(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)They play to their strengths. I’m more confident now that I can say I have a job.” (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Still, business was anemic. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Alex Randall, 29, a nearly blind bartender, filled glasses by feeling their weight. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Avery Becker, 22, spent years in the hospital for multiple medical problems. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Combining the two businesses meant she was now severely overstaffed, but she didn’t want to lay anyone off.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 20, 2020 10:52 UTC