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It’s Good Work If You Can Get It
Gail Lawnicki
I'm a student at LwTech in the BTAD program. I have had
Wes Mantooth for English Comp and Technical Writing. These
classes have renewed my interest in writing. I wrote this piece
for an assignment on Process Analysis. I challenged myself to
describe a process and hopefully entertain with an interesting
story. I hope I succeeded.
I climbed up and down the stairs between the kitchen and
the dining room carrying wooden bowls of mixed greens for the
salad bar and bowls of fruits and veggies for the juicer. Behind
me one of the local guys hired to help for the day carried a
stainless steel pot of white bean and kale soup. Everything had
to be set up and ready in the dining room for the lunch rush.
We had already broken down breakfast. Now, chaffing dishes
with sautéed mixed veggies, rice and pasta dishes, grilled
salmon, hot sandwiches and other tasty choices were lined up
along the wall. Nearby was a table with sandwich fixings and a
salad bar. Across the room was a table with various deserts,
sliced fresh fruit, baskets of assorted vitamins and teas, an
espresso maker, beverage station, blender and juicer. It was a
late September Saturday morning; smoke from Washington