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Late-stage capitalism ready to collapse on itself. When your production lines are perfectly efficient, no one make money but the top.
Then at some point, consumption will come to a halt. Robots will produce goods that nearly no one can afford, small service business will be bankrupted. And government will be powerless as billionaires don't pay taxes but they're the last class on Earth actually making money.
This is just an early sign. The whole system is ready to crash.
When a proper sandwich is 2,50 I don't mind paying at a restaurant. But when I have to pay 12,50 for a slice of bread with a single piece of cheese and some lettuce on it, I prefer to bring my own, thank you.
Don't forget the tip, otherwise the server will starve
I live in a country where hospitality staff makes fair wages. Although it could be better. But at least the responsibility for them making enough money isn't put on customers but on the employers, as it should be.
At the place I worked at for a while we didn't do tips. There was no system for it. If people insisted on giving a cash tip, we (the employees) would use the money to buy food for homeless people. Everyone was happy with that.
Stop eating avocado toast!
Wait, not like that.
The current kleptocrats in charge are murdering the global economy and the neoliberals before them fucked it.
The headline is clearly framed to put the blame on something else, even in a joking manner. That makes the journalist or editor a collaborator.
The article itself is written in that disgusting cutesy style: Your New Lunch Habit Is Hurting the Economy - WSJ https://archive.ph/iwYHZ
I'd sure like to see a list of all those industries frugal people are "killing".
It's insane to write about "spending habits" when people have trouble just getting by.
Any article about such topics should blame those who are really responsible: the increasing gap between the rich and the middle class/poor, as well as the politicians who push this even further.
Reporters who blame the people who rely on debt just to get by are lacking empathy and decency.
When a meal that doesn't even fill your stomach starts at $20 and there's a mandatory minimum tip of 30% at the kiosk it's not awfully enticing. After tax and a drink it's now $30 for something you could have just made yourself in most circumstances for $5.
And it will probably taste better, too.
As an antagonist to full time RTO, I delight in bringing my own lunch and eating it in the food court.
What does this have to do with age? It's class war.
The piss poor US income distribution is a massive factor.
This is also happening with reproduction
"Don't reproduce if you can't afford it"
But also
"Why are fertility rates falling into the abyss?"
And then get all "muh replacement theory" when parents from cultures where multi generational households are the norm are the only people that can afford to have kids.
My lunch from home tastes the way I want it, and it cost less, and it’s better for me…sooo yeah.
Note the pattern of how the people at the top of the economy continually blame the people at the bottom of the economy for everything going wrong.
They're pissed that the have nots aren't gleefully throwing more money at the haves.
Prices have skyrocketed, quality has tanked.
Sorry, but I have a hard time buying a salad for $10 when I can grab the ingredients for 10 salads for about $5. And they'll be higher quality. Not browning lettuce with mayo sauce.
Would you like to leave a tip for the service of grabbing your pre-made salad from the refrigerator?
Even if you donated all your money to billionaires and worked unpaid, they'd still demand more. The concept of 'enough' doesn't exist in capitalism.
Shit happens. If restaurants were more fiscally responsible and lives below their means, they would have been prepared for something like this.