You can make good money. An attractive ski friend used to pull nearly six figures as waitress at ski mountain popular bar/restaurant and in summer high end Ogunquit Maine restaurant.I can. My good friend was a waiter at a high-end restaurant...I recall his best night (and this was almost 20 years ago) was $1600 in tips.
Pandemic was the best thing for her. She took computer courses and became a IT developer. I think many shuddered workers moved onto better jobs and career paths. So we have a large void of people to backfill the jobs.