Saturday, December 6, 2008

For Here or to Go


I just finished reading this. Its a collection of stories written by people who had worked at one time or another in the service industry. The work here is very casual, like you're talking to your friends. It reminded me a lot of Al Burian.

Some examples of the contents:
-the diary of a dishwasher
-a waitress who works at bar during St. Patricks day
-a waitress working at a root beer stand 50 years ago
-a transvestite who tries to get a waitress job at an expensive restaurant
-a black woman working at a restaurant during the Jim Crow Laws period of the south
-a pizza delivery driver
-a pole dancer earning money for college
-an edited employee manual

All edited by Leah Ryan, R.I.P.

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