Heavy "fur-load" for base businesses

WRIGHT-PATTERSON A.F.B., Ohio (WDTN) - They can do the dishes, but cleaning up from the latest mess might be a little more difficult.

"To know that some of those people are uncertain about where their job is going to be is very, very scary," says Tuty's Restaurant bartender Wendy Koesters of possible Wright-Patterson cuts. "It's scary for them and scary for us."

At Tuty's customers come for the half-priced lunches but comeback for the servings of kindness.

Many are from nearby Wright-Patterson.

"They come in here and they talk to us and they all know us," Wendy says. "They have a lot to tell us. They're like family."

But now the base is facing a menu full of cuts with the possibility of sequestration, which would chop more than $500 billion from the military's budget.

At Wright-Patt that would mean among other things furloughs for up to 13,000 civilian workers. They would take one unpaid day off a week for more than five months.

"To know that they're in that kind of turmoil in their life and I feel the same way," Wendy says. "Not knowing if I'm going to see them."

The 45-year old family owned restaurant has faced its share of problems before including rebuilding from a fire, but this would be a financial hit for everyone.

Workers can only hope that like their dishes, they come out clean on the other side.

"We really love these people," Wendy says. "We enjoy them coming in. We enjoy our relationship with them. This is really sad."