(Name) (Professor) (Course) (Date) Summary of “On Dumpster Diving” “On Dumpster Diving” is about the author’s experiences with being homeless and living on things he has found in Dumpsters. He explains that a lot of food that is thrown out is actually safe to eat, but people are just too picky about expiration dates and what food looks like. The author claims to have even found still-frozen ice cream and yogurt that was still good while diving for a quick meal. At one point is his life, the author had a steady supply of pizza from the Dumpster behind a pizza place. The pizza place would often make a pizza and then could not sell it for various reasons, so they would have to box it up and throw it away.
75 Readings "Dumpster Diving" Dumpster diving brings many thoughts to my mind. I picture hooligans who throw people into dumpsters to teach them a lesson, but that's not at all what dumpster diving is. Instead it is a way of life for some people who need spare necessities that ordinary everyday people throw away. Eighner began dumpster diving just one year before he became homeless. Eighner was fascinated with dumpsters but, but did not like the term dumpster diving. "
He wears gloves when coming in contact with another living being but will still wash his hands with new bar of soap after each contact. When eating out, he will bring his own plastic utensils in a sealed package so that he doesn’t have use the utensils from the restaurant. He does not allow others into his apartment nor will allow himself to come in casual physical contact with people on the streets. Melvin refuses to step on cracks on the floor, sometimes walking like he is dancing to avoid them. He insists on routines such as sitting at the same table in the restaurant and being served by the same waitress daily.
Without evaluating it one may be susceptible to something very harmful. The 3rd principle Eighner explains is the knowing of a given area, this portrays the significance of the diver’s methods. If one or two dumpsters continually produce acceptable items for the diver, that diver would know of that area and would be consistent in scavenging in that particular dumpster(s). Going on in the excerpt Eighner explains his first-hand experience and how he started and progressed. “I began scavenging by pulling pizzas out of the dumpster behind a pizza deliver shop”
But Checker's, like other pizza restaurants in the 80's, had to respond to the wave of fast food pizza restaurants and delivery services that seemed to comer the market. Checker's responded to this threat by changing the way they did business. Not only did they expand their product line and start delivering pizzas like their competitors, they also started making pizza using the same "fast food" procedures as their competitors. Old customers were acutely aware that the pizzas were different. But, while the pizzas are now made using a conveyer oven from dough that is made in a central kitchen, frozen and then delivered to each restaurant, the sauce had not changed at all.
Sam is done helping his friends so he grabs a seat at the table and his folds his hands and waits for his snack. Sam receives his snack, says grace, and begins to eat his snack. Sam is eating cheese and crackers and apple juice. When he is all done with his snack, Sam picks up his garbage and walk it over to the trash can. He throws everything away.
On times when the boss wasn’t present, it would make it very difficult to handle the store alone. During that time I had to run back and forth from the deli to the cash counter. The store became a pressure cooker where I had to cook the food as quickly as possible to get all the steam out. During times when I used to get a little bit of free time, I would run to the cooler and refill the
Case Study Questions: 1. Make a list of pizza delivery attributes that are important to you as a customer. 2. Combine your list with the lists of a few other class members and categorize the items under a series of major headings. | Julie | KC | Pino | Alan | Quality | | | Pizza is delivered hotPizza appears as seen in advertisements | | Price | | | Affordable | | Speed | | | Time to deliver is less than 30 minutes | | Mode of payment | | | Cash or accepts credit card | | Attitude of the Delivery boy | | | Delivery boy is polite | | 3.
Eventhough nowadays all the parents have to work long hours to earn their living but still they shouldn't forget their responsibility towards their children. Cooking food at home isn't a hard job, you can cook food before you leave for your job so that your children doesn't have to run into a fast food restaurant only because he or she doesn't have any option. Furthermore you can buy fruits and vegetables make salads and keep it in front of the table so that your children can see it and then eat it. From my stamp point, the fast food industries are doing their own job by providing cheap fast foods for those people who work long hours and don't get time to cook anything. In the article “Don't Blame the Eater” the author David Zinczenko blames the fast food industries by accusing that the fast food centers are the one causing obesity in small and young children's.
FRUITCAKE SPECIAL: CHARACTER LIKED AND THE REASON I have selected the short story entitled 'The Fruitcake Special' written by Frank Brennan in order to answer the question. The character that has impressed me much is none other than Armstrong, the pizza delivery man. Armstrong is a quite good looking man, a bit short and a little thin on top. He has impressed me much because he is a hardworking, responsible and a brave person First and foremost, Armstrong is a hardworking person. He delivers pizza for Anna for a week when her cooker breaks down.