Temporary Lives
Till.Usernumber.
Password.
Table Select.
Select Table.
Eye Contact.
Smile.
"Was everything ok for you?"
"Very nice thank you"
"Good, so all together then that's going to be ... £21.47 then please"
"How much!?"
"£21.47"
"£21.47!?"
"That's right sir"
"But all I had was a breakfast!"
"Yes, you had the Early Starter breakfast"
"That's not that much"
"You're right sir, the Early Starter is not that much. But you did have toast didn't you?"
"Well, yes"
"And extra hash browns"
"Yes, but surely"
"and to drink you had a hot chocolate"
"but..."
"but not just any hot chocolate either was it? It was the totally hot chocolate hot chocolate with cream and a flake was it not?"
"Yes, but surely not"
"Surely yes sir, all that combined with the Daily Fascist that you hold there in your hand comes to a grand total of £21.47"
"That's absurd”
“It’s all in the menu sir”
“It never used to be like this”
“No, it didn’t”
“Well, when did you put the prices up?”
“They, not me sir, they put the prices up annually with the new menus”
“How much money must you be making!?”
“Very little sir, I assure you”
“Well this is the last time I ever come here”
“If only it were sir”
I, and thousands like me rise at 6am every morning to smile sweetly at angry motorists in desperate need of a caffeine fix. We are some of the lowest skilled and lowest paid workers in Britain, and don’t we know it.
But of course. It’s just temporary, right?
Washes uniform.
Puts on East Enders.
Sets alarm.
Goes to sleep.
posted by Benjamin Nakizo @ 1:40 pm
3 Comments:
why is the Daily Mail nicknamed the Daily Fascist?
Because I believe it is a populist paper which encourages fear of immigration and sensationalises crime. It is scary how racist your average Little Chef employee becomes after a few years in the job simply because this the only paper they have access too. I know some members of staff that have refused point blank to serve customers from ethnic minorities. When I question them they have a ready stack of Daily Mail articles to support their views.
Historically it also supported the British fascists in the 1930's until the Jewish advertisers threatened to withdraw their funding.
So the small mindedness of a few road side employees is caused by a daily newspaper? That makes these people sound like drones without minds of their own, which I'm sure they are not. I have read this newspaper at regular intervals as I am sure you have and though I cannot say that I always agree with what it says I do not see why it is more or less valuable than other equally biased or unbiased newspapers.
Are newspapers and other media the projenitors of what people think? Do they implant the thoughts in people's heads?
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