Service industry workers have been economically devastated as bars and restaurant close, and people practice social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak. In response, some have gotten creative in providing continued sources of income for service workers, including the use of virtual tip jars.
Service industry workers have been economically devastated as bars and restaurant close, and people practice social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak.
"It just breaks my heart to see all these hardworking people that we depend on to take care of us and provide quality service and now they're facing this apocalypse," Schutte told ABC News."If people want to still support them and thank them for the service they've provided it's a way to connect the dots – otherwise how can you find someone else's Venmo information? Venmo and PayPal are also pretty secure.
"I thought, 'I can figure this out,'" she told ABC News. She taught herself Google Sheets and Google Forms and then became more creative. Other people in the service industry have pivoted to ways to keep money coming in for their employees. Alex Eusebio, a former contestant on"Top Chef," owns two restaurants in Toluca Lake, California. One is a Mexican restaurant, Cascabel, and the other is a neighborhood restaurant, Sweetsalt.
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