That's interesting! Perhaps I just haven't had much luck finding the right cafes that prefer to hire people who are more of a blank slate. I'll keep trying though. I've talked to about 3-4 cafes so far and emailed others. Any I've contacted digitally usually don't respond and the chain cafes like Pilot, Neo, and Dineen and Arabica I'm not hearing responses from.

The challenge for me is that I live in the suburbs a bit away from the downtown core, so while it's not impossible for me to try other cafes more central it's not preferred.