-2 points
Everyone complains about small businesses being driven out, especially in NYC. Their two biggest costs are rent and labor, so of course they try to minimize both of them.
1 point
You know what’s cheaper than hiring a cashier and teleconferencing them from the Philippines?
The owner running the cash register. You know, like nearly every non-chain restaurant in the country.
0 points
Owner could be the chef, it you know, might not want to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week
1 point
Then don’t open a restaurant if you can’t even afford the minimal staff to run it.