today was one of the most exciting days i've had here at school so far. it was the first day of my lab practical for botany class. it was like christmas, all of the students waiting in the hall for this test. some people murmured embittered phrases about how they were about to fail, or how they didn't care if they failed, etc. i was just ( Read more... )

i am in college now ( Read more... )

The very same wise waitress once told me that when people sit down at a dirty table, she hates it so much she sometimes fights the urge to spill something from the table on them. That’s what you get when you sit at a dirty table! I personally am not as aggressive about it. I just would rather not get my body all in their faces as I reach for ( Read more... )

A very wise waitress once put words to my very thoughts when she shared her feelings of being a food hooker: grab the money, shove it in your pocket, tornado-sweep everything up off the table, wipe it down, and walk away like nothing ever happened and like the bulge of your apron tip-pocket doesn’t exist.

Act normal. If the table is dirty but they’ve chosen to sit down and they’ve spread their things all across the table, don’t resist. Don’t interrupt. Just allow them to suffer a few crumbs that in a moment they might just think they themselves have made. If you notice something floating in their water after you give it to them, (Probably a ( Read more... )

As a waitress on the west coast of the United States of America, one also must become accustomed to the great cultural slap in the face difference between the tables and the kitchen. The kitchen is no doubt filled with half-legal immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and a number of other Spanish-speaking countries. This introduces not ( Read more... )

Waiting tables emphasizes the importance of the Poker Face. No prejudice is allowed here. When a man walks in and you serve him just before noticing that his top half is man and his bottom half is slutty woman, you just smile to yourself. In a middle class, working neighborhood where most of the clientele is white, middle aged, and much of the ( Read more... )

of course he views it as a relationship. i was just rereading those entries and realize much has happened in the last few months. we're together. really together. and el papel de la infierma was not soucio and it is all good all the time. we're going away to the beach in july. i'm scared to leave. i'm scared to live my life right now ( Read more... )

dilemma ( Read more... )

i like jen ( Read more... )