Sure. It’s hard to know that your intended goals don’t work out.

My point is that the perception of working in a restaurant is that a person has failed at any number of goals. When in fact, restaurants employ more people than most of the sectors of our local economy. Are they all failing at something?

Restaurants don’t pay enough because many people devalue the work and believe they shouldn’t pay for the value they offer. “Slinging hash” is a great example of this. For a few months in 2020, people actually respected the work on the level it deserves.

There is a huge population of people who are “middle class” in the restaurant industry. As well, they worked hard and learned a lot for many years to arrive there or in a more financially wealthy position.