It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers rights shortage

Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by luckylion on Sunday September 05, 2021 @02:36PM (#28426569)

Those aren't the only options. You can have small street-food vendors. The costs are much lower because there's no waiter etc. But it's more of a functional thing ("get food, go home fed"), not a pleasure thing where you sit around with friends or your partner and talk while someone serves you food.

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Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by Ericson2314 on Sunday September 05, 2021 @02:38PM (#28426589)

Yeah that is good. Bums me out that we force them to use gas generators and not have running water mainly to avoid extractive rents, but that can be fixed. Mandating you bring your own container as I swear take-out contributes a huge portion of urban trash would also be a doable improvement.

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Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by boolemancer on Sunday September 05, 2021 @04:30PM (#28427485)

Making it less convenient (e.g. by requiring customers to have a container on hand) is a great way to have fewer customers.

Why not instead mandate compostable containers?

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Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right... by Ericson2314 on Monday September 06, 2021 @10:35AM (#28434055)

Because reuse is far better than composting.

I think the issue is less intractable that it might sound. Food delivery could pick up last meal's dishes. Or offices could have dishwashers.

That trash is so cheap, and sources of trash so unregulated (because just raising the cost of trash leads to litter --- need to impose cost on the producer not consumer) got us in this rut. The inconvenience you speak of is more effect than cause.

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