I can’t believe the way folks have tucked balls and hid over the last 16 months. It’s the reason there’s no one willing to work. The govt buy in is appalling. We are designed to take the good with bad and push on. But the ones who have let the media and govt get in their heads are done. I hate it for y’all that have give in.
Alabama’s unemployment rate is currently 3.5% or so. Even back in November, the unemployment rate was 4.7% - and for all the businesses that were closed, I think that’s a reasonable number. I personally just think all of the people who got furloughed just moved on and found better jobs.
I was at a McDonalds the other day and I literally waited about 10 minutes for a slushy. I was talking to a guy in line and I mentioned how long I had been there, and he was like “Wow! 10 mins for a Minutemaid slushy? All this unemployment, no one wants to work!”
I pointed out that I could see at least 10 people behind the counter and into the kitchen. I just said “I don’t think it’s a lack of workers, because I can see at least 10. I just think their system sucks.”
