Document Type
Narrative Essay
Publication Date
1988
Excerpt
I walked nervously through the enormous colonial house that looked like no one had ever lived in it. My boss informed me that my first catering job would be working a country club party. During the month of February, the club is closed and members who are not lucky enough to jet to a summer home in Florida frequently invite one another over for cocktails to keep up all their incredibly important social contacts. My grandfather was the president of the club and I had met some very interesting people there. I envisioned myself dancing through clusters of people and smiling charmingly at them with a big tray of hors d'oeuvres in my hands. I thought I could make eight bucks an hour and be the life of the party at the same time. I couldn't have been more wrong. That first evening of catering I realized that a person's work almost completely dictates how she is treated by others.
Recommended Citation
Bloch, Jennie, "It's What You Do, Not Who You Are (1988)" (1988). The Valpo Core Reader. 460.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/460