This was a question or rather a series of questions I heard over the weekend as I was discussing Marxism, class, labour etc. with a friend and I frankly couldn't really answer their questions. So here I am again asking it because this community provides incredible answers <3
The discussion was about work and their question was: "If class is abolished in communism and the people are taken care of, why would anyone work at all? Who is going to work in coffee shops, pick up trash, work in stores etc.? What would be the incentive for people to do anything productive?" I did my best saying that those jobs would still exist, but I kind of fumbled the argument.
I feel like this kind of thinking presupposes that people are naturally lazy leeches who won't put in work unless a sword is hanging over their head. How did people in hunter gatherer societies do their part without the incentive of per berry payment? This kind of reactionary thinking is sort of Thatcherite. The willingness to work or lack thereof is not immanent to human neurobiology. It is a product of the culture and society.
Regarding how the economy and supply chains will be organised, it is important to keep in mind classless communism is only expected in a very very advanced stage of societal development. This hard to foresee but not entirely pointless to ruminate about. Not being able to imagine a better world doesn't mean that a better world is not possible. If you take an example of a less fun job like garbage collection, there are various possibilies. It's possible that the technological advancements have made manual garbage collection obsolete. Or that maybe you are provided equipment that makes it safe, you work for 6 hours in a day and free for the rest to do as you please, not having to worry about rent, medical costs, paying your kid's tuition etc. Either way it won't be like manual scavenging in today's India.
True, I was tempted to give my thoughts on exactly how communist society would work (per-berry payment is funny), but it is very far into the future and I do not know much about what little we can assume anyways. What you say about work and humans is also correct, because people are not money-driven machines without any desire to help one another (people that support capitalism tend to deny reality in blatant ways such as this).