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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/44-restaurant-owners-washington-dc-fear-may-have-close-2025

44% of restaurant owners in Washington, DC fear they may have to close in 2025

https://wjla.com/news/local/survey-shows-dc-restaurants-struggling-to-stay-open-with-wage-hikes-federal-layoffs-historic-pressure-metropolitan-washington-casual-dining-full-service-food-costs-tipped-wage-increases-servers-tips-taxes-tax-tariff-employment

A new survey from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) reveals that more than two-thirds of casual dining restaurants will likely close this year.

The survey cited escalating food costs, federal layoffs, and tipped wage increases as some of the reasons for the expected closures.

Surprised Pikachu face.

Nobody is going out to eat when they don’t know if they will have a job in a few months. even with a secure job, inflation means that you can only afford to take your family out rarely.

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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

Not everything is bad….
- My house is clean since no one is there during the day.

-I am walking more and eating better since I am not snacking at home 24/7 (I bring my own lunch)

-I am working less. 8hrs vs 10hrs at home. They are getting what they are paying for.

My quote got reported and deleted so I’ll try one more time piggybacking on this

Another thing that’s really good about having true rush hours with everybody back in the office working normal office hours is that the time in between rush-hour is gloriously free of traffic. Because instead of being at target or the dentist office or the vet or the gym or the grocery store, people are in their offices from 9 to 3.

This is a welcome return to status quo for those of us who do things like work overnight in the ER and enjoy going grocery shopping midday mid week

Me, me, me… Are you also happy how things are going at HHS?

You know, I am not alone in enjoying the relatively empty roads again from 9:30 - 2:30. There are tens of thousands of us in the DMV who are the essential workers were never handed the gift of WFH and who work weird schedules and, as a perk for working bizarre hours, we enjoyed empty Targets, hair salons, vets and roads during the day —- until 2020. When these places became clogged all day long with people simultaneously working from home while getting highlights.

It’s fascinating how the roads and the stores are a ghost town now. Especially because every thread on here insists that every former WFH was working all day long.

honestly i think its more the cuts and risk of RIF, where huge swaths of consumers have pulled back. i haven't got a haircut since january for example!

It's this but the beeatchy night shift workers is just a selfish hag.

NP but I assume this night shift worker works in a hospital or some other essential service. I would never call those people selfish as they worked all throughout covid while you sat at home.

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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

Not everything is bad….
- My house is clean since no one is there during the day.

-I am walking more and eating better since I am not snacking at home 24/7 (I bring my own lunch)

-I am working less. 8hrs vs 10hrs at home. They are getting what they are paying for.

My quote got reported and deleted so I’ll try one more time piggybacking on this

Another thing that’s really good about having true rush hours with everybody back in the office working normal office hours is that the time in between rush-hour is gloriously free of traffic. Because instead of being at target or the dentist office or the vet or the gym or the grocery store, people are in their offices from 9 to 3.

This is a welcome return to status quo for those of us who do things like work overnight in the ER and enjoy going grocery shopping midday mid week

Me, me, me… Are you also happy how things are going at HHS?

You know, I am not alone in enjoying the relatively empty roads again from 9:30 - 2:30. There are tens of thousands of us in the DMV who are the essential workers were never handed the gift of WFH and who work weird schedules and, as a perk for working bizarre hours, we enjoyed empty Targets, hair salons, vets and roads during the day —- until 2020. When these places became clogged all day long with people simultaneously working from home while getting highlights.

It’s fascinating how the roads and the stores are a ghost town now. Especially because every thread on here insists that every former WFH was working all day long.

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Anonymous wrote:I was never anti-RTO when it was hybrid and essentially returned us to what we were doing 20+ years ago. It was a good blend and traffic was spread out. I also have a very short commute (if driving), very long if I were to take the metro (which I don’t). I’m also going to take VERA so not going to be affected much longer. That being said, traffic is absolutely bonkers out there, even at 6:00am in the morning on the outer loop, at least. It is terrible for the environment and terrible for the road conditions. The stress level must be tremendous for people facing this five days a week. What this means for all of you who are so happy about this is worst traffic, poorer road conditions, less people volunteering in the schools and communities, etc., etc. And, for government at least, less timely services, more inefficiency, more agency budgets going to building services. Everyone is paying a price for this nonsense one way or another.

