>A “Marxist” “collectivist” “worker-run” restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, closed its doors this week after customers complained that they could no longer tolerate the bizarre hours, high prices and long lines.
>The Garden Diner and Cafe—previously known as the Bartertown Diner—featured a vegan, vegetarian and raw food menu that had met with significant national acclaim. But the restaurant’s business model, which did not allow for bosses or managers, promised a “living wage” to all employees and a strong union, did not allow the restaurant to make enough profit to stay in business.
>Worse still, while the food earned Bartertown a spot on VegNews’s “10 Hot New Vegan Restaurants” list, customers complained that it was almost impossible to get a meal at the diner.
>People frequently noted on the restaurant’s Facebook page that they waited more than 40 minutes for a sandwich—and that’s when the diner was even open. Because the employees set the shop’s hours by group decision, the restaurant opened and closed at random times, leaving potential sandwich buyers totally confused.
>It turns out, in a shocking revelation to the store’s management, that those Soviet bread lines were a bug, not a feature of Communism.
>On Reddit, the restaurant’s frequent political statements produced fiery confrontations. Some Grand Rapids residents resented that Bartertown offered them a side of Che Guevara with every bahn mi and $2 taco. Customers also complained that the restaurants “equal pay, no tipping” scheme failed to reward exceptional service, pointing out on the message board that “you shouldn’t try running your business on political good will alone.”
>Even Bartertown’s inclusive, progressive politics couldn’t please everyone in their community. When the diner offered a free meal to Grand Rapids police officers as a “thank you” for keeping their neighborhood safe, local socialists complained that the business was abrogating its core ideals by siding with fascists and supporting “nearly all-white police force in this era of police violence.”
>So, in a no-win situation, and discovering first hand the troubles that have plagued Communism for more than a century, the restaurant was forced to close its doors. As one community member put it, they discovered that “you can’t make payroll and your bills with Facebook and Tumblr ‘likes.'”
>The owner, for his part, is admitting his mistake. When asked what his next venture would be, he told MLive.com that he was “taking a vacation.”
Isaiah Hill
Good on him for giving his ideas a shot I guess He's miles ahead the hordes of 18 y/o antifa/ unironic commies even if his business tanked
Robert Morgan
The owner is not even communist.
He is a fucking restaurant owner in the US for god sakes.
Anthony James
Yeah, I agree. It's embarrassing to have a business fail, but at least he's tried something new.
Full disclosure: I've crashed a business with no survivors. It was a small operation, but it still sucked to see my hopes and dreams crashing down.
Benjamin Young
>When the diner offered a free meal to Grand Rapids police officers as a “thank you” for keeping their neighborhood safe, local socialists complained that the business was abrogating its core ideals by siding with fascists and supporting “nearly all-white police force in this era of police violence.
I might have found this funny once but it's all so tiring now
Gabriel Bell
socialists hating a government funded police force is such sweet irony
Noah Lee
It's just ridiculous >oh socialism works because everyone is equal and gets along and there's no disagreement because ALL disagreement stems from a class system >threaten the entire system by starting a disagreement >a disagreement that stems from PURE, childish virtue signalling (cops bad blacks good) >virtue signalling based on a narrative pushed by criminal niggers and their near-retarded kin
Isaiah Collins
Why couldn't they have done the living wage AND tips? Seems like Americans are very eager to tip
Landon Robinson
>all my biases are confirmed although not actually but i still get away with it this is what passes for journalism?
Andrew Jones
people had to wait 40 minutes for a sandwich and their consumer base was smelly vegan socialists
they would have been tipped utter shit
John Wilson
The now bankrupt former owner. Repeat that three or four more times and he could be president.
Easton Jones
>retarded strawman about all blacks are inherently bad spotted the Alt Right dweeb
Anthony Rodriguez
hes probably too smart to be President does he even have a twitter?
Jackson Adams
Donald could bankrupt thousands of sandwich shops in a year and still be in the black
It's called not being a basic bitch
Ryder Ramirez
I imagine you as someone who bankrupts all you can eat restaurants on a routine basis.
Brody Morales
>all blacks or criminals or related to them
If you were literate you'd realize you're the racist here, pal. Let me know when your reading level exceeds that of a third grader and maybe we can have a discussion
Nathaniel Kelly
>Trump sucks at business and bankrupts all of them! >Trump is part of the 1% and is even richer than Hillary! choose one
Jose Watson
Fucking commie thinks he can debunk Trump.
Easton Allen
'are' criminals, not 'or'
fuck
Oliver Turner
because then you have waitress A, who is a tall sexy blonde, making way way more money than waitress b, who is a 4'11 200lbs fatty
Caleb Parker
>false dichotomy You're dumb and you should feel dumb.
Mason Richardson
Day of the rake soon, Leafnigger
Adrian Taylor
Here is how I imagine you
Charles Hall
Nah cunt, I'm on vacay. Here's me.
Asher Ross
timestamp you greasy piece of shit
Alexander Rogers
>tfw when i look like a slightly more masculine version of this guy.
I fucking shudder every time I see this picture, because it reminds me of what I could have become had I not started reading.
Austin Hernandez
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Ayden Russell
This. Hope they learn from experience
Josiah Turner
>Trump >Bankrupt meme
What is restructuring
Grayson Rodriguez
>(((heat st))) Funny story though. Why these people insist in these bizarre Marxist rituals is a mistery. Just split the ownership, split the profits, and carry on working like normal.
Owen Robinson
>Sup Forums >shitposting What is a national pastime
Ayden Perez
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Ayden Young
>*sips semen*
Eli Perry
not true socialism
Andrew Bell
still never been tired
William Walker
>The now bankrupt former owner Why would he be bankrupt, don't you know how to run a business user?
Chase Murphy
As a restaurant owner: Jealousy. Considering that (in normal dining) there's more female waiters, women are catty as hell, and bubbly barely-legals with big tits get a lot bigger tips than 50 year old hags or 500 pound whales, it can quickly become hell to manage who can work with who without them scratching each other's eyes out.
Throwing all tips together isn't a solution either, because TitsMcGee is sure to complain strongly.
Multiply the problems 10-fold because we're talking about commies here and tipping would lead to assault charges within a week.
