Barbara Ehrenreich Quote

I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. "Well, I don't understand how you can go so long without a cigarette," she responds in a tone of reproach. Because work is what you do for others; smoking is what you do for yourself.


Ch. 1: Serving in Florida (p. 31) - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (2001)


I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. Well, I don't understand how you can go so long...

I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. Well, I don't understand how you can go so long...

I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. Well, I don't understand how you can go so long...

I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. Well, I don't understand how you can go so long...