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The Great Resignation and Working at Houlihan's
from #274 - Tourettes Gang | The Tim Dillon Show · #274
4 min
Tim riffs on the Great Resignation as people reassessing their lives post-pandemic, using a bit about a miserable Houlihan's waitress pitching 'famous shrooms' appetizers as a metaphor for unfulfilling work.
- The Great Resignation has gone global because the pandemic forced people to think about mortality and question whether they're wasting their lives.
- Tim uses Houlihan's as the example: workers wondering if they should spend their entire lives at a restaurant chain.
- He pulls up the Houlihan's menu and describes how servers have to pitch items like panko-crusted mushrooms with horseradish sauce to customers who don't want them.
- People are realizing they don't want to work at theme restaurants and want more out of life, but someone still has to do those jobs.
- Tim wrestles with the contradiction: he wants people to pursue their dreams, but he also needs his coffee order completed in under an hour.
- He'll explore this tension further on the Patreon: how to balance wanting people to be free while needing them to staff essential services.
- Tim compares the modern dilemma to slave owners who appreciated the music while the fields needed plowing—we're in a weird time.
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