We must reduce overhead here at the caf Instead of opening at 6 a m weekdays we will now open at 8 a m On weekends we will only be open from 9 a m until 4 p m The decrease in hours of operations will help save money because we won t be paying for utilitie

The argue that the Jupiter Café needs to reduce its overhead costs by decreasing working hours to save money and remain in business may seem logical at first. The writer makes a valid argument, one that could be correct if its premises were true. However, the argument is based on assumptions which lack enough evidence.

The writer assumes that by decreasing work hours the costs of utilities, employee wages and operating will decrease so that they can save money better and compete with their competitors. In fact, by reducing the opening hours this café may lose some customers. For example many customers may go to the café before work and by opening the café later the customers may be late for work so they might be forced to change their coffee shop. Thus, to strengthen this argue these questions need to be asked that what is the number of customers that go to this café from 6 to 8am on weekdays and 6 to 9 on weekends? And by changing the working hours will the café not lose customers and by that lose sales? Has this strategy been effectiveness for competitors nearby? Were there not any other better solutions for saving money than decreasing working hours like promoting services or providing meals or coffees with high profits? Is there not any other way to decrease costs like finding better ways to supply utilities? Are other ways to compete with competitors been considered? Answers to these questions brings more evidence to support the writer’s argument and indicates that the argument and its predictions have been studied closely.

In conclusion, the writers argument and prediction is not totally wrong, every business needs to control its overhead costs and consider ways to save money and by bringing more evidence for the assumptions made by the writer the argue can look more reasonable .