Word: waitressing
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...divorced, she was living in Australia when she made the decision to apply to Harvard. "I was tired of living on the bottom end. And it frightened me to know I was so dependent on the man I was with to keep me from starving or working as a waitress for 40 years. I became a bitch, feeling like a passive participant...
...ever seen loomed in the doorway. The restaurant came to a stop. Five foot 11 and 160 lbs. of muscle dressed in spike heeled black leather boots and a clinging black gown, she stood taking a deep drag on her extra long cigarette. A large and capable looking waitress gingerly led her over to the most remote booth and silently prayed there would be no trouble...
Fleeing the loathing behind us, we followed a waitress who carefully seated us away from all other customers...
Fortunately she was pacified by the time our waitress returned with the order. Thirty-eight going on 53, our waitress was anorexic and her green eyeshadow drew attention to the hollows that sunk deeper in her gaunt face as the night wore on. Her short thin hair clung to her temples, never ruffling as she shuffled between our table and the gaggle of gossiping waitresses in the corner. Over the noise of the restaurant we heard them say things like, "Frank is still going out with Jill, and Beverly just won't see either of them" as they leisurely took...
...crowd of up to 50,000 had been forecast for the Tenth Annual Festival of Life; only some 150 came. "Who was here in 1968?" one speaker asked. About four hands went up. Complained Waitress Janet Dezutter, 36, who had carried a VOTE PIG IN '68 banner in the good old days: "I felt like a grandmother among them. Times have changed. The war is over." Activist Dave Dellinger made a short speech. "Who's Dave Dellinger?" someone asked. After his speech, Dellinger retired to a near North Side loft for a wine-and-cheese party for tenth...