Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 1931321)

Probably because most of us worked for “slave wages” until our early twenties. The public tit is loaded at this point and you’ll NEVER get people back off of it. Two children family homes have added to this problem in large part with kids who grow up lacking for nothing and the most chores they’ve ever had were walking the dog and making their beds. This problem isn’t limited to TV alone. States are struggling to find competent tradespeople and manufacturing producers. If businesses are able to hire employees, they walk off the job by noon. They state they don’t want to work that hard. Wait until you see what’s coming down the line, try not to end up in assisted living or a nursing home.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1931335)

This "bonus" was started in the PREVIOUS administration, last year, as the result of the pandemic causing millions of people to be out of work as a result of closures.

While I agree that we're giving too much, I also acknowledge that this is a unique situation that our PLANET has never experienced before, and the attempts to address the situation began over a year ago, when someone else was running the country.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1931389)

Agreed - failure to react quickly and appropriately to the CV Pandemic has cast a shadow of difficult problems that linger today.

Originally Posted by bobdeb (Post 1931000)

I know this first hand up north in northern NE. Folks have been verbal about making more staying home than working. It causes shortages in staff and repercussions in services.

I'm not making this up. I know. Seasonal folks are laid off not fired. They collect. No need to go back to work.

Free money! Woo Whoo!

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1931389)

Agreed - failure to react quickly and appropriately to the CV Pandemic has cast a shadow of difficult problems that linger today.

Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 1931390)

Disagree, no one knew what that virus was that quickly. They can’t even give us straight answers now.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1931387)

Correct about nursing homes. People working there will have gotten inadequate public school education ( to save on property taxes) - they will have trouble reading the medical instructions for what NOT to feed you and they will give out too much or not enough medication. We that end up in nursing homes will pay the price for turning the US into a 3rd world country.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1931031)

They weren't suffering in December, when everything down here was opened up and everyone was enjoying their take-out, curbside pickup, and dine-in service. Stores had enough employees then, and - surprise surprise - there was an unemployment extension and boost then too.

What's different between December and now?

It's a rhetorical question. No need to answer.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1930995)

Not sure where you folks got your information about this sudden shortage of staff being the result of a windfall of money. Most people who quit their jobs do NOT collect any unemployment at all. They're not eligible for it. You can't just up and walk out on a job and expect to get your unemployment claim approved. That's not how it works.

Culver's ALWAYS has lines going around the building during the typical dinner rush. They had those lines even when the dining room was open, before the pandemic shut-downs. I'm guessing that they are -currently- short-staffed, because of normal mundane issues. One person is out on maternity leave, another is sick, another got a better job somewhere else, and another moved and no longer lives close enough to keep working there, and it all happened in the same week.

Meanwhile, minimum wage will be going up to $10/hour in September. It's very likely that some people are choosing to -not- work for $8.65/hour, for the next few months.

And yes I'm sure there are at least a few people who are taking advantage of the unemployment funding boost. However - if they are caught lying about being available, actively seeking, and able to return to work, they not only get cut off, they risk having to pay back ALL the money that was given to them from the first day of their claim.

In addition, the money is only available until the expiration date. It's not likely they'll get another extension on the extra.

Originally Posted by RICH1 (Post 1930938)

The sign on the door said, short staffed use drive-thru ! My choice was Drive-off rather than get in a line that wraps around the building! What happened to this restaurant? The indoor seating has been closed all week! The staff was so pleasant and always so eager to make us happy! Do others feel the same? It will be along time before I return to Culvers!

Originally Posted by Patriceunger (Post 1931384)

Great idea as that would put all the restaurants out of business and increase unemployment.

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1931396)

So, you’re saying LPN And CNA have no education? Wow! So I guess they got there diplomats from black market. I don’t agree with we, you maybe.

IMO healthcare worker’s in nursing home’s are rated pretty high in my book. One of last blue collar jobs left in smaller communities that hasn’t be shipped overseas.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1931394)

New Zealand and Australia knew and so did Bob Woodward by Feb 2020. Plenty of time to do the right thing. Just that you and I were let down. But someone, not named me chose to forget or ignore it. It's OK I understand the loyalty to a particular party. But beware stepping into that rabbit hole that leads to Joseph Stalinland.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1931369)

Non-citizens working in TV land is NOT a good idea. If the US absorbs too many "non-citizens" from 3rd world countries, then the US will eventually become a 3rd world country. It would be patriotic for restaurant patrons to BOYCOTT restaurants that employ "non citizens". The local police should check citizenship and begin deportation procedures. And The Village residents should push their local leaders to ensure this policy. A restaurant patron needs to give up an inside seat for a burger to prevent the crumbling apart of their country that helped them get a good retirement. Have some patriotism for citizens not "non-citizens".

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1931369)

Non-citizens working in TV land is NOT a good idea. If the US absorbs too many "non-citizens" from 3rd world countries, then the US will eventually become a 3rd world country. It would be patriotic for restaurant patrons to BOYCOTT restaurants that employ "non citizens". The local police should check citizenship and begin deportation procedures. And The Village residents should push their local leaders to ensure this policy. A restaurant patron needs to give up an inside seat for a burger to prevent the crumbling apart of their country that helped them get a good retirement. Have some patriotism for citizens not "non-citizens".

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1931432)

Don't forget all those landscapers, roofers, tree-cutters, and various other physical labor contractors. If they're not citizens, they shouldn't be working here.

Put your money where your mouth is and if your window guy comes to install a new window and he has a foreign accent, refuse to get the work done! If your TV breaks and the repairman comes and he has them thar funny eyes, tell him to take a hike, and buy a new TV! Those landscapers who work for Bright? Refuse to pay your amenity fees until they are replaced with Americans!

