> just assuming that the remaining people actually working really were desperate for either greater cash flow or were mandated by a court/parole officer or mis

> just assuming that the remaining people actually working really were desperate for either greater cash flow or were mandated by a court/parole officer or missing human interaction Pre-Covid, finding work was insanely difficult for people w/o a job history or w/ even the most minimal of criminal records. The dining sector was a tiny bit better. As in: Pick a spot on a map here - of the closest 100 biz, maybe one (or maybe zero) would hire someone w/o a job history. Much of that is due to hiring portals which overwhelmingly auto-discard all of these applicants. Hopefully the employee shortage will pressure businesses to walk back some of these poorly considered hiring practices. ref: I've a son who spent years trying to get his first job (w/ state cook certs & clean record). He first wasted a great deal of time on endless hiring portals (food and non) that never, ever, ever responded. He then visited businesses in person, working his way further out. He was eventually hired by a buffet - miles away & the closest biz to even consider him. They were also the vanishingly rare biz that hired folks with any criminal record at all - a service that communities sorely need. He continued applying for jobs and 1 month later he was picked up by a worldwide ALF. They're a good employer and he still cooks for them.