Comments on: “I’m sorry, Mayor Eastwood isn’t in at the moment”: working night shift at City Hall in 1986 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/06/05/im-sorry-mayor-eastwood-isnt-in-at-the-moment-working-night-shift-at-city-hall-in-1986/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Hilary http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/06/05/im-sorry-mayor-eastwood-isnt-in-at-the-moment-working-night-shift-at-city-hall-in-1986/#comment-368803 Hilary Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:35:49 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/06/05/im-sorry-mayor-eastwood-isnt-in-at-the-moment-working-night-shift-at-city-hall-in-1986/#comment-368803 Oooh, I like this. I've been working in restaurants for over two years now and it is depressing and terrifying seeing how much food is wasted. Trash cans are constantly being emptied, filled with uneaten food that a hungry person would kill for. It pains me knowing that these huge plastic bags will fill our already-full dump sites. Now, I work at a certified green restaurant, but I still see endless amounts of milk and bread and organic foods being tossed. In terms of gaining respect for laborers, I couldn't agree more. I have become much more thankful for people who do what is deemed as "dirty work." I have great respect for the maintenance workers on campus who clean our bathrooms and classrooms and who endlessly work their hands and backs to maintain UCLA's beautiful landscape. I know what it's like when a server at a restaurant has to get a dozen waters with lemon wedges for six different tables, along with memorizing difficult, often modified, orders. I can always tell who has or who hasn't worked in the service industry or as a laborer by the way people treat those who do work in these fields. Oooh, I like this. I’ve been working in restaurants for over two years now and it is depressing and terrifying seeing how much food is wasted. Trash cans are constantly being emptied, filled with uneaten food that a hungry person would kill for. It pains me knowing that these huge plastic bags will fill our already-full dump sites. Now, I work at a certified green restaurant, but I still see endless amounts of milk and bread and organic foods being tossed.

In terms of gaining respect for laborers, I couldn’t agree more. I have become much more thankful for people who do what is deemed as “dirty work.” I have great respect for the maintenance workers on campus who clean our bathrooms and classrooms and who endlessly work their hands and backs to maintain UCLA’s beautiful landscape. I know what it’s like when a server at a restaurant has to get a dozen waters with lemon wedges for six different tables, along with memorizing difficult, often modified, orders.

I can always tell who has or who hasn’t worked in the service industry or as a laborer by the way people treat those who do work in these fields.

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