Denny's now hiring - must have car

Darlene and I like to go out for breakfast on the weekend - OK, we like to go out for a lot of meals, but that's another post....

Lately, we've been including the Denny's in Crowfoot in our rounds. The lineups have been long (there just aren't enough restaurants in our city) and more than once they've told us to expect our food to take up to an hour to be served. That's after being seated! After going through this on a few visits, I decided to ask our server what was going on. She said they are always short-staffed. I asked why. She said people who live in the vicinity won't work for minimum wage, so the workers commute from the eastern part of the city. The problem is most people who work for minimum wage don't own a car and they have to rely on transit. So when your shift starts at 5am, you need to catch a bus at 3am because that's how long it takes to commute from one end of the city to another. The problem is of course - there are no busses at 3am. So people don't last very long at Denny's in Crowfoot - maybe 2 weeks. Then they go broke from all the cab fare.

And Ralph says there's nothing wrong with our minimum wage (the lowest in the country). Tips he says! Yeah. People are going to give you great tips when it takes an hour to get your food.....