Most “unskilled labor” is heavily skill dependant. You wouldn’t want a chef, builder or plumber who didn’t know what they were doing. And for production: machinists, mechanics and foremen make or break profit with their skills.
So what’s a better name for these jobs?
Knowing the menu, reading your table/having people skills, juggling 4-5 tasks at a time.
I’ve never been a waiter, I could start doing the job tomorrow, but it would still take a few weeks to get really good at it.
That, and dealing with dipsticks who think your job is easy
I’ve done one or two night of hospitality work. It wasn’t fun, and I had fairly easy roles. I appreciate it when others do it for me.
The waiters here carry a little tablet that contains the menu, can store orders and even does the maths in case you want to split-pay at the end.
That leaves being “somewhat sociable” as the remaining skill. True … I definitly couldn’t do that. I’d probably throw a drink at an annoying customer after a few days.