Would you rather be a waiter in America or Brazil?
The average waiter in America makes $40K per year, compared to $9K per year for a Brazilian water (adjusted for PPP).
Brazil does not have any of the labor-saving tech that we're complaining about because they don't need it--labor is cheap.
Let's say a restaurant in America got rid of its tech and instead hired more waiters. Would each waiter get paid more or less? Obviously, each waiter would get paid less. The restaurant still makes the same amount of money, so the same amount of money is divided among more people. Mathematically, each waiter will make less money with less tech.
So if you really want waitstaff to be well-paid, you should want more automation, not less.
The average waiter in America makes $40K per year, compared to $9K per year for a Brazilian water (adjusted for PPP).
Brazil does not have any of the labor-saving tech that we're complaining about because they don't need it--labor is cheap.
Let's say a restaurant in America got rid of its tech and instead hired more waiters. Would each waiter get paid more or less? Obviously, each waiter would get paid less. The restaurant still makes the same amount of money, so the same amount of money is divided among more people. Mathematically, each waiter will make less money with less tech.
So if you really want waitstaff to be well-paid, you should want more automation, not less.