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by throwaway290 1030 days ago
Do those restaurants know that they can just not open on a given day for technical reasons if someone becomes sick and no replacement is available?

In some cases it probably comes down to paying rent but in others probably just the owners want to squeeze out more cash by never letting the property not make money
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FirmwareBurner 1030 days ago
>Do those restaurants know that they can just not open on a given day for technical reasons if someone becomes sick and no replacement is available?

Won't someone please think of the owners' profits? /s

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schwartzworld 1030 days ago
The owner of the restaurant is the one who would make that decision. And that would be them deciding not to make money, so fat chance.

But even ignoring the owner, not opening means that everybody else who works in the restaurant also doesn't get paid. If prep for the shift has started before the person called out, what do you do with perishable product?

On top of that, closing for a night means unexpectedly having to cancel reservations which comes with a reputation hit. Sorry to cancel your anniversary plans with 45 minutes notice!

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