Word: scottyã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Scotty??s” is a place of absolutely no pretension, and I like that. It is a place that employs a lot of single moms, and is a stop for truckers bound for Canada craving a hot meal. We fix our toothpick dispenser with a bang on the counter and carry hot plates stacked up our arms, while trying to soothe the extremely overworked short-order cook. We use violent metaphors like “hurricane” and “slamming” for understaffed busy moments—common...
...Scotty??s does have a sketchy element. (As my boyfriend said, “go figure...sketchiness at a truck stop.”) Men brag about how many wheels are on their trucks to my best friend Lisa and me—the youngest employees there, and to some minds that equates to us being fresh meat. Every day, she’s offered a place in a truck on its way to Canada, and I’m offered some guy’s phone number or a trip to his house—sometimes jokingly...
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