PLANO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Like 1000’s of North Texas companies hit onerous by the pandemic, the proprietor of a well-liked Plano donut store, WOW! Donuts and Drips, is behind on hire.
Now, simply two days earlier than Christmas, David Sim says he’s been locked out by the property proprietor and is uncertain of how he’ll have the ability to present for his household.
“My mother and father – ever since they got here to America 40 years in the past – every thing has been put into right here,” he stated.
Sim opened the household enterprise three years in the past, hoping to make them proud.
“That is all we have now, but it surely looks as if we’re dropping every thing,” his father, James Sim, stated.
“The pandemic got here out of nowhere and positively devastated us,” Sim stated.
Proprietor David Sim stands outdoors WOW! Donuts and Drips in Plano. (Credit score: CBS 11 Information)
The store closed for months. Sim used his financial savings and PPP cash he obtained to assist his workers.
“We thought throughout this time they’d have a safe job, however now everyone seems to be frantically on the lookout for different choices,” Sim stated.
He’s making an attempt to maneuver to a different smaller location with cheaper hire to maintain his enterprise going, however continues to be behind on hire by about $66,000 {dollars}.
“Our landlords gave us a 20 day discover, however locked us out early and it actually blindsided us,” he stated. “The whole lot that we have now is in right here.”
He’s hoping for a Christmas miracle.
“All I ask is for us to be given an opportunity to outlive,” he stated. “Allow us to take our issues and allow us to have an opportunity to battle by means of this as a result of with out this I actually don’t know the place to go from right here.”
CBS 11 reached out to Sim’s landlord for remark however has not but obtained a response.
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