Who is happy about this? I’m certainly not. But I’ve been commuting five days a week for years. That being said, people complaining about two hour commutes to Rockville or sitting for 1 hour in a DC tunnel should take the metro. It’s hard for me to imagine the metro really adds much time to such a long commute.

I think going downtown it might be the same or similar, but if you are going suburb to suburb (like I am) you are looking at driving or taking a bus to the metro, taking the metro, and then taking a bus to the facility and the bus only runs every 30 minutes. It’s a substantially longer commute, even if you time it out well with the busses.

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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

Not everything is bad….
- My house is clean since no one is there during the day.

-I am walking more and eating better since I am not snacking at home 24/7 (I bring my own lunch)

-I am working less. 8hrs vs 10hrs at home. They are getting what they are paying for.

My quote got reported and deleted so I’ll try one more time piggybacking on this

Another thing that’s really good about having true rush hours with everybody back in the office working normal office hours is that the time in between rush-hour is gloriously free of traffic. Because instead of being at target or the dentist office or the vet or the gym or the grocery store, people are in their offices from 9 to 3.

This is a welcome return to status quo for those of us who do things like work overnight in the ER and enjoy going grocery shopping midday mid week

Me, me, me… Are you also happy how things are going at HHS?

You know, I am not alone in enjoying the relatively empty roads again from 9:30 - 2:30. There are tens of thousands of us in the DMV who are the essential workers were never handed the gift of WFH and who work weird schedules and, as a perk for working bizarre hours, we enjoyed empty Targets, hair salons, vets and roads during the day —- until 2020. When these places became clogged all day long with people simultaneously working from home while getting highlights.

It’s fascinating how the roads and the stores are a ghost town now. Especially because every thread on here insists that every former WFH was working all day long.

honestly i think its more the cuts and risk of RIF, where huge swaths of consumers have pulled back. i haven't got a haircut since january for example!

It's this but the beeatchy night shift workers is just a selfish hag.

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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

Not everything is bad….
- My house is clean since no one is there during the day.

-I am walking more and eating better since I am not snacking at home 24/7 (I bring my own lunch)

-I am working less. 8hrs vs 10hrs at home. They are getting what they are paying for.

My quote got reported and deleted so I’ll try one more time piggybacking on this

Another thing that’s really good about having true rush hours with everybody back in the office working normal office hours is that the time in between rush-hour is gloriously free of traffic. Because instead of being at target or the dentist office or the vet or the gym or the grocery store, people are in their offices from 9 to 3.

This is a welcome return to status quo for those of us who do things like work overnight in the ER and enjoy going grocery shopping midday mid week

Me, me, me… Are you also happy how things are going at HHS?

You know, I am not alone in enjoying the relatively empty roads again from 9:30 - 2:30. There are tens of thousands of us in the DMV who are the essential workers were never handed the gift of WFH and who work weird schedules and, as a perk for working bizarre hours, we enjoyed empty Targets, hair salons, vets and roads during the day —- until 2020. When these places became clogged all day long with people simultaneously working from home while getting highlights.

It’s fascinating how the roads and the stores are a ghost town now. Especially because every thread on here insists that every former WFH was working all day long.

honestly i think its more the cuts and risk of RIF, where huge swaths of consumers have pulled back. i haven't got a haircut since january for example!

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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

Not everything is bad….
- My house is clean since no one is there during the day.

-I am walking more and eating better since I am not snacking at home 24/7 (I bring my own lunch)

-I am working less. 8hrs vs 10hrs at home. They are getting what they are paying for.

My quote got reported and deleted so I’ll try one more time piggybacking on this

Another thing that’s really good about having true rush hours with everybody back in the office working normal office hours is that the time in between rush-hour is gloriously free of traffic. Because instead of being at target or the dentist office or the vet or the gym or the grocery store, people are in their offices from 9 to 3.

