A lot has been made of the labor shortage since the COVID-19 pandemic hit nearly two years ago. Service businesses were the most severely disabled by a shrinking workforce … for evidence of this, simply walk into a restaurant and expect to be served quickly.
People like to throw out a lot of reasons to explain why “Help Wanted” signs are placed in just about every window in commercial districts and industrial parks across the country. Some will say lazy people are disincentivized from working because of generous unemployment benefits that started during the pandemic. Others will point out that many
