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Restaurant chain Red Robin is cutting busboys at each of its 570 restaurants to cut costs amid minimum wage hikes across the United States.
"We need to do that to address the labor increases we've seen," Red Robin's CFO Guy Constant told attendees Monday at a retail conference in Florida, the New York Post reported.
How many states actually have $15/hr min wage, and how many of those 570 stores are in those states?
Sounds to me like another deflection of the fact that they are simply cutting costs (good business) and saving money to pay shareholders and execs.
Before we blame this on minimum wage, I'd like to see some evidence, other than a quote from a CEO who may have other motives and drivers influencing his decision.
(Note I did not call it a good or bad decision, as that is subjective, just questioning the explanation.)
I don't get the outrage. There are 4 restaurants I go to. There's no busboys there. Waiters/waitresses clean the tables.
I haven't asked them what they make but I do tip generously for good service. And tend to have the same waitress or waiter take care of me.
To me it shows efficiency.
If a waiter/waitress can place orders, walks by an empty booth/table on their way to the kitchen that they served they can clean it on their way to and fro. Takes what... 10 seconds to grab 4 plates stack them? Stack empty glasses and silverware in the cup and head to the kitchen. Drop the dishes off drop the order run back out to fill drink order and hit the table with cleaning product after delivering drinks. At least that's been my observation at those places without a busboy, and if it gets hopping, then the fat bald manager rolls his sleeves up and waddles. Which is the role of a manager to be able to fill in and do everything everyone else can do.
Unless it's a high volume in and out chain place like Applebee's or something else.
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Well, actually, I was hoping for a reasonable answer to my question but I guess that's asking a lot from some.
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