@LonelyFew I agree. I think that if we make a lot and it is not owned by a sim the game should send employees to run it, including a bartender or a barista as appropriate. It seems to me that the restaurants I place, do have their bars 'manned' by the game sometime (not sure if it's always) in the ones my sims own during times that other families I'm playing visit the restaurant and my sim family is not running it that day, but I haven't noticed if not happening with a barista. It is interesting that if the game is running the same restaurant with a bar it will place a bartender, but I can only hire one for the job per day and cannot make money from the drinks. I can see how this could gum up the process of ordering food and drinks when you are running the restaurant since they are part of the menu/order. But that drink could be separate. As I said, it works when the game's running it. Anyway, both of those features getting a little tweak would be nice. And fixing the waiters who leave for a jog. I'm looking forward to that fix.
@PugLove888 it will be exciting to see what changes are coming for sure, though I'd better look up a list so I'm not caught off-guard if there's a lot. Guess this is a moment that I'm thankful I don't use Mods and CC. One less thing. 🙂