Restaurant workers quit at record rate
Wages&#x2F;insurance&#x2F;tips are an ongoing concern of food service work, but I want to set that aside and talk about the other half of the article. Customer entitlement is <i>out of control</i> and anybody who works with the general public will tell you it’s gotten even worse since the pandemic—and it wasn’t trending in the right direction before. Flight attendants, park rangers, government clerks, the anecdotes are everywhere, in whispers and on social media.<p>A good friend of mine is a doctor and he has a hair-raising story for me nearly every day, often indistinguishable from fast food customers’ behavior. I’m trying to get him to retire before he gets shot by somebody who was told they’d have to wait 3 days for an appointment.<p>What’s going on?  I have my own theories but I want HN’s take.