LETTER TO THE EDITOR / Outsourcing
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To TIP or not to TIP is not the question, the recourse of under tipping is the best method to remark on food and services. Best is non-participation of these Chow Halls so they degrade to serving EU tourists and toothless locals and eventually fade away!
Everything has changed…off the top musings about dining…but the observations may serve to explain why and how we got here…
A population in some parts of the country that looks forward to eating from “food carts” which older people remember as “roach coaches”
A population that can’t go to a supermarket to buy ingredients to make a meal but rather has the prepared ingredients for the meal brought to your door.
A dining experience with unruly kids, no table manners, weird attire, people using Iphones or ear buds, a population that can’t sit still, and “comfort animals” are acceptable.
Restaurants that have streamlined service (consolidated responsibilities) in order to survive due to competition, minimum wage increases (see Seattle’s issues), rising prices and a population of minimum wage jobs
Restaurants that won’t serve you because of your politics (Red Hen).
Restaurants that have a set recipe and use prepackaged food to provide the same flavor and taste every time you eat there. So you know what to expect as opposed to “surprise me” (Restaurant chains).
So I’m not sure if we want the “personal touch” in today’s world. How to greet people at the door when they can take offense being identified as cisgender or LGBTQQIP2SAA. How dare anyone say,. Good evening ma’am or sir anymore! Even “greetings” may be misconstrued.
Further, people are losing the personal touch…the lack of personal interaction is diminishing…in grocery stores, you check out now including bagging the items. The store cashier appears lonely 3 stations away!