A few weeks ago, my kids and I were having breakfast at the Sunrise Country Waffles, when my daughter looks over at the jelly basket. Suddenly she gets a big smile on her face and looks at me and her brother holding up a Smucker's grape jelly and says, "Mother Smucker," and repeats "Mother Smucker, Mother Smucker," over and over again. I will never be able to use that jelly again.
Ok, so now, with us all spending all our time together and getting on each other's nerves, things have gotten out of control. Kids know they can get away with things at home they can’t get away with at school, and since they aren’t at school it gets a little scary. At dinner last night my son got upset and used the other "Mother" phrase. He tried to explain that my wife and I were both MF’s, and we were not able to get him calmed down. As he was ranting (understand special needs kids have a difficult time containing their emotions), I was thinking about how wonderful this time will be with our darling children.
Folks, we have no idea how long this coronavirus is going to disrupt all of our lives. The problem is this can literally go on for a year. The vaccine is that far off and no other drugs so far have proven to consistently help people. So, I am looking at possibly opening for takeout and delivery only. All orders would be prepaid either by an app called ChowNow or by phone orders where customers would pay for their order over the phone with a credit card. We would not take cash so there would be very little interaction with anybody. We would bring it to you at the door or your car. First, we need to be safe, for everybody, but if we end up being closed for say three months and then customers are afraid to come out for another six months, then that could cause more damage than any SBA loan can ever pay for. If we do this we will offer regular meals, with a smaller menu. We will offer pies and cookies to be preordered. We would also offer refrigerated meals that you could reheat, like lasagna, meatloaf, and enchiladas. If we did this we would try it at FlapJacks first and if it works we would try it at Country Waffles. I haven’t decided for sure but I will send out an email if I can get this done, and if I can find any employees who want to come back to work.
We will get through this, then again if I have to spend 6 months with my children, who knows?