Drained restaurant workers bear the brunt of staffing crisis
HANNA RASKIN, The Post and Courier
April 11, 2021
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) With pent-up demand for dine-in meals colliding headlong into restaurants struggling to rebuild their staffs, Giselle Gaeta doesn’t have the bandwidth to be bubbly.
The Summerville location of Gypsy Pantry, where Gaeta works, is down five employees, so she and her colleagues are scrambling to cover for the shortfall.
“My main goal is to get you everything you need, fast (and) efficiently,” Gaeta said of her approach.
That wasn’t enough for a recent customer who bypassed the pre-calculated tip choices on his check to leave a “custom tip” of 8 percent on a $57.88 bill.
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