tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post6192024318533971404..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: Raise your hands if you saw this coming....Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-4136038810569914232011-06-11T17:52:27.930-07:002011-06-11T17:52:27.930-07:00" A four star fine dining experience for the ..." A four star fine dining experience for the hungry?"<br /><br />And why not. Most of those poor f#@ckers have a rough enough time of it. <br /><br />Mrs Elliott and I have been to Common Table (wassamatter Bruce, too <i>elitist</i> to go there?) and I liked the energy and ambition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-27222610469776605442011-06-11T12:04:07.498-07:002011-06-11T12:04:07.498-07:00"Charging some people and not charging others..."Charging some people and not charging others... Not that there is anything wrong with it."<br /><br />No, I don't see how there could be anything wrong with it. The people who pay are subsidizing meals for people who can't. If they don't want to do that, they don't have to patronize the joint. It's voluntary.<br /><br />I admit it's an unconventional business model, but why does that bother you so much?H. Bruce Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613347512240617956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-30916733114582811292011-06-11T11:09:08.096-07:002011-06-11T11:09:08.096-07:00Well, you know, customers can be ....skittish.
Bu...Well, you know, customers can be ....skittish.<br /><br />But, yeah, you just have to live with that. If it wasn't this, it might be something else.Duncan McGearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-33963111394492028792011-06-11T10:57:53.173-07:002011-06-11T10:57:53.173-07:00As I've noticed with the street closures, the ...As I've noticed with the street closures, the public tends to dismiss merchant concerns when it runs against the perceived public interest.<br /><br />So the merchant just needs to make a decision on whether it is in his best interests to stick around or not.<br /><br />I've decided that -- all things being equal -- I can live with street closures, at the same time I try to advocate not increasing them.<br /><br />Same with this -- I can't second guess the impact of this on the other businesses...Duncan McGearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-8023853038929853672011-06-11T10:55:04.955-07:002011-06-11T10:55:04.955-07:00Subsidized is probably the wrong word.
Charging s...Subsidized is probably the wrong word.<br /><br />Charging some people and not charging others...<br /><br />Not that there is anything wrong with it.Duncan McGearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-80918134812609503822011-06-11T10:37:55.750-07:002011-06-11T10:37:55.750-07:00I haven't been to Common Table and I haven'...I haven't been to Common Table and I haven't been in that part of downtown lately, so I don't know what the situation is like.<br /><br />But I do know that the downtown merchants tend to panic whenever they see a scruffy-looking character within 50 yards of their stores. And I kinda suspect that's what's going on now.<br /><br />But I could be wrong.<br /><br />BTW, how is Common Table "subsidized"?H. Bruce Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613347512240617956noreply@blogger.com