They say good workers are difficult to find, but right now all workers are difficult to find.   Many restaurants in Pensacola and Gulf Breeze have been struggling to find employees since mid-May 2020 many of them been forced to close entirely. COVID-19 has done irreparable damage to local business in the past 15 months. Not to mention the how the Skanska damaged bridge turned a 15-minute drive into over an hour trip. Since the new commute was driving up minimum wage workers gas prices many of them quit their jobs across the bridge. Less staff means longer waits, poor service, and a less pleasant experience overall. Many businesses around gulf Breeze and Pensacola are becoming so desperate for any employees they are hiring people they never would have considered a few years ago. For example, I applied at Lillo’s Tuscan grille may 2020 (when I was 14 years old). Under normal circumstances they would have told me to come back in a few years.   A lot of businesses have started advertising on the ITV slideshow.