As You Sow so Shall You Reap

Besides a check, that she had to turn right back over to pay rent and buy few groceries in order to live for the next day. In turn, that same above described situation is the depressing truth about the cycle of poverty and the experience of one woman who placed herself in a project in order to relate the desperation of minimum wage workers of America.

Imagine that you got a machine with a button on it and if you push "The Button", you kill someone that you don’t know, in exchange for 50,000 dollars. Sounds like no big deal. It’s just one person that you have never met and someone that you will never meet.

Searching for a job, she calculates what her wage threshold is in order to sustain a low class life. She applies to various hotels and inns, refusing to show interest in any restaurants, for she already was a waitress when she was 18. Eventually, after receiving no calls back from the higher paying jobs, she gets word she has an interview at a hotel, more specifically, in it's attached restaurant as a waitress.

She was born and raised in a poor home in Nicaragua. When she was young, a war broke out near the city she lived in and mentioned the difficulties her family has encountered throughout that time. Her father had taken part in this horrific war and her family, along with other families, faced great challenges. Because of the war, most of the homes and nearby stores had been destroyed or were being occupied by the soldiers as a place of refuge. By the time the war was finished the city was ruined the homes were falling apart as the bricks that made them up started to fall off one by one. So, In hopes for finding a safe and abundant home, her family moved to the United States. When she moved to Florida, she graduated High school and began attending a community college. Unfortunately, her family couldn’t afford for her to attend college for the full four years, so she was only able to attain her Associates degree in Accounting. This allowed her to have few job opportunities, nonetheless, with certain terms and conditions because of her

An issue she had noticed throughout her life was that the wrong people always seemed to have the wrong food, and with this a job waitressing, she would be able to change this. One day, while at work Twyla recognized Roberta’s familiar face and decided to approach her. The reunion was very brief and not friendly; it seemed as though the two women who had once been so close were now strangers living in two very different worlds. After yet another jump in time, the two women met up yet again in a place centered around food, the Food Emporium, a grocery store which claimed to sell gourmet food, and catered to the “rich IBM crowd” (251), of which only one of the women actually belonged. This reunion was more positive than the previous, and the two women ended up going to get coffee to prolong their reunion after their shopping.

He then apologized to us for the delusional woman having came into the diner ruining our lunch. Then, asked us to pay her no mind, telling us that, Caroline Hemstock was just a harmless, old woman who was suffering from some form of Alzheimer’s or schizophrenia, or some other type of neurological disease, as he had put it. He then mentioned that Caroline could no-longer distinguish between reality and the old myths and wives tales that the village was known for. He then offered to pay for our lunches, to which my mama—finally no longer being taciturn—said, “Oh, that’s very kind of you, but it wasn’t any of your fault what happened. Your business shouldn’t suffer because of what someone else did. Besides, the old woman didn’t harm anyone, we’re just fine.” The large man then smiled warmly at me first then at my mama before saying, “That’s very kind of you. You two be sure to let me know if you needed anything else then.” he then turned around and headed back to the kitchen. After that my mama promptly paid for our food and we left even though we hadn’t yet finished our meals. Neither one of us felt much like eating any longer anyways

However, it was disheartening to hear that sometimes when she walks at work, she encounters people who insult her by calling her “ trashy”. This opened my eyes to how some people view others of the lower and poor class and that people often judge those who are marginalized, even without listening to their story of hard work. I was also angry at the system when I heard Tammy mention how she works long hours at Burger King, yet her employers cannot give her a raise like they give other employees. Tammy’s story also taught me that being poor can make people feel shame and embarrassed at their living situation, this is evidence when Tammy’s son explain how he is embarrassed living in the trailer, how he sometimes denies his relationship with his brother and the embarrassment he feels toward his mother because of the burger clothes she wears. I was inspired by Tammy’s story because it showed me that even poor people work hard and through this hard work, they get ahead in their lives. Instead of staying in the same situation, Tammy has managed to move forward and has bought a new house. Instead of walking ten and a half miles to work, she now walks twenty minutes and still has dreams of being a teacher.

“I got them for free, Wulfric!” she explained and then handed the bowl over to me. I took it gratefully and I thanked er.

Kathryn gulped. She glanced at her own reflection. She was a brave, clumsy, tea drinker with dirty eyebrows and charming lips. Her friends saw her as an ancient, angry artist, but she's been trying to fix her image. Once, she had even saved an obedient puppy that was

“I have important things to do,” he said to himself. “I can’t even hear if Ms. O’ Blivious wants to buy from me this time. Call number 33 is always the lucky one.”

She sent me a deathly glare. “Who cares? There's a load of gross guys staring at us right now.”

Leigh says, “Despite the location, Dot’s Donuts is about to become famous.” Leigh walks over, gets back into the car with her mom, Nadine, fastens her seatbelt, her mom starts the car and they drove away. Leigh and her mom, Nadine, were several hours into their Saturday filled with taking care of business, Suddenly Leigh had noticed, that Dot’s Donuts wasn’t the only small shop on the side streets of the city, There were also a whole side street covered in hamburger and hot dog food joints. Leigh started to feel scared as she wondered, “With all these food joints in business as well is Dot’s Donuts gonna close down, I just applied hoping I would get a job at a new food joint.” Leigh starts to remember that this donut shop is new and since these food joints might be able to collaborate or work some business deal to keep the donut shop open, she might still have a shot at getting this new job at a donut shop on the side streets in the big city of Tuscaloosa,

Instead of finding a job as a domestic, or attempting of finding a job as a factory worker, Annie decides to cook meals for the local factory workers. Her job may have been hard and business was slow, but Annie persevered to succeed at what she had started. After many hardships and obstacles, over time, Annie turned it into a successful business store. The main reason Annie succeeded was her perseverance and her drive for

“Whats for lunch today?” Maya had asked while rubbing her stomach. “I'm like so hungry right now!”

I shrugged. “I guess I’ve never seen any of you guys going to work before so I just assumed that you were given money from Captain or something. It seems like you might have more important things to do in your day besides bussing tables.”