Quitters, part 1
Post Reports
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🗓️ 15 December 2021
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Summary
2021 was a big year for quitting. Millions of Americans resigned. For the first episode in our series on “quitters,” we go to a restaurant in Arkansas where nearly every employee – and the owners – found themselves reassessing their work, and their lives.
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This year, millions of Americans quit their jobs in the “Great Resignation.”
Over the next three days on “Post Reports,” we’re talking to some of the “quitters” and exploring why so many people are reassessing the role of work in their lives right now.
On today’s show, economics correspondent Heather Long and “Post Reports” Executive Producer Maggie Penman head to Arkansas to tell the story of a family-run restaurant. And they report on how the stressors of covid, the pressures of running a small business and the hope for better, more-balanced lives led to a great resignation of sorts.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Martine. |
| 0:04.6 | Today we have a very special show for you. |
| 0:07.0 | It's a story told by Maggie Penman from the Post Reports team and economic correspondent |
| 0:11.9 | Heather Long. |
| 0:13.4 | And this story is about quitters. |
| 0:16.4 | It follows a bunch of workers who quit their jobs this year. |
| 0:19.7 | And it goes to all these surprising places. |
| 0:22.1 | Just a quick note before it starts, there is one bit of strong language that comes in |
| 0:26.5 | the first few minutes. It might not be appropriate for all listeners. So with that in mind, enjoy |
| 0:31.6 | the show and here is Maggie. |
| 0:35.9 | So there was this place. |
| 0:38.2 | A German restaurant with a twist in this college town outside of Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| 0:46.7 | People love this restaurant. |
| 0:48.1 | If you look on Google or Yelp, you will see tons of five star reviews from locals and |
| 0:52.4 | people who just happened upon it. |
| 0:54.4 | It's a pretty unusual restaurant in this town. It's farmed a table, European food. |
| 0:59.5 | They were serving spazel and the dish they call Vlad Poutine. |
| 1:03.7 | Slow braised pork shoulder with beer cheese sauce served over potatoes. |
| 1:10.0 | This is the story of Wonderhouse. |
| 1:12.2 | Spelled the German way. |
| 1:13.6 | Like, Wonderhouse? |
| 1:15.9 | This is America. |
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