Food service employees are still pressured not to take personal time and/or scheduled tightly on short notice. They'll feel this pressure regardless if people look down on the job or not.
If you're a plumber with a team but can't weather planned or unplanned man shortage, that's a management issue .
If you're a solo plumber with this issue, you're the manager you should blame for not being able to take time off for yourself.
Your examples are ... not good.
Food service employees are still pressured not to take personal time and/or scheduled tightly on short notice. They'll feel this pressure regardless if people look down on the job or not.
If you're a plumber with a team but can't weather planned or unplanned man shortage, that's a management issue .
If you're a solo plumber with this issue, you're the manager you should blame for not being able to take time off for yourself.