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[deleted] t1_j5zald1 wrote

Most restaurants will likely lose money despite the incredible hard work that owners put into them. Most restaurant owners are undercapitalized and have no access to the lending that other businesses can access. No banks want to lend to restaurants. See first point above.

And so after doing a few thousand dish shifts, unclogging a few hundred toilets, canceling untold number of plans with family or friends because you have to cover a call off, taking no vacations (like literally zero), dealing with the general public (read every week there's an asshole), and too many other things to list here, you're lucky if your body hasn't broken down, you're not mentally strung out, and you're not broke. This is the life of overwhelming majority of restaurants owners.

I have no interest in Fet Fisk but I know the people involved and they are great people. They are not getting rich off this shit. They'll be lucky if they get fully funded and still don't go broke in three or four years. In the meanwhile, they will have created countless unforgettable dining experiences for Pittsburgh. But yeah, don't give them money, that would be an awful thing to do.

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critzboombah t1_j5zugd3 wrote

What? I will gladly pay for good food at fair prices. I don't understand your tone here.

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Augusta2001 t1_j60ij8p wrote

I think they were replying to a comment on the thread about the restaurant asking for help with funding? That would make more sense

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[deleted] t1_j6066n1 wrote

If only I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say they would gladly pay a "fair" price for their food. My tone is because I highly doubt that you (or most people who opine on restaurant matters) would be able to discern a fair price when presented with one.

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Augusta2001 t1_j60n3c5 wrote

I think your comments were displaced from the post you were trying to reply to!

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[deleted] t1_j60uhth wrote

Yup, I meant to reply to another comment.

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critzboombah t1_j60kqdq wrote

Oh. Yea. Mansplaining. Keep your nickels. I've never spent a minute working in a restaurant. You know me too well.

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[deleted] t1_j60vj3d wrote

All I am saying is that running a restaurant is a different beast then most jobs. And it is a thankless one that often ends in ruins for those who attempt it, despite giving it everything they've got. I have no idea who you are or what you've done in the business, but if you've owned or been primarily responsible for the operation of an entire establishment and feel differently, then you are a lucky one.

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critzboombah t1_j611r1z wrote

You don't know me. And your comments are deeply presumptuous. Check your presumption. That's all I'm saying. Cause jagoffs sound a lot like you. I don't know you, or pretend to. I'm not saying you're a jagoff. But you sound a lot like one. And it don't sound good.

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couplenippers t1_j60adys wrote

If only they would listen to Robert Irvine and watch old episodes of Restaurant Impossible, all would be good. Oh yeah, new episode tonight on Food Network at 8!

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hrspp t1_j61a4vs wrote

i love the extra emphasis on no vacation for restaurant owners considering no employees under them will ever get one anyway lmfao

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