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And there is some conservation of economic output. The overstaffed kitchen is slow, untrained, has little autonomy to make snap decisions (payment machine is br
by rglullis 2y ago
And there is some conservation of economic output. The overstaffed kitchen is slow, untrained, has little autonomy to make snap decisions (payment machine is broken? Sorry, come back later). The small crew will make collectively make the same as the larger one, and will be able to serve as many or more people.
- ghaff 2y agoMaybe. The overstaffed kitchen also has more slack if someone needs to go home sick or has some family emergency. We saw during the pandemic some of the downside of finely-tuned supply chains. But, yes, it's a balancing act and does depend on the cost of a bit of extra slack or "just in case" margin.