re: #88 Belafon

At the same time, it’s cheaper to provide PPE than to stay shut down.

Interestingly enough, here in Rockwall, the fast food places are still keeping their lobbies closed.

The Chinese restaurant, when this all started, shut down for a month. We were afraid they were closing for good. When they reopened, they had build a pick-up window right at the door, completely blocking off the restaurant area. You can now only go about feet into the restaurant to pick up your order.

Depends on traffic, doesn’t it? A lot of people in the last 60 days have decided that driving to a drive-up window to order a double 1/4 pound toadburger with cheese might not be their best move. But you, as a franchiser, have no support from Corp Mickey D’s in laying off costs on PPE for your staff. And it’s not cheap. 95 masks are retailing at $7 and are good for one shift, at most. Nitrile gloves, are costly and each employee will go through at least 16 in an eight hour shift. They don’t breathe. That’s the point. They also tear up your hands.

You could go with latex, but 2-3% of people are allergic to it and drop in anaphylactic
shock soon after contact.

So you are kinda screwed. You can’t afford to PPE up you staff, and you can’t afford to shut the store.