

One day, after cleaning an especially disgusting bathroom at Burger King, I said to my shift leader, “I simply do not get paid enough to do THAT. They feel no compulsion to treat their employees with dignity, because if they go, there is always going to be someone new to hire.

What was possibly the most fascinating aspect of her book were the details on her encounters with the working class. With my own experience, I found that she described the work most accurately.

She really drew me in with her experiences: as gross as it was, I was right there with her scrubbing disgusting toilets and dealing with horrible bosses and cranky customers. I can only imagine how timely must be for an older metabolism.
