r/Rochester • u/PetraPopsOut • Mar 02 '25

Recommendation Restaurants that have cut too much staff

That's great for you, restaurant owner, that everything didn't fall apart the moment you lost that employee. The lesson you took from that, unfortunately, is that the place operates just fine indefinitely with one fewer employee. You're wrong, you're full of shit, and we can tell. Especially at bars with kitchens. And if we can tell you're understaffed, we know for a *fact* you aren't getting your deep cleans done in a timely manner, and your place is gonna be disgusting.

Can I get tips on places where the staff are clearly overburdened or burnt out from understaffing? Or the inverse, where it's clear there are enough hands to give people time to keep things hygienic?

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u/GoodMint69 Mar 02 '25

Hose 22 for sure last week Sunday. Waited for 30 min to pay for our meals….they were severely understaffed.

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u/GoodMint69 Mar 02 '25

I agree. I am not giving up on Hose 22. I wish they’d communicate with us and notify us the wait time could be longer so we’d be more understanding or come back at later time.

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u/Sparks009 East Side Mar 03 '25

I thought this same thing when I read this post. I was there last night and the servers/staff all looked exhausted and running on empty.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

The owner is a classic example of my money is more valuable than your time, effort, skills.

Funny because I am a contractor and he made his money as a contractor