NO MORE F A T Z
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Just as you crossed the creek on yer left……..part of that greater complex still stands. Across 14 up on the hill, Hans & Frans Biergarten.
People have no idea how hard it is to hire inside 526 these days. Two things are the major factors. 1) unlike when I was in high school here and almost every kid had a job of some type there are very few kids working now. 2) the inflation, gas prices and traffic make convincing people from outside 526 to commute.
We and so many other businesses owners and managers we talk to are in the same boat. 90% of the job now is do they show up and let you keep your doors open. Whether they do a good job or not is irrelevant. About 50% of our customers get it because they see it. The other half ***** and moan like it’s still the 1980s and people are lining up to work.
Therefore quality falls through the floor. And it’s everywhere. We were at Lowe’s last week and it took an eternity for someone to unlock the cabinet for what we needed. It was dead in there and after the call on the speaker asking for someone we could see everybody just standing around talking. Might as well get used to it for awhile I guess.
Yep. The GM was a customer of ours. Outside of the first couple of weeks when they had staff from other stores they never again hit a full roster of staff.
Same. We both could cook but really learned to be good over the last few years. Only thing at home we don’t do better is sushi, Italian/pizza and smoked brisket. Otherwise we make it ourselves now.
Eating out now, even at the so-called fast food places where there's no tipping, is outrageous. Two people can expect to spend $23 - $25 to eat at Arby's now if you get a couple of regular size combos. I don't necessarily mean two of the most expensive ones, either.
Walked out of Applebee's twice in row, Killian Rd, NE Cola, never returning
I used to love the S&S and still like Texas Roadhouse. Restaurants have been struggling, especially since they shut all the businesses down in 2021, it changed the whole landscape.
Agree, skyrocketing prices and interest rates, and "labor issues" have killed the restaurant market, and other markets as well. I think the labor issues are permanent, work ethic and reliability are gone.
I worked in Greer from 1985-1992. We visited that FATZ and the original one in the shopping center off of Wade Hampton Blvd. in Taylors. One of my buddies worked at both of them at times. The first time we went we ordered the ribeye steak sandwich with a salad and fries or BP for $4.99 and it was very good. Their Calabash chicken is a hit. There's a long story about the original owner.
The Clock in Greer has a great ribeye sandwich, I try to stop there every time I'm in Greenville.
OMG...during the week, I think every business person in Spartanburg comes there...you can't get in at lunch hardly at all...wait and go around 2pm if you can hold out...I love this place. Mom will sometimes get thanksgiving meal from there cause we all like their dressing, creamed corn, bread, and peanut butter pie...As long as there are old people going to church on Sundays, Wades will be there!
We lived very close to there...off Bennett's Bridge Rd in Greer...we used to get take out's all the time back in the day...
I had that one in mind, and the one in Asheville. I had enjoyed meals at both. It's a shame.
Ordinarily, I would say that economic things are cyclical, but for that to be the case, a free system has to operate according to market-driven considerations. But when public policy, driven more by ideology than pragmatism, brings about unfavorable trends, recovery is not nearly as certain.
I get over to Gaffney occasionally. Maybe I'll try that sandwich at the Clock over there - if they have it.
They do. It comes as a plate with sweet tea.
Love the food there.
Pete's in Greer has a chili cheeseburger that won't quit. Your heart might, but the burger won't.
If thievery continues unabated, any onsite shopping will require unlocking display cases, immediate scanning of each item selected, and proof of having paid at the door.
This is actually already happening in a few places. Saw an article about a month ago. If I could remember where I saw it I’d link it.
There's no guilt associated with it anymore. Some people go out in carloads to steal.
Guilt? Hell, there’s not any fear of getting arrested. Democrats did this.
As a society we get what we tolerate. Slippery slopes we tolerated have morphed into avalanches. I easily blame myself. The whole “live and let live” was my mantra. In fear of not being liked we don’t speak our minds. And here we are.
I respect your candor. The older I get, the crustier I get. I'm not embarrassed. I've seen freedom repurposed as license. It's not "progressive".
I relate entirely to this. Finally realized no need to be embarrassed for speaking out. Some people tell me it's the military service until retirement makes me crustier. So be it
NY Post had an article on this subject a month ago.
Liberals passed a law in California stating that any theft under $1000 was a misdemeanor and the perpetrators would be immediately released. The result was some people keeping track and only stealing under $1000 so they wouldn't be prosecuted.
Estimated losses were 94.5 Billion in theft in 2022.