Pros and cons of opening a cafe after retirement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever worked in a foodservice or customer service type job? What is it about opening a cafe that sounds appealing to you?

Never. STEM background, never did a customer service job even as a kid. Cafe sounds like a good place to hang and own than finding a second career.

Oof, good luck.

[Anonymous]

If you seriously can't weigh the pros/cons of starting a small business and have to crowd-source it on an anonymous forum then this venture isn't for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have never had such a low quality employees like we have now in my nearly three decades in business. Half the resumes we read are complete garbage with people switching jobs every few months.
The few we hired, only care about money. Example: they will pick up the singed check,but leave the checkbook on the table as if the new customer needs to put it back where it belongs. They are on the phones, horsing around, or disappearing to bathroom.
With $30-$40 an hour, we still can't find people who care to work.

They wised up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it for someone who has no experience of running or working in a small business?

Get an experienced manager who will do the long hours and handle the employees, unless you want to learn what real work is like. I'll just leave it at that.

[Anonymous]

The couple I know who did this did all the work themselves, with two other part time staf who were also retired. It's more of a social retirement project -- where they only served lunch because that's all they could handle on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The couple I know who did this did all the work themselves, with two other part time staf who were also retired. It's more of a social retirement project -- where they only served lunch because that's all they could handle on their own.

where did they learn to cook?