Hey, Waitress!: The USA from the Other Side of the Tray
by Alison Owings
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Author: Alison OwingsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-05-03
ISBN: 0520242246
Number of pages: 334
Publisher: University of California Press
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Summary: 4 Stars
I confess, I skipped the short history of waitressing at the start of the book to go straight to the interviews. These stories are fascinating.This could have been a depressing expose about the low pay and poor conditions inherent in waiting. But Owings evidently has quite an admiration for waitresses, and she manages to bring out the pride these women have for their work. Even waitresses who hate the job are proud of some aspect of what they do.
The diversity of waitresses interviewed was impressive: from truckstops to Chez Panisse, from Alaska to Louisiana, from the Forties to the Millennium, from poor waitresses to not-so-poor (there are no rich waitresses), from high school dropouts to PhDs.
This is a wonderful book to include with Nickel and Dimed and Waiting by Debra Ginsburg.
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