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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Bob's Burgers] How does the restaurant stay afloat? Surely, the Belchers are heavy in debt?
gpt
Bob is pretty much skimming by; he can keep a roof over his head and food on the table, but even minor emergencies are sources of great stress, and he's had to push it with Mr. Fischoeder on the rent more than once. They do have a bit of an emergency fund, but it tends to get tapped out a lot due to circumstances (like damage to kitchen equipment that then requires repair) or questionable investments (like the food truck or the soft serve machine). It's highly questionable if they can afford to send the kids to college.

As for the restaurant itself, presumably there's a pretty solid lunch/dinner rush that mostly goes unseen, since most of the family antics occur during the slower hours outside those times. The place looks dead, because it's only during those slow times that Bob can get out from behind the grill, chat with Mort and Teddy, get distracted by whatever the kids are getting up to now, or other shenanigans.