Stop in for a cup of coffee

Took my son on a mommy/daddy/son only day. Friend of ours baby sat for us. He wanted to go down to Bass Pro shops to the indoor aquarium and then hit our favorite seafood place down on the Ohio River in Louisville. All went well until we tried to go eat. The place had only 1 waitress, 1 waiter and the Owner himself cooking. So it took about an hr to get seated, despite being nearly empty, they could only seat about 6 tables at time and be able to keep up. We were there about 3 hours total, as things slowed down after the lunch rush, the owner came and sat with us, chatted until the next customer came in. Him and his wife are working 160 hours between the two of them cooking, they have just 2 wait staff that are working about the same. They’ve been trying to hire at 5 times the pay they hired at just 1 year ago (not counting tips) and it’s so bad, he’s even offering 4500 in signing bonuses.