How to run a crew, how to schedule diverse personalities, how to handle the cash, and how to budget, order, and plan with an aim of making the joint successful and you gain skills that ANYONE can sell.
These folks don't have to be Mensa members, nor do they have to be in the 100+ range of IQ. They first have to have gained these skills, and they have to be willing to show up every workday ready to do the work. Because this is work that needs to be done, whether it's for a fast food joint, or running a phone store, or sell tires, or any of a hundred other jobs that need to get done every single day. And these jobs DO pay more than minimum wage.
“Eventually they got past the mechanics of cooking, cleaning and serving, and began to get the basics of RUNNING a fast food joint.”
The wealthiest man in my neighborhood started at McDonalds when he was 16 and went to work for the company full time when he was 18. He now owns several local franchises as well as interests in other local businesses. He is less than 50 years old. He is also happens to be an African American.
It can be done and it can be done without a college education.