Posted: 4/15/2020
Hello readers! In today’s blog post
I will be talking about the effects of the Coronavirus on restaurants.
Restaurants make up a huge portion of the hospitality industry, but it seems
that the spread of this virus has sucked the hospitality right out of them.
Hospitality, by definition, is the friendly and generous reception and
entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Restaurants offer this
friendly, personable reception and entertainment by creating special dining in
experience. Now that is illegal!
Restaurants are required by law to
only offer drive-thru, carry-out, or delivery. However, because of the
stay-at-home orders, a lot less people are taking out and many restaurants,
especially smaller mom-and-pop restaurants, have had to close their doors
indefinitely. So, I think this pandemic brings a really hard question in to
play; Do we stay home to stop the possible spread of the virus or do we go to a
drive-thru or take out to help these businesses stay afloat?
Not all businesses are closing up
shop though. For example, most fast food chains. But this crisis has brought
them their own set of problems. Many of these do not offer good paid leave and
sick policies in place. One of those food chains is Chipotle. According to a VOX article, Chipotle workers
in New York City walked off the job last week, calling on the fast-casual chain
to comply with the city’s paid-sick-leave law. After the backlash Chipotle’s
spokesperson said that they were fully complying with New York City’s Sick and
Safe Leave Act. However, according to Bloomberg Law, the company settled a wrongful termination lawsuit
with New York City last month after an employee said she was illegally fired
for using her sick leave.
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