Ryan Bodine Instructor Barnes Eng 101/304 03 September 2014 A Night in Alcohol Hell It started as any normal day, until I found out everything about me was going to change. When I walked into Prosciutto’s Pub and Pizzeria that Saturday night I was expecting to deliver pizzas, instead I walked into an agitated group of bar patrons. The bartender had not shown up and the owner, Joel Pyffer, was looking to me to fill his shoes. It was my big chance! My first night as a bartender, I encountered chaos like no other; luckily my ability to keep calm would teach me a lifelong lesson.
We arrived around 8:30 for the 9pm Sunday drag and burlesque show. You are first greeted by a statue of which I am to assume is Hamburger Mary: Upon entering it appears to be a typical restaurant/bar in West Hollywood but to your right after entering is a surprisingly small stage, about 4x4 feet with a pole in the middle. It was particularly crowded that night and we got seated right away, the crowd was varied. There was a plethora of people from the gay and lesbian community but generally females, noticeably lesbian and gay men dominated the crowd population. We were seated one table away from the front of the stage and right in front of what I would come to realize was the entrance for the performers.
That provided me with a peace of mind of looking up every time for her coming in the restaurant and having to navigate her to our table. I was then seated with two menus and asked if I needed a few minutes. The entire time I realized the waitress had a smile on her face and didn’t automatically assume anything. I find it very odd when a waiter/waitress, assume you want an alcoholic beverage or something specific. A person’s mood can easily change if they feel
The street-light came on outside the window.” The scene is a prohibition era diner in which two supposed “killers” are eating and the supposed worker at the diner, George. Nick is eating at the diner when the men come in and is a character Hemingway uses in many of his short stories. Sam is the cook in the back of the diner. Ole Anderson is the proposed target of “the killers.” We spend much of the story in the diner. Hemingway promptly lets you know that things are not what they seem as he writes, “The clock says twenty minutes past five, the second man said.” “It’s twenty minutes fast.” From this we can ask, why has George not changed the clock’s time?
November 30, 2011 Supersize Me People are often drawn by curiosity to experiment with various activities in their lives. In the movie Supersize Me Morgan Spurlock decides to experiment with his own health. He got the idea for the documentary after watching the news about two teenage girls who were suing McDonald’s for making them obese. To discover the true harms of the fast food industry, Spurlock goes on a 30 day long McDonald’s binge. He allows himself to eat nothing but the unhealthy food from this restaurant for a whole month abiding by certain regulations.
I was in the middle of talking with one of the servers in our restaurant, when a guest walked directly in between our talk line abruptly interrupting our conversation. I almost automatically took a step back and rudely gazed at the passing guest. She was a nicely dressed African American lady, probably around 40 years old. Clearly the server and I had been in the middle of speaking. My second experiment was one I conducted on my own.
Every time I put down a bash of breaded chicken down to fry, the odor of it came rushing on my clothes, hair and everywhere else. Also cleaning the fryer at the end of the night was the most hated part of my job. My sneakers were alway dirty from the grease spilling on the floor. I hated it when I went home smelling like fried chicken and feeling disgusting from the grease. My second responsibility became washing pots and pans.
While the walrus is doing this, the carpenter is preparing so they could have a feast that night. In the movie, the carpenter worked very hard and long to prepare the meal. In the end though, the Walrus ate the oysters after the carpenter had done all the work. The carpenter didn't receive any oysters. The characters in the story relate to the Industrial Age.
4. Explain the reasoning behind employee theft. 5. Explain ways the culture of our capitalists society encourages attitudes like those Sheehy describes. Introduction James Sheehy, a human resources manager in Houston, spent a summer vacation working undercover at a fast-food restaurant owned by a relative.
Marian Blazes an author for About.com explains the process, “The asado begins in the late afternoon. The sausages and maybe some grilled provolone cheese are first off the grill, while everyone is still standing and drinking Malbec wine and beer. The ribs are next, and then the more serious cuts of meat, which are served with a simple salad and maybe some grilled corn. The meats are served with traditional sauces, such as garlicky green chimichurri sauce, or spicy salsa criolla” (The South American Parilla, Blazes). Anyone who attended an authentic Argentine Asado might agree that they would not go back to an American BBQ after the experience.