On or third day of the journey down south, we stopped for lunch at MacDonalds in Kansas. Dining in style in other words. I knew Chris was actually sick as she consented to my suggestion to dine there. While we were there, I noticed an advertisement for help wanted. They were advertising $15 (American of course) for new employees plus benefits largely undefined. Management would be paid health insurance benefits. This sounded like pretty good pay for new employees.

During this trip to the south of the United States, we repeatedly saw restaurants with severely understaffed servers. One server told us they were not “overstaffed, they were “over-peopled.” This was not a problem at this MacDonald’s. they were clearly fully staffed. MacDonalds knew they have to respect their staff with more than lip-service.

There was no surliness evident here. Maybe society is not collapsing after all. Maybe there is a better way.

There are ways to prevent the decline of civlization.