re: Wolfgang Puck: 'Waiters make $120,000 a year but I can't find them'

But you see, universal basic income will totally work. This isn't a good example. You see, when people get money for nothing, they will totally choose to work, because they want to. And, not only that, they'll choose to do work that is hard, like waiting tables. The logic is there. Somewhere.

Just in the past couple weeks.
Florida: (local seafood joints)
Restaurant closed at dinner time, they couldn't handle the crowd.
Restaurant didn't open, they couldn't staff up.
Restaurant ALSO closed at dinner time, reopened doors at 8pm.

Georgia:
Restaurant closed (Chilis) and only took takeout.
Restaurant (Longhorn) had 4 waitstaff show up for Father's Day weekend, couldn't get anyone to come in. One guy got arrested while we were there, so three. The manager was waiting tables.
Took dad to iHop, they had 2 waiters working the entire place, they were also calling begging people to come in. When we left, there were people lined out the door... zero chance they were going to serve those folks.