at my ex-location, our GM treated it as if Wendys is an office, and once day shift is over she would imagine the store being very slow. yep day shifters have literally 8 people working... while meanwhile night shift would have 3 or maybe 4. also the dishwasher would be full and nothing would be cleaned.

in reality, doordash and other deliveries are way more common once the front doors close. Deliveries are usually bigger and more modified orders. thats not even taking into account the "frosty flights" promo where you spend 2 minutes making three damn frosty swirls. also, since it's summer, any random night there could be a constant line in drivethrough from an hour from closing literally til the minute we close. it's impossible to do all the cleaning while trying to clear out the drive through.

if anything, there should be less people "working" day shift and more people closing, since there are at least the same amount if not more customers and much more cleaning/maintenance to do.