How inclusive is AlmightyJanitor?: Almighty Janitor

Almighty Janitor is about a character who is highly capable, despite their lowly job. But how awesome, and how lowly do you have to be?

Recently the following was cut from Almighty Janitor:

* Avatar The Last Airbender: The Order of the White Lotus. A secret society of people seeking truth, beauty, and enlightenment. Their most prominent members are a tea-addicted old former general, a Cloudcuckoolander King, a deserter Firebender who lives in a swamp, the greatest swordmaster in the world, the world's second-most-powerful non-Avatar Waterbender, and a random old guy who lives in a desert. Every one of them is awesome.

It seems only fair to allow gardeners and garbagemen into the "Janitor" category, but what about hermits and tea shop owners?

Hermits? Definitely. Sure, every hermit is a martial arts master (totally need to YKTTW that), but that's only from a meta perspective. Any sane person in-universe would assume the random hermit is just a crazy homeless man.

Sure, the king and the swordsman don't count in that example, but the rest are fine.

I'd say the general and the "second-most powerful non-Avatar Waterbender" shouldn't count either. Both of them are going to have decent status, by reputation at least.

I'd say the tea shop owner is as well. The example in question is an Illuminati-like organization that's totally badass. Unless said tea shop is the equivalent of a five-star restaurant with multiple locations, or the guy who owns it basically owns half the fine dining establishments in a large locale (kind of like how Rich Garces apparently owns half the restaurants in Philadelphia... okay, not quite that ridiculous, but the man owns a ton of top restaurants in a single city), I think he qualifies for the trope too.

There's nothing about the tea shop owner that has anything to do with this trope. He OWNS the tea shop, so he doesn't count there. And the backroom stuff doesn't fit either because he doesn't have the right position in that organization either. This trope isn't "mundane person has a cool second life."

Seconded. This trope is about the lowest ranking person in the organization actually being the most capable in the organization. Tea Shop owners don't count. A man regarded as 'master' of martial arts doesn't count either. Hermits only count if they are unknown. The deserter in Avatar the Last Airbender was legendary for being the first to desert from the Fire Nation.