Hard to get help, small business edition.

I had to get gas earlier this week. When I went in to pay, I noticed a help wanted sign on the door. I remembered seeing the same sign up just before Thanksgiving because it was just after I went to get gas after work one day and the store was closed. It turned out that the guy who was supposed to open the store overslept and didn’t show up until 10 o’clock. I asked the clerk if they managed to get any help and she said a girl was supposed to start yesterday and didn’t show up or even call.

I had to go back to Indy this afternoon, so I went to the independent pizza place and got lunch. The sign on the door said their hours were reduced because of a lack of help. The restaurant across the street closed last summer due to a lack of help and had a sign in its window announcing an auction for the equipment. I wonder how people are getting by if they are not working.

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