bathes in cash thanks to the thriving Alberta economy. I'm not saying Tim's or anyone else needs to be running a charity on my behalf but the solution to any increase in costs is to pass it along to me. Stupid capitalism.