Over the past week many of y’all have checked in with an email, a knock on Roundtable’s door, or a brief message on the socials.
“How ya holding up? You think it’ll be a while? Is there anything I can do? Is your landlord gonna help with your rent? How’s Kori? How’s Nathan? “
Wow. Thank you so much everybody. 😊 I’ve (we’ve) been serving you for nearly 6 years with pleasure and it warms my heart to have that reciprocated. I’m mostly writing here to let you all know how I’m working to take care of Kori and Nathan firstly and Roundtable secondly.
Firstly, we decided to close Roundtable collectively. For health and safety reasons and to allow Kori and Nathan to apply for unemployment benefits as early as possible. Each of them has Earned PTO/Leave hours to help for a brief closure but not for a prolonged one. I also processed payroll early so that they would receive their paychecks as quick as possible. To make up for their loss of tipped income, I’ve set up a Virtual Tip Jar with 100% of tips collected being dispersed to the crew of two.
Secondly, I decided to continue roasting coffee and offering it (shipped or delivered) via this here web shop.* There is just no way around Roundtable’s need for revenue. 😟 So we’re still open …sort of. Our coffee shop is closed. Our web shop is open.
Prior to closing we received an outpouring of support and I’m here to ask for just a bit more. In response to “Is there anything I can do?”, I humbly ask for you to consider buying some beans and passing us along as a recommendation to your friends and family. Thank you and take good care.
-Shawn
*Of note for you, we heavily disinfected the shop as of closing on Tuesday 3/17 and each day I begin and end with cleaning. While working, I routinely wash my hands to the point of irritation and will continue to do so. Additionally, outside of a couple of quick stops, I’m hunkering down at home.