I read an article this morning in Seattle Met Magazine regarding current staffing shortages in this industry…link here for those interested: https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2021/09/restaurant-worker-shortage-in-seattle
This is not a new-ish concept, though it’s certainly been pushed to a new level. When you have a market as saturated with restaurants as Seattle is (was…and may be again…who knows?) you run into these problems. This seemingly never ending pandemic forces decisions about what is really important. And that means career, sustainability, happiness. Pride in what you do every day.
I want to take a moment to thank our team for their dogged perseverance on behalf of Copine and, more specifically, Shaun and me. The world is literally falling apart around us. But they continue to push themselves to be better. As I have said many times…we cannot do this job, this career…this thing alone. We take comfort in our little corner of safe space and routine, where we can make folks happy. And better ourselves in the process…
It gives me life. And hope.