Waiter Rant

This guy knows what's up. He had a blog for X amount of years, then was picked up by a publisher, and turned his blog into a book. Every words he writes is relatable to any server, and 90% is dripping with sarcasm (which is the only way to deal with being a server).

I feel like any server could write an entire book based on their own experiences. If anyone works, has worked, or has eaten in a restaurant, you HAVE to read this. And here's the most recent rant of my own.

The scene: Elephant Bar, early afternoon. Table 31.

"Miss, miss!" A table (not my own) waves me down like a second grader who needs permission to go to the bathroom. Out of obligation, I stop.

"Yes?" I ask.

"Is this the Lunch Stir Fry with Chicken?"

"Yes it is. Is everything Ok?"

"Oh, well I just wanted to make sure, because I was thrown off by these" she says, holding up a wonton.

"The wontons?"

"Oh is that what that is?" (Her 85 year old friend looks on to incredulously examine the supposed wonton) "I thought, well, because our waitress is Hispanic, that they might be tortilla chips."

Side note, their waitress was not Hispanic. And if you do come in, fear not, our Mexican waitress will not put tortilla chips on your food as an homage to her culture. And our Jewish server won't litter your artichoke dip with matzah balls. I could go on...

Fresh Meat

This girl is awesome. Her name is Kirsten Holine and I found her whilst perusing Youtube and fell in love. I then bought her EP and did not regret it.

FACT:

Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica.

Wait, what is going on?

(Just had to throw in an Office reference to offset a serious tone)

The real fact is the there is a secret world of slavery that most people are not even aware of. A world where women and children are promised a new life in another country that offers a new job, stability, and a better life for their families and themselves. In reality, these women are beaten, threatened, and forced in to a modern world of sexual slavery and given nothing to call their own.

Human Trafficking is a low risk, high profit business that is often overlooked because on the outside, it looks all too similar to prostitution.

Slavery is more rampant than ever before in history. Between two and four million women will be sold in to prostitution during the next twelve months, where many will be as young as five and sold for as little as $10. During the Tans-Atlantic slave trade, a young male could be bought and owned for $3,000 (equivalent to $40,000). Today, that same person could be bought or sold for $300.

The average world cost for a slave is only $90, and approximately 27 million people are enslaved globally—have of which are under age 18.

These slave traders are making an average of $32 billion dollars per year. That’s more annual income than Nike, Google, and Starbucks—COMBINED.

Action needs to be taken, but the first step is awareness.