We Can’t Afford Our Home Anymore!

[daylatedollarshort]

So where do the low wage workers live in the Bay area?

A few years ago while visiting SF, we got to talking to a waitress. She said she actually lives a couple hours inland. She and 5 other waitresses share rent in an apartment while in town working. I guess they make a decent enough wage to make this doable.

We went to a restaurant for lunch the other day (Bay Area) and they only had take out for lunch because the manager said they couldn't find a dishwasher. It is a very popular restaurant that has good food and used to have low prices. Their prices went up by 40% since the last time we were there a couple of years ago, and they still could seem to make those prices work and pay enough to be fully staffed.

 

[MC Rider]

Couldn't find a dishwasher? I thought this would be where the manager rolls up their sleeves and starts washing dishes. Later on maybe looks into a dishwasher machine suitable for a restaurant. If there is such a thing.

 

[Retch The Grate]

Yes Hobart makes commercial dishwashers. Still requires a human to interact with, and for many things in a commercial kitchen you need a human to get in there and scrub and scrape.

 

[CO-guy]

Couldn't find a dishwasher? I thought this would be where the manager rolls up their sleeves and starts washing dishes. Later on maybe looks into a dishwasher machine suitable for a restaurant. If there is such a thing.

Pretty sure the manager is answering the phones, expediting orders, and running the take-out register. Dishwashing is the least skilled job in the restaurant. If they can't fill that position, then it's not an issue of someone rolling up their sleeves.

 

[daylatedollarshort]

Pretty sure the manager is answering the phones, expediting orders, and running the take-out register. Dishwashing is the least skilled job in the restaurant. If they can't fill that position, then it's not an issue of someone rolling up their sleeves.

The manager was the only employee at the front - trying to convince people who went for lunch to get carryout instead, which we did. He was answering the phones, taking orders, chatting with what seemed like some regular customers coming for pick up and running the cash register. Then there must have been at least one cook in back.

All the restaurants here seem to be hiring but there is still no shortage of restaurants. For every one that goes out of business or relocates, there seem to be new ones popping up.

 

[Turbo29]

Yes Hobart makes commercial dishwashers. Still requires a human to interact with, and for many things in a commercial kitchen you need a human to get in there and scrub and scrape.

Dishes and utensils have to be cleaner when using a commercial dishwasher than when using a home dishwasher.

A commercial warewashing machine runs for only a few minutes per cycle. Basically it is to put the finishing touches on plates and other utensils that have been scraped and scrubbed of almost all adhering debris. A plate put in with a visible food soils will most likely come out with visible food soils.

A home dishwasher runs for an hour or more and can clean utensils with some food adhering to them.

 

[old medic]

We bought ours at $3.71 a SqFt, but needed some work... LOL we are up to about $10 SqFt so far.

Bought siding... we are up to about $14 SqFt.... $20 a SqFt if you park the truck in the garage with a full tank.