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Originally Posted by Sapphireho
Oh I wouldn't mind losing $100 just to play, and talking with Jessie and Donna the bartenders, and the group of regulars. We need human interaction. We are not solitary beings by nature. I miss the face to face interaction, no matter how trivial.
Bars won't open here till mid June.
I also worry how some of the people are getting by. A lot of people here are not rich. They live in mobile homes and live check to check. $12/hr is a good blue collar job. How are they getting by not working?
Bartenders and servers make about $3.50/hr plus tips.
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Yep, a lot of adjusting and belt tightening going on. One day last week, I came into the house and the family room was dark except for the TV. The lights were off and all the blinds and shades were closed and there was the smell of popcorn in the air. ma-ma was asleep in her recliner and the 3 granddaughters were sitting on the couch eating popcorn and watching a movie on TV.
I ask what was going on and the three ager hushed me, because I was talking in their "movie theater" -
