It's not just restaurants are trying to hire people. I see hiring signs everywhere now. Do you want to work minimum wage at a restaurant/fast food or minimum wage at a Bath and Body Works at the mall? There is a small Chinese restaurant near us that opened up in 2019. We used to go once a week to dine in. In 2020 they changed to order out only and only the cook (also the owner) remained working. Now that indoor dining is reopened, I ask if the owner will open indoor dining. He said it is easier this way and people are still buying takeouts. His reviews are based solely on the food and not the service. That is true as I look at the Yelp reviews for Chinese restaurants. A lot of the negative ones are based on services or how clean the place is.