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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
That increase should come from their manager and pay raises.  It's easy to tell individuals that we need to pay more for our services but where is that extra money coming from if we are also not making more money.  My wife and I rarely eat out and if we do we solely do take out maybe 1-2 times a month.
gpt
&gt;That increase should come from their manager and pay raises

no argument there from me. but, failing that improvement on a systemic level (minimum wage increases have not happened), and failing it on the employer level (capitalism compels them to continue to cut corners because without those minimum wage increases, their customers can less afford to patronize their business), it falls to the customers to self-selectively determine that they should exercise their flexibility in patronizing restaurants, and only do so when they are able to compensate for those lost wages sufficiently. is it fair? of course not, but neither is the situation anyone else is in, and the customer at least has a choice in the matter.   


tl;dr abolish capitalism actually,,,