Close to Home by John McPherson for July 29, 2021

That could get you a free meal at a lot of restaurants.

It would be rather hard to wash and rinse with just one tub of water. I think I would pass a going back to that place.

I wonder what an alien like Bleeb eats? As small as he is, maybe he just eats whatever falls off the table.

I might do that.

I’d go elsewhere if that was asked of me. I go out to eat to escape chores like that.

When I was a teenager I was a ‘pearl diver’ at a large restaurant for while. Washing was so easy. Load machine, Press button, Cool, Stack. Heck, a kid could do it…..(Oh, I got $1.25/hour cash or about enough money for 5 gallons of leaded Signal gasoline.)

That might be popular, but it won’t pass the Health Dep’t. inspection.

Washing dishes in the dining area?

“dawn or palmolive?”

(“Hmmm, there has to be a way around this!?) Umm, can you just bring our meal in “take out” containers, please!”

Well, I suppose that is a passable good idea. Do it yourself restaurant. They provide the stove, and all the hardware, as well as the food. We pay to choose, prep, cook, serve, seat and eat. They clean up.

If they offered to pay $15/hour for staff to wash dishes, they would not be short staffed.

Offer a decent wage and you won’t be short staffed.

Medical offices are having the same problem, my doctor told me they were running way behind and he’d give me a discount if I examined my own prostate.

Seems like it would be cheaper (and attractive enough offer) to pay someone even $20 an hour to do it rather than $15 off for 5-10 minutes work.

That’s what dish machines are for. They’ll put their dishes in the tray that carries dishes thru the machine, for $15.00 off their meal.

Ah, Bleeb, they’re done and cleaning up. It time to move to the other table.

Or give us a good online review. Lots of “bribed” reviews out there and the rating organizations have NO interest in investigating. Take online restaurant reviews with a massive salt lick block.

And we’ll let you eat free if you unclog the toilet in the men’s room!

How much of a discount for doing the cooking? And the prepping?

What about drying the dishes? Another $15 off if we dry them?

I washed dishes at a restaurant as a teen. You couldn’t pay me to wash those macaroni and cheese pans again!

Meanwhile, the Men in Black are still sorting out just WHAT Bleeb’s fascination with derrieres might be. :>)