[Larchap49]

Originally Posted by RICH1

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!

Haven't you noticed almost any restaurant yiu go to is under staffed. They either block off tables to keep service up to par or the servers have too many tables and service suffers. The high unemployment benefits may be the cause.

[BettyInFL]

I was told by the guy directing drive-thru traffic in the McDonalds (across from Wal-mart) that the restaurant makes more money with just the drive-through open. Cuts way back on their over-head costs of having the dining room open.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by BettyInFL

I was told by the guy directing drive-thru traffic in the McDonalds (across from Wal-mart) that the restaurant makes more money with just the drive-through open. Cuts way back on their over-head costs of having the dining room open.

Why isn't that guy the president of McDonald's? He should have told them that 66 years ago.

[Astron]

Originally Posted by schwarz

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

Sumter county has low unemployment at this time. Too many old people want too many retail and restaurant workers leads to employers needing more workers than the local area can provide.
Sumter County, FL Unemployment Rate

[Petersweeney]

Jeez make your own sandwiches - they taste much better!

[jakers]

You are absolutely correct! Much easier to live off the government than show up every day for job.

[waynehal55]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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.

Most of these people also get extended benefits from the Federal Government.
Your comments might have been true 50 years ago.

[kimgarwel12@gmail.com]

The last time we were at Culver's, we went through the drive-thru for 2 turtle sundaes. They gave us a # to wait in line (for ice cream???). We waited 15 mins and still no ice cream. Then I went back inside to talk to the manager who looked to be about 15. He questioned the girl making sundaes. She said she sent 2 turtle sundaes to the window. He asked the guy at the window what he did with the 2 turtles. That guy said he "gave them to someone in a car." Ironically, the receipt he gave me along with the # was charged to my card, but was for another order (fortunately, it was less than our 2 turtle sundaes). So, not only did someone else get our sundaes and not question it, but someone else was charged for them and didn't question it. The manager personally made our sundaes, but shrugged the whole thing off and walked away. This is the kind of work ethic you get with hiring high school kids and not hold them accountable for their actions. I fear we'll see this more and more in the coming days, weeks, months.........

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Did it ever occur to many of you , that lots of young people worry about Covid and exposing there families , young children , older parents. We see many high earning professionals, athletes and retired people who have dropped out of socializing or going into work,so why do you object to a minimum wage earner staying away as long as he can . Let us not forget that it took many of these people a long time to start collecting and the hardships that came with it . We should also remember even before Covid there were shortages of help , it’s no different in any high season area, Cape Cod in the summer , ski places in northern New England. I realize that most of you on here worked harder, never complained , always did the right thing , to sum it all up ( YOU WERE PERFECT) but have a little empathy for those not as PERFECT

[Hedyg]

That was the case when I went-no explanation

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by Tom52

McDonalds in Colony was drive thru only last week when we stopped by. No reason they should be closed to indoor service. Long line at drive thru, no thanks.

People don’t want to work. We were at Cracker Barrel the other day and service was very slow. Our server was moving as fast as she could. When she came to our table she apologized and said that they were way under staffed.

[donfey]

Originally Posted by RICH1

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!

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?

[G.R.I.T.S.]

Originally Posted by rmd2

A lot of places can't open the inside - Culvers, McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King plus regular businesses are understaffed. People are getting paid by the Federal Government to stay home. They are not going to work. The teachers have already had one full year of pay and have not returned to work. Many of the schools are still closed. There are hiring signs in cities and town all over the US. Thankfully our tax dollars are paying for this and are increasing soon to fund this. /s

Hopefully, this is sarcasm...

[Shellshack]

As Yogi Berra said, “nobody goes there anymore because it’s too busy. “

[LucyP]

This happen to me there. I got in drive thru around 6, I saw a cleaning van figure inside close to be clean and had few cars ahead of me for drive thru. Saw a guy come out lock door. Waiting a long time and finally two ladies in golf cart came up and told us it was closed! The guy who locked the door should of came up and told all the cars in line they were closed! They should of put a sign on drive thru menu that place was close.
They needed to be more considerate to their customers even if they are short with employees. Not our fault. Just not them, there are other restaurants been rude and ugly to their customers. KFC of 441 has a rude manager. Stress is very high. Not able to hire people because they are getting more unemployment and pay is low.