This is a welcome return to status quo for those of us who do things like work overnight in the ER and enjoy going grocery shopping midday mid week

Me, me, me… Are you also happy how things are going at HHS?

You know, I am not alone in enjoying the relatively empty roads again from 9:30 - 2:30. There are tens of thousands of us in the DMV who are the essential workers were never handed the gift of WFH and who work weird schedules and, as a perk for working bizarre hours, we enjoyed empty Targets, hair salons, vets and roads during the day —- until 2020. When these places became clogged all day long with people simultaneously working from home while getting highlights.

It’s fascinating how the roads and the stores are a ghost town now. Especially because every thread on here insists that every former WFH was working all day long.

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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

Not everything is bad….
- My house is clean since no one is there during the day.

-I am walking more and eating better since I am not snacking at home 24/7 (I bring my own lunch)

-I am working less. 8hrs vs 10hrs at home. They are getting what they are paying for.

My quote got reported and deleted so I’ll try one more time piggybacking on this

Another thing that’s really good about having true rush hours with everybody back in the office working normal office hours is that the time in between rush-hour is gloriously free of traffic. Because instead of being at target or the dentist office or the vet or the gym or the grocery store, people are in their offices from 9 to 3.

This is a welcome return to status quo for those of us who do things like work overnight in the ER and enjoy going grocery shopping midday mid week

Me, me, me… Are you also happy how things are going at HHS?

Anonymous wrote:Simple, employers want RTO so badly, don't complain about not as much work getting done. The extra commuting time has to come from somewhere. Ate you going to give up sleep or working out because the commute is taking 15 hours/week out of your life?

Anonymous wrote:So move. I work in VA and live MD traffic is bad. I could just move near office. That’s not a business reason to WFH.

I don’t as 63 and could get laid off any moment so why bother. Others have cheap house further out or spouses who work other direction,

We all have reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/44-restaurant-owners-washington-dc-fear-may-have-close-2025

44% of restaurant owners in Washington, DC fear they may have to close in 2025

https://wjla.com/news/local/survey-shows-dc-restaurants-struggling-to-stay-open-with-wage-hikes-federal-layoffs-historic-pressure-metropolitan-washington-casual-dining-full-service-food-costs-tipped-wage-increases-servers-tips-taxes-tax-tariff-employment

A new survey from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) reveals that more than two-thirds of casual dining restaurants will likely close this year.

The survey cited escalating food costs, federal layoffs, and tipped wage increases as some of the reasons for the expected closures.

Meanwhile my former employer cannot find workers and I have to go in to help out. Where is the disconnect? They have ads up everywhere. It's a great place to work with $30-$40+ an hour depending how fast one can run. They are nowhere near offices, but are very busy. The restaurant work is not good enough for many with degrees. The resumes restaurant does get, show people changing jobs like underwear.
The work ethic of workers from 20-30 years ago versus now, can't be compared. Only the kitchen workers and anyone over 45 still keeps going til the last customer leaves. There has been some kind of shift. Restaurant work is somewhere in the middle when it comes to ability, but DC seems to have the highly qualified and not qualified workers.
Everyone talks how slow business is and I have heard it for decades now. Nobody mentions how bad business owners are at budgeting, expenses, economy, or seeing how the incoming laws may affect their business.
Sorry for my English. Me foreign-born and I cannot write to save my life. Just know that restaurant are hiring. Three of my ex employers have asked me to come in and help within last 3 months.

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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

Not everything is bad….
- My house is clean since no one is there during the day.

-I am walking more and eating better since I am not snacking at home 24/7 (I bring my own lunch)

-I am working less. 8hrs vs 10hrs at home. They are getting what they are paying for.

My quote got reported and deleted so I’ll try one more time piggybacking on this

Another thing that’s really good about having true rush hours with everybody back in the office working normal office hours is that the time in between rush-hour is gloriously free of traffic. Because instead of being at target or the dentist office or the vet or the gym or the grocery store, people are in their offices from 9 to 3.

This is a welcome return to status quo for those of us who do things like work overnight in the ER and enjoy going grocery shopping midday mid week

I’m a SAHM and find there’s still plenty of traffic during the middle of the day.