"It's a huge problem. I'm to reopen um businesses you know, especially in the hospitality industry," she says. "I was like, rite, who goes out on those civilian holidays? That's te worry ut night to go out." She adds that some people are willing to less if they can make forty five thousand dollars a year not working or 80 thousands dolars a year working. But then there as a whole bunch of resiliant people who just went and found other jobs, right?
Nick Kokonas joins to discuss his his company Tock (10:50), his world-class restaurant group Alinea (0:54), how restaurants can improve their operating leverage (18:05), digital experiences augmenting hospitality (39:41), why tipping needs to be replaced (44:50), the labor supply (56:16), inflation (1:00:27), employee health and more!