In my city obviously the draw to being a server or bartender or even a Uber driver is that you can work in the evenings which is really helpful if you’re trying to become a country music star. You’re already working in the clubs in the entertainment district so the networking etc.

so you would think with the entertainment district opening back up that the servers would flock back to those jobs.

But so many of the wannabe stars (servertainers) left town and moved back home and they haven’t a moved back. Or they got other jobs.

Drug testing? That’s not a barrier in the least. If only my students worked as hard to pass my tests a they do to pass their drug tests, lol.

I think pay is the biggest reason for the service shortage. Not unemployment checks or drug tests or anything else. We raise our kids to be capitalists so we shouldn’t be surprised when why they try to seek out the maximum pay possible.