Then she went to find a job, she began the tour of the local hotels and supermarkets, all of them let her fill out the applications. “Then her next stop was the Winn-Dixie, which turned out to have a particularly onerous application process, featuring a fifteen-minute “interview” by computer since, apparently no human on the premises is deemed capable of representing the corporate point of view (139).” After three days and approximately twenty places that she had applied, she received a call for an interview. It was Hearthside where she began to work from 2:00 till 10:00 p.m. Then Ehrenreich was hired at Jerry’s where she worked the breakfast and lunch shift got; off at 2:00 and then went to Hearthside at 2:10 and attempted to hold out until 10:00. Later she quit Hearthside and only work at Jerry’s. Then she moved from Florida and worked as a housekeeper.
During a talk at the annual awards conference, Burns talked about how her mother, who raised Ursula single, in one of the worst New York City Public Housing Projects, loved to give advice. Ursula was the middle sibling among three. Her father was not around, but her mother was a confident woman who always expected great things from her kids. She taught Ursula how to strive and move up. Her mom always knew her way around a good deal and therefore she hustled to put them in private school.
Barbara will now be unemployed until she secures a job elsewhere, and with almost her entire earnings at Wal-‐Mart invested into her barely livable hotel room, she really has no extra money to get her by with living essentials until she is employed again. Leaving Wal-‐Mart seemed like a viable option to her because she had extra money saved away because she is not actually living on minimum wage. At the end of the day, Barbara has enough money to keep herself fed, clothed, and under a roof. Her friend, Melissa, on the other had, has very little money saved up and may not actually be able to sustain normal living conditions while in-‐between jobs. In conclusion, I applaud Ehrenreich for taking a stance against Wal-‐Mart and deciding to leave her job there.
Case Summary of Jenna Pete Mitchell Liberty University Counseling 510 Jenna is a 27 year old female who is the mother of one 7 year old son. Jenna is a waitress at a local diner that her mother also employed by. She graduated high school and attended one year of college at a university a few hours away from where she grew up and now lives. She has recently began living with her boyfriend who has two children of his own, but is not involved in their lives. She began living there mostly due to the consistent problems she and her mother have in their relationship.
That she shares her bed and has only gruel to eat? That she is forced to work 90 hours each week, without overtime pay? That she lives not only in poverty, but also in filth and sickness, all in the name of Nike’s Profits?” (Rivoli, xii). These questions came from a student’s protest at Georgetown University. Pietra Rivoli, author of The Travels of a T-Shirt in a Global Economy,” was intrigued by this protest, which beckoned her to go on a journey to investigate how her t-shirt was made.
Adler and Proctor II imply that individuals cling to first impressions. I do not know why I sat down and started talking to her. I just could not stand to see her cry, so I sat down and asked what was wrong and if I could do anything to help. She began explaining that she had been on vacation for a week and now the paperwork was a mess, and money was missing from the store. Although she was not yelling, her voice was above the normal for my comfort and her hands were constantly
Kevin Rodriguez ENC 1101 Profesor Lisenbee September 23, 2012 Homework Essay 1 Crosswalk by Deborah Tannen This essay is basically about cross-gender miscommunications that happen in everyday life. Tannen explains the types of communications that men and women have. In an example, Tannen says that a woman who owns a bookstore needed to speak to the store manager. The owner spoke to the manager about helping the bookkeeper with the billing. But after a few days the manager never did anything.
There are times that she has to be the manager and the cook at the same time. Beth says her most favorite thing not having the same stuff to do every day. She says it gets boring when you have the same thing to do day after day. She told me about the skills needed to run a restaurant like multitasking and having a good attitude. The education requirements to run a restaurant are just work your way to the top.
Poverty Project The article “Studying the Quagmire of Welfare Reform” by Sharon Hays, is relevant to the poverty project in many ways. Firstly, in this article, Sharon Hays examined the experience of women in welfare reform, by visiting welfare offices and home of families in welfare. He did this, to know how families on welfare are able to get by with $350 check every month and also what exactly the Governments are doing to help these families to be off Governments dependence. In this project, we discussed about a single mother of two who worked at a daycare center and her hourly wage is $6.55. With this hourly wage, it is still not enough since she does not get health care coverage from her employer; she cannot afford her rent on her
This past week, Wilma sees Donna again in session and assigns her some more homework. Later that week, Wilma and a friend go out to dinner. Wilma looks up to see that Donna is her waitress. Frustrated with Donna’s lack of effort with her homework and in an effort to hold Donna accountable, Wilma decides to inquire if Donna has done her homework and says, “Donna, I am glad I ran into you. Have you done your homework since our last session?” Ethical Decision Making Model 1.