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.