Have you noticed how crowded the restaurants are too?
“Have you noticed how crowded the restaurants are too?”
Nope...because we don’t eat out much anymore...
yours truly is a master in the kitchen. LOL
and if you had been in any restaurant kitchens lately;
you wouldn’t eat there either...I wouldn’t let them wash my car much less prepare my food!
A new mall opened near me recently. An upscale hamburger shop (Red Robin) reportedly had trouble getting employees because the county’s teens are well off enough that few would “stoop” to taking such a job waiting tables.
And yes it was mobbed opening week.
Recession? Only insofar as people are finding they can’t have _everything_ and the rate of increase of spending has peaked.
And the gaming industry, which has the highest up front cost to consumers of the entertainment industry, just had a record quarter. And that was the quarter BEFORE Wii Fit.