Assigning online homework to a college student is like putting a first grader’s desk in the middle of a sandbox and telling him to sit there and do his addition while everyone else is playing around him.

Its just cruel.

My friend works at Best Buy so I consulted her when I was looking to buy a new laptop. Here’s how the conversation went.

Me: Hey Nicole I want a new laptop. Should I get a Mac or a PC? I know Macs are really expensive but is there really any difference to make it worth it?

Nicole: Well are you full of yourself?

Me: No.

Nicole: Then get a PC.

For the past 5 years I’ve been waitressing on and off. I have yet to find a better job for myself while I’m in college. I had an office job for 2 years and tried retail for a couple months and I’m pretty sure I’m set on both of those kinds of business for the rest of my life.

I knew the food and beverage industry was where I belonged, but like with every job it has it’s perks and drawbacks.

The biggest drawback for me was always being told to act a certain way based on “company standards”. We always had some ridiculous script to follow that corporate office came up that they thought would create the best “guest experience” blah blah blah. Not just “hey, don’t fuck up and be nice to your customers.” No, that’s not professional enough.

For example, at Famous Dave’s I had to introduce myself as “Famous Lisa”. At Macaroni Grill they gave us white aprons. WHITE! At a PASTA restaurant if you’re not familar with the place so you can understand my frustration and the amount of bleach I wasted for the place. Emphasis was always put on how much money you were making for the company, and how good you were at up selling.

I knew the places were like this because they were chain restaurants, so when I moved to San Francisco I made a point to avoid such places. I still had to apply to a lot of them just to get some money in but they were not my first choice.

I eventually got what I wanted and got hired at a place called Village Pizzeria. Its a little hole in the wall place on Van Ness that was started by a New York immigrant who missed his home style pizza and made his own with fresh ingredients. That’s it. Not we’d like to create a memorable experience for our guests to keep them coming back. No. They have amazing pizza that people will pay for and keep paying for. Don’t get me wrong, I know experience is part of it but shouldn’t the food essentially be the most important thing? Not to sound like the guy at Five Guys who told my boyfriend Danny that their fries don’t need ranch dressing, but its SO nice to work at a place that just focuses on its food… not turning it’s employees into corporate determined server robots.

The problem with this of course though is job security. Its safe to assume that a restaurant that established itself in many locations around the country is going to be around for a while and always going to be busy. So a couple days ago when I got an interview at the Hard Rock Cafe on Fisherman’s Wharf, I have to say I was tempted knowing how busy the place would be.

I then realized I can’t even name you one thing they serve at Hard Rock Cafe, and only began to imagine what kind of bullshit they’d want me to say to keep up the “Hard Rock standards”. Creating standards is very anti-rock-n-roll I might add.

I called to cancel the interview and heard this: “Thanks for calling Hard Rock Cafe this is Amy, how can I rock your world today?” and I knew I had made the right decision. 

I did mention I’d post favorite recipes on here so I decided the first one should be one I actually came up with! Ok… its hardly a real recipe but its definitely tasty! So here goes.

Lisa’s New Favorite Egg Sandwich

What you need:

2 slices whole grain bread

2 eggs

pepper jack cheese

Ketchup

Tapitio

Butter, margarine, whatever you want (I used smart balance :p )

Melt about tsp of butter in pan and place your pieces of bread in pan when its hot and melted. Let cook turning occasionally until bread is slightly browned. Make sure you don’t use too much butter so your bread gets soggy, just enough for it to not stick and brown a little. (I actually have to do this because I don’t have a toaster)

Cook eggs however you want. I like mine over-easy :D

On one slice of bread, add pepper jack cheese.

On the other, add sliced avocado and some ketchup.

When eggs are done, place them over the pepper jack cheese to let it melt.

Add tapito and fresh ground pepper to eggs.

Put sandwich together and enjoy! :D

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of a compost bucket. Woop woop!

I’m done with the quotes for a little while haha. I’ll post something in the next couple days that I’ll put more effort into. XP