Oh wait - you want new windows, and you want your TV fixed, and you want the lawn mowed in front of the sign to your Vista De La Bella Sol Villa Villas, and the only people WILLING to do the job for what the bosses are paying them (without any health insurance, mind you) are brown-skinned ferriners? Well dad gummit then, I guess you might just have to move to an island and hire all your own people from now on.

Or fix your own danged TV.

Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 1931442)

That’s a flawed argument. Remove the borders because Americans can no longer do for themselves? How about instituting citizenship and having everyone rowing the same boat and clearing requirements for citizenship.

Originally Posted by Jokomo (Post 1931292)

That tells me the employers aren’t paying a living wage.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1931447)

If it's such a big deal to you, then be the change. Do for yourself. Stop supporting enterprises that hire foreigners. If you can't find any, then do the work yourself. If you don't like the color of the skin or the slant of the eye or the accent of your local supermarket cashier, then apply for a job there to prevent some OTHER person who looks or sounds different from you from getting the gig.

Not everyone comes from the same boat. There is no boat. We aren't being invaded. There have been "illegals" in the USA since before it WAS the USA. Anyone whose families came to this country before 1882 was UNdocumented. So that would make all their descendants "anchor babies" and anchor families. And anyone related to those UNdocumented immigrants who came over after them, chain migrants.

What's the most significant difference between those Europeans and the current batch of UNdocumented immigrants? The color of their skin and their accents, and the fact that the Europeans came over on boats, and the current batch is walking into the continent.

If you think that makes your ancestors or your next door neighbor's ancestors or your mom's hairdresser's brother-in-law's ancestors or any other white anglo ancestors better than the ones coming in from the southern border, then I have some property to sell you at the edge of the very last bit of land the Villages developer will ever build.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1931484)

I think some of you are just making up stories about friends or sons or relatives or neighbors' kids just to prove a point you can't prove otherwise. To whoever had someone file for unemployment two years after they stopped working - either that person defrauded the government, and by extension - us taxpayers - or someone is lying. You -cannot- be eligible for unemployment compensation if you haven't worked for the past two years. There is actually specific criteria. Here it is:

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And anyone who KNOWS someone who is intentionally defrauding the government (and by extension - we taxpayers) by refusing to try and work, or refusing to return to work if their employer offers them their job back, should be reporting that person to the department of labor.

Originally Posted by MDLNB (Post 1931504)

I guess there are some that when they find out that Chic fil a is closed on Sundays, won't go back again. Can't please all the people all the time. I like Culvers and plan to frequent it many times in the future, whether it is drive thru or dine in. I too get impatient and won't get into a long line, but that will not deter me from returning in the future. Sometimes we drive thru in our golf cart, and sit under a tree across the road to enjoy the open air while consuming our fresh meal. I wonder how many really care if someone stomps off in a tantrum because the dining room is closed.

Originally Posted by RICH1 (Post 1930938)

The sign on the door said, short staffed use drive-thru ! My choice was Drive-off rather than get in a line that wraps around the building! What happened to this restaurant? The indoor seating has been closed all week! The staff was so pleasant and always so eager to make us happy! Do others feel the same? It will be along time before I return to Culvers!

Originally Posted by donfey (Post 1931254)

Same thing last fall at Bob Evans and others. When the GOVERNMENT pays people to not work, when work is available, are they helping or causing harm? What do you suppose their motive is?

Originally Posted by schwarz (Post 1930941)

Too many folks receiving too much unemployment insurance... would lose money taking a job

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1930995)

Not sure where you folks got your information about this sudden shortage of staff being the result of a windfall of money. Most people who quit their jobs do NOT collect any unemployment at all. They're not eligible for it. You can't just up and walk out on a job and expect to get your unemployment claim approved. That's not how it works.

Culver's ALWAYS has lines going around the building during the typical dinner rush. They had those lines even when the dining room was open, before the pandemic shut-downs. I'm guessing that they are -currently- short-staffed, because of normal mundane issues. One person is out on maternity leave, another is sick, another got a better job somewhere else, and another moved and no longer lives close enough to keep working there, and it all happened in the same week.

Meanwhile, minimum wage will be going up to $10/hour in September. It's very likely that some people are choosing to -not- work for $8.65/hour, for the next few months.

And yes I'm sure there are at least a few people who are taking advantage of the unemployment funding boost. However - if they are caught lying about being available, actively seeking, and able to return to work, they not only get cut off, they risk having to pay back ALL the money that was given to them from the first day of their claim.

In addition, the money is only available until the expiration date. It's not likely they'll get another extension on the extra.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1931004)

Culvers employees are not seasonal employees. This is a thread about Culver's. They are not laid off for a season.

In fact, MOST people who work for a living, are NOT seasonal employees. MOST people who work for a living, do so all year round. And there are actual laws with regards to how ANYONE is allowed to collect unemployment compensation. It is regulated state-wide rather than federally. You know, that minimal government the conservative types love so much. Whether they are eligible or not for their state's unemployment compensation program is dependent on their state's criteria.

If you feel Florida's unemployment compensation is given out too generously, then take it up with the Florida government. They're the ones who make the rules around here.

Originally Posted by justjim (Post 1931547)

The demand for workers far exceeds the supply. A labor shortage has been predicted for several years and it’s particularly problematic in The Villages where the local labor supply just hasn’t kept up with the growth and expansion. A shortage of labor has been a major issue for restaurants long before Covid because of the low wages and benefits. Florida is at or near the bottom of States on this issue of wages and benefits. It’s not only a problem for unskilled workers but also recruiting skilled employees as well. Perhaps the “sunshine” is no longer enough to attract and keep good employees.