Dude probably doesn’t tip on that order and writes in “you got to and I didn’t, there’s your tip” in the notes, so it’s actually saving money on the order vs other places.
After reading about the guy going to prison multiple times for wage theft of his employees and how he would Venmo them $0.01 when the asked to get paid…
Yeah those kinds of places can't survive when working people have no disposable income. It's part of what's driving all the isolation and lonliness. All the free third places are long gone except libraries, and many of the paid third places are collapsing because there isn't enough disposable income going around to keep them open. People stay home and doomscroll because they already paid for the phone plan and can't afford to do anything else.