they are working, but not in the low end fast food chains. with the rapid increase of starting pay in the cbus area thanks to the corporate tax cuts, it could be that were seeing in lower end fast food, the impact of even less skilled workers. sadly the fast food places on 5th ave where I work are still a shit show even fully staffed.
my last three trips to burger king on 5th ave have included no beef due to grill fire, worker sucking on metal paper clip only to accidentally hand me said paper clip with my debit card, and wrong order.