thronedfire2 posted...
uh, restaurants already do schedule more people for busier times. there's no way you're going into a busy fast food restaurant during lunch and they only have 3-4 people working like they do during slower times. but because of labor laws they can't hire people
just
to work from 11-2, so they have to give them full shifts in which they're not really needed for the other 4-6 hours
These fast food places run lean during times that are busy to make up for time when they are slow. While the hour-to-hour labor-to-revenue ratio is high during slow times, the overall labor is low for the day because they dont schedule more people when its busy.
During busy times, they make far more in revenue than they expend in additional labor costs. This isnt to offset labor costs in the least. This is pure opportunistic profit. At Taco Bell, we could clear about $3,000 during a lunch rush, with
maybe
$400 in labor costs. Im being generous. Lets assume in 2005, everyone made $12/hr, with 10 people during a 3 hour lunch rush. Thats still only $360.
And before you ask, I worked at Taco Bell from 16 to 18 years old.