My restaurant never would have survived it. I went into debt to keep my workers paid during this time. I was in a group for small business owners in my city who were in the same boat as me. The economy would have been hurt, sure, but it wouldn’t screw over Walmart and Amazon. It would have screwed over us little guys just trying to get buy.
You can claim to be anti-oligarchy, but big business would have been fine. And a McDonald’s probably would have taken my spot and replaced my jobs with minimum wage drones.
So you’ve obviously never worked at a McDonald’s. It’s literally a mindless job. It’s fucking awful, and you literally just drone through your day. You’re not even trusted with cooking eggs, it’s all automated on timers.
At my restaurant, people get to be creative. dishes on the menu, specials. They get paid above industry standard. When I couldn’t have all my staff on during lockdown, I laid people to not work.
I’m not rich. I live in a one bedroom apartment. I’m still paying off debt I actúes keeping salaries going on workers who weren’t even working. I’m not the enemy. But whatever.