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I think I've gotten a burger at any restaurant maybe once or twice in the last several years. Even before COVID the average wasn't much better. Same with steaks.

I just make them better at home. It's not even close either. I scratch my burger itch once a month at home on the grill and find something else to eat. Steaks are another one where I just don't get them in restaurants anymore. I can cook a steak better and about a third the cost of almost any restaurant short of something like Manny's. BBQ too. I'll put my ribs up against anyone and my pulled pork and brisket are well above average. My burger game is so good I was able to cook a burger for my pregnant sister-in-law that hit temp but was still as juicy as the rest of us who liked them a hair under medium.

the only things I can't replicate at home are all related to equipment. I don't have a pizza oven, I don't have a tandoor, I don't have a deep fryer, I don't have a wok, I don't have a beer setup or a distillation column, etc.

Swan is right though, convenience will often bulldoze everything else in the equation.
 
Kepler said:
Look at the yelp review and pick some restaurant run by some Dumpy, it'll be better and better for your soul, I promise.
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Serving good food was never the point of franchise chain restaurants. The point of them is to serve you the same food from location to location, and with that they are successful.

Before the internet, my M.O. was to just follow the semi's. I figure they're on the road every day, they should know where to go. Unfortunately, the mega truck stops like Love's and Pilot have ruined that method, so thank god for the internet.
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...hutdown-biden/

White House aides are looking at how to ensure essential products carried by rail — such as food, energy, and key health products — could still reach their final destination even in the event of a potential strike. Senior officials have looked at how highways, ports and waterways can be used to offset any damage caused, while also talking to top officials in the shipping, freight and logistics industries.
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Some freight carriers have begun limiting services, suspending hazardous material shipments and parking trains in what appears to be preparations for a lockout. Amtrak, which carries passengers on freight lines, canceled some long-distance routes Monday.

Biden appointed an emergency board in July to mediate the dispute, following two years of negotiations between six of the largest freight carriers and 12 unions that represent railroad workers. Nine unions have reached tentative agreements with the carriers based on the board’s recommendations, leaving the two largest unions without a deal in place.
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The most important issues holding up an agreement are some of the largest carriers’ points-based attendance policies that penalize workers, up to termination, for going to routine doctor’s visits or attending family emergencies. Conductors and engineers say they do not receive a single sick day, paid or unpaid.
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I feel this is Biden and Buttigieg's biggest and most underrated moment. If they can avoid a strike/lockout, they'll be able to crow about it into the mid-terms. If there is a strike/lockout, the Dems are fucked. Any GOP with Rail ties have been awfully silent letting this play out.
 
Not sure there is much anyone can do if BNSF and Union Pacific won't budge on the points issue. You would think that would be an easy decision since they are losing workers left and right but no one ever said people in charge had brains.
 
Handyman said:
Not sure there is much anyone can do if BNSF and Union Pacific won't budge on the points issue. You would think that would be an easy decision since they are losing workers left and right but no one ever said people in charge had brains.
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The people in charge probably vote Republican. Easy to see what they want.
 
I don’t think the Dems are fucked if there’s a strike. The unions have a pretty clear reason for striking and it’s just a matter of getting the message out.
 
Jimjamesak said:
I don’t think the Dems are fucked if there’s a strike. The unions have a pretty clear reason for striking and it’s just a matter of getting the message out.
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They won't, but the Republicans will!

"Blah blah blah...unions feed inflation and are a hallmark of socialism, all they do is make the bosses rich...yada, yada, yada."
 
Jimjamesak said:
I don’t think the Dems are fucked if there’s a strike. The unions have a pretty clear reason for striking and it’s just a matter of getting the message out.
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I don't think the concern has to do with whether people are pro or anti union. The concern, I suspect, is related to how it'll impact the daily lives of people in the country. If suddenly there are massive supply chain interruptions so people can't get prescriptions, food, gasoline, or (gasp) toilet paper, then in general people feel like things are going crappy, and those in power feel the brunt of it.
 
Jimjamesak said:
I don’t think the Dems are fucked if there’s a strike. The unions have a pretty clear reason for striking and it’s just a matter of getting the message out.
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If the workers used their points in a responsible way then they wouldn't have that problem!
-my previous $hitty employer, probably.
 
SJHovey said:
I don't think the concern has to do with whether people are pro or anti union. The concern, I suspect, is related to how it'll impact the daily lives of people in the country. If suddenly there are massive supply chain interruptions so people can't get prescriptions, food, gasoline, or (gasp) toilet paper, then in general people feel like things are going crappy, and those in power feel the brunt of it.
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Well, times are a changin’ among people and their feelings on unions, especially among the younger generations. It’ll be just as easy to blame greedy corporations as it was to blame the unions.

Also, this is likely the first of many strikes to happen in the transportation sector in the next year or two.
 
Jimjamesak said:
Well, times are a changin’ among people and their feelings on unions, especially among the younger generations. It’ll be just as easy to blame greedy corporations as it was to blame the unions.

Also, this is likely the first of many strikes to happen in the transportation sector in the next year or two.
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Chicago already had a two month strike because the operators union in the quarries filed unfair labor practice complaints over the owners. Road work finally resumed hot and heavy in the middle of last month.

Last year the Chicago auto mechanics union went on strike because they wanted the cost of living adjustment that was promised by accepting the two previous contracts that had pay freezes in them.

*edit* Oh, and the union actually stood up to the car dealers and refused to add a clause they wanted where if a worker wasn't "meeting expectations," they could cut the wages at will.
 
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IIRC unions are more popular now than any time since before Saint Ronnie.
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I've never been part of a union, but my industry is so entwined with unions that I am in 100% support of unions.

Are there some bad eggs that the union protects when they shouldn't? Yeah, but the benefit of fighting for wages/benefits/protections outweighs dragging around a couple dead beats.
 
Jimjamesak said:
Well, times are a changin’ among people and their feelings on unions, especially among the younger generations. It’ll be just as easy to blame greedy corporations as it was to blame the unions.

Also, this is likely the first of many strikes to happen in the transportation sector in the next year or two.
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The two nephews of mine that have the option to join a union have chosen not to because they think they don't do anything.
 
aparch said:
Chicago already had a two month strike because the operators union in the quarries filed unfair labor practice complaints over the owners. Road work finally resumed hot and heavy in the middle of last month.

Last year the Chicago auto mechanics union went on strike because they wanted the cost of living adjustment that was promised by accepting the two previous contracts that had pay freezes in them.

*edit* Oh, and the union actually stood up to the car dealers and refused to add a clause they wanted where if a worker wasn't "meeting expectations," they could cut the wages at will.
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Wait until the UPS Teamsters go on strike next year. Granted, the company has a year to get their **** together but, considering they’re fighting on AC in the package cars while drivers are dying, I’m not holding out hope.
 
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