TIKTOK LIVES TO FIGHT ANOTHER
DAY.
THAT IS JUST IN FROM THE
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT.
>>> AS WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
WE KNOW MORE COVID RESTRICTIONS
ARE COMING.
SOME ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
SAYING ALL THE BARS AND
RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE TO CLOSE
AT 10:00 P.M. THAT RESTRICTION,
10:00 P.M. CLOSING STARTS DORM
NIGHT.
BUDDY FLOYD, JR., JOINS US FROM
THE CHATEAU ON THE LAKE.
HE HAS BEEN ON NUMBER OF TIMES.
WHAT WILL THIS DO FOR YOUR
BUSINESS, GETTING PEOPLE SEATED
AND THE LIKE?
>> THE EXTRA HOUR MEANS US
OPENING AND CLOSING.
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE GONE BY 10:00,
NOT SEATED BY 10:00.
WE CAN’T JUST TAKE FOOD OFF OF
PEOPLE’S PLATES.
HOUR 1/2, TWO HOUR TIME FRAME TO
FEED PEOPLE.
BASICALLY WHAT THEY’RE SAYING WE
CAN OPEN FROM 5:00 TO 8:00 FOR
SEATING.
EVERYONE ELSE SHUT THE DOORS AT
10:00.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT
EXTRA HOUR IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN STAYING OPEN AND
SHUTTING DOWN.
I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING TO
HAVE A CHOICE AT THIS POINT.
CONNELL: SO YOU’RE GOING TO SHUT
THE RESTAURANT?
>> WE’LL SHUT IT DOWN UNTIL WE
GET THROUGH COVID.
AT THIS POINT THAT HOUR IS
TURNING INTO CONVERSATIONS WITH
EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE TO LAY
OFF.
WHO DO WE GIVE THE JOB TO?
WE HAVE ALREADY RIGHT-SIZED OUR
BUSINESS FOR COVID AND FOR
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
WE FIGURED THIS OUT.
TO HAVE 48 HOURS ADVANCE NOTICE,
THERE IS NO WAY TO RUN A
BUSINESS.
WE CAN’T RUN A BUSINESS ON
4HOURS 48 HOURS AT A TIME.
I TAKE A WEEK SO PEOPLE HAVE TO
PLAN AND ORGANIZE FINANCES.
WE HAVE EMPLOYEES TO THINK
ABOUT.
MY PHONE RANG UP.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
WE CAN’T STAY OPEN?
HOW WILL WE FEED THE PEOPLE?
SOCIAL DISTANCING WE CAN PAY OUR
BILLS UNDER THE CURRENT
GUIDELINES WITH THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING REGULATIONS.
WITH THE TIME FRAME UNTIL
11:00 WE WORKED ON IT.
IT WORKS.
10:00, WE’LL HAVE TO SHUT IT
DOWN UNTIL WE CAN SERVE AND
OPERATE LEGITIMATELY TO SERVE
AND PAY OUR BILLS.
WE CAN’T PAY OUR BILLS CLOSING
IN THREE HOURS.
IN OTHER WORDS, SITTING PEOPLE
FROM 5:00 TO 8:00.
10:00 MEANS YOU’RE NOT TAKING
ANYONE INSIDE YOUR RESTAURANT TO
EAT AFTER 8:00 AT NIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS
T TAKES TIME.
THAT EXTRA HOUR IS DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN STAYING OPEN AND
SHUTTING DOWN SO WE CAN OPERATE
NORMALLY.
CONNELL: THIS PUTS YOU OVER THE
EDGE.
YOU WERE PRETTY CLOSE ANYWAY,
RIGHT?
YOU CAME UP WITH SO MANY THINGS
TO KEEP YOURSELF GOING.
WE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF TIMES.
YOU’RE AS LEAN AS YOU CAN BE.
EATING OUTDOORS WHEN YOU COULD.
IT IS COLD UP STATE.
YOU WERE PRETTY CLOSE.
WHERE WERE YOUR MARGINS?
WHERE WERE YOU BEFORE THIS THAT
YOU HAD TO SAY ALL RIGHT
ENOUGH’S ENOUGH?
HOW MUCH MONEY WERE YOU LOOSING?
>> BEFORE, WE HAD A GREAT
SUMMER.
WE AT THE ADIRONDACKS.
WITH OUTDOOR SEATING.
THE BEST SUMMER IN THE HISTORY
OF OUR BUSINESS.
WE KNEW COMING INTO THE FALL AND
COLD SEASON IT WOE BE
CHALLENGING.
WE DON’T MAKE MONEY IN THE FALL.
WE KEEP EMPLOYEES BUSY.
EVERYONE SHOWING UP TO WORK, 40
HOURS A WEEK.
KEEP EVERYONE OUT OF TROUBLE.
KEEP THEIR EYE ON THE BALL,
GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT
SEASON.
WE MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.
CLEAN THE PROPERTY.
FEED A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
WE OFFER ONLINE BUSINESS.
OUR ONLINE BUSINESS ONLY
REQUIRES US A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF
STAFF TO SERVICE THAT.
90% OF OUR STAFF IS USED TO
SERVICE OUR IN-HOUSE DINERS THAT
SIT AND ENJOY THEIR MEALS.
SO WHERE WE’RE AT IS, THAT EXTRA
HOUR, WE WERE JUST GETTING BY IN
THE FALL WITH LIMITED SEATING
FOR INDOOR SINCE THE WEATHER GOT
COLD.
WE THINK --
CONNELL: RIGHT.
>> WHEN IT IS WARM.
BUT HARD TO PLAN THE WEATHER.
THE EXTRA HOUR, THAT WAS, THAT
IS GOING TO BE THE CAMEL, STRAW
THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL AS BACK.
CONNELL: NAIL IN THE COFFIN,
PUSHES YOU OVER THE EDGE.
MAN, THIS IS TOUGH.
I HOPE IT DOESN’T LAST LONG.
WE GET THROUGH THE WINTER, YOU
GUYS CAN OPEN.