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As new COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Erie County, talk of a new indoor mask policy for unvaccinated and vaccinated people is making the rounds. Wednesday, County Executive Mark Poloncarz said a requirement could come this week.
For restaurant owner and Restaurant Association Chapter President Jimmy Butera, another mask mandate brings up memories of last year’s struggles of maintaining his business amidst the worst of the pandemic.
“It’s alarming that we re talking about it,” he said. “It s really frustrating as a business owner, to have to think about what the repercussions are going to be if this continues to go up.”
The owner of Butera s says only teenagers with no experience are applying. Author: Kelly Dudzik Updated: 6:43 PM EDT July 19, 2021
HAMBURG, N.Y. A Hamburg restaurant owner says he is having big problems finding employees and the only people applying are teenagers with no experience.
Jimmy Butera is blaming a lot of factors, including the unemployment benefits people are collecting. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Butera, a restaurant owner, says when he d post a job, he d get 10 applicants and three or four would show up for interviews, then only one would show up for work.
Now, Butera says the only people applying are teenagers with no experience.
COVID-19 restrictions have posed a number of challenges for restaurants and now, some fear that fighting chance is being diminished by a new era of issues.