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edmund_the_destroyer wrote (edited )

Maybe BrowseDuringClass1917 is referring to the fact that most fast food employees get treated like shit?

In that respect voting with your wallet might not hurt Taco Bell but it might help the locally owned restaurant. I visit a local food truck and a local coffee shop once a week each, and most of the time they are each staffed only by the owner. So I'm reasonably sure nobody local is getting abused by the transaction. ;)

(Edit: That said, patronizing local restaurant is only practical if you can afford the difference. I can get a pretty decent amount of food for $3 at McDonalds or Taco Bell. $3 doesn't buy anything at the food truck or the coffee shop.)

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existential1 wrote

This. Your local Taco Bell/BK/McDonalds/Subway are franchised businesses. So there's some local business person paying shit wages to staff and treating them like shit by-the-book they were given in their franchise owning class.

Juxtapose that with the employee-owned taco truck or other local business, it's an easy decision to me. (Assuming where you live has options)

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betterletter OP wrote

i live in a yuppie town, a food truck meal will run you $10-15 for one

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existential1 wrote

Interesting... I would differentiate thought between "food truck" meaning expensive millenial-branded food and "taco trucks" that serve $1-$1.50 tacos and are meant for working class people.

Where I live in the PNW, food trucks are found usually at events and do "rotations" around places, while the "taco trucks" are in the same spot every day. The one nearest my house is parked (probably illegally) in the corner of a gas station. It's regularly visited by day-labor folks and people on the way home from work. If you live in a yuppie spot, look for one nearest wherever day labor can be found. Lowes/Home Depot is a good spot to check.

I've even eaten at taco trucks in Salt Lake City suburbs...I do believe they are ubiquitous anywhere the population is above 20k or so (in the US).

Fuck those chicken & waffle food trucks though...

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betterletter OP wrote

chicken and waffles are literally all we have. one plate is $12. tried it once pre-vegan... it was a cold and terrible waste

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existential1 wrote

Check my above comment about "food truck" vs "taco truck". Taco trucks are cheaper than taco bell and subway where I've lived in the US....could save you some money and be tastier.

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edmund_the_destroyer wrote

At the places I mentioned, when I am there literally no one but the owner is working. They have other stuff on weekends and they might treat those people terrible, I don't know. But when I patronize the business, the owner takes my order, makes the drinks, and cooks the food.

I believe you that you got treated terribly.

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