I am not saying that pastry chefs and baristas are useless. What I am saying is that, according to industry data, any random person can be trained to the degre

I am not saying that pastry chefs and baristas are useless. What I am saying is that, according to industry data, any random person can be trained to the degree of 'pastry chef' of 'barista' with something like several weeks of training. And that is basically indistinguishable from 'no-skill worker'.