The restaurant, May Day, Slower than usual, dead, even, busy spells but nowhere near what we'd do usually. Busy in fits and starts, unpredictable.
I compare this to the thrift shop. My sales alone in a day equal the entire sales of a very busy day at the thrift shop - with double the paid staff, dozens of volunteers, the additional expenses of tipping garbage, truck, etc, etc. Even though the margins are great (it's all donations) they can barely be paying their staff, let alone the rent, utilities, taxes, etc, etc - AND subsidize the soup kitchen upstairs.
Anyways, as much as I loathe the restaurant it's certainly worthwhile for the money. The thrift shop - well, I'm not loving it either, especially since the transition from volunteer to "paid temporary staff member" - especially given that I've no days off whatsoever now - and can afford none - and those 3 days in the thrift shop pay me less than a day at the restaurant. The backlog is visibly clearing, 2, 3 more weeks, there's the jeep to register, insure, slight repairs, bills, dentist to be paid for, so - at the moment - grateful for every peso that comes my way. I'm piss broke and I'm not paying utilities or rent.
But, there's an idea for a way - once the backlog has cleared - to make this a damned sight more interesting. If only I can get Michael on board...