Well if “Mon and Pop” don’t like paying the min. wage they can quit their small business and learn to code.
I learned to code once - when I was 8, I got a book from the library that had a number of methods to code messages, along with some history of coding, like tattooing a slaves bald head and waiting for the hair to grow to cover it before sending him off (I guess time wasn’t as critical back then) - never did figure how to make a living off it though, for all the good it did, I could have done better digging in the ground for coal..