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As a restaurant owner in a small tourist town (Left Coast Siesta in Manzanita) I am very dependent on high-school age workers. Every year we start to panic around Spring Break, worrying that we are going to fall short of employees for the summer, but it usually works out. We have also been extremely lucky over the 15 years we have been in business to have always had a very good group of kids working for us!

Also, I personally feel that everyone should be required to work in the food service industry at least once in their lives. It gives you a much greater respect for people, both the server and the customer.

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As a restaurant owner in Manzanita, I have noticed that these type of economic situations actually benefit the tourist trade here on the coast, as it is much less expensive to drive to the beach for the day/week than it is to fly to Disneyland or Hawaii for vacation. If not for the big storms over the past two winters, the overall outlook would be very good, as what used to be a very seasonal business when we opened 15 years ago has, especially in the past few years, become much more year-round. The housing market, especially the speculative building, has taken a hit locally, but there seems to be a positive outlook among most people in that area around here.
Thanks,
Jeff

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