Analysis Of Serving In Florida

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Serving in Florida tells a story of a young server starting out at a place named Jerry’s. She describes the advice of previous coworkers to help her get through the day. Barbara goes on to explain her encounter with other co-workers including her boss which tells her at on point in other words not to have conversations with the customers. Another boss, this time, the restaurant assistant manager tells a story of a guy stealing from the dry store room, then she informs us of her regret of not seeing a different side of George (the accused thief). Going on to think of the decision she enlightens us about her “crusading Spirt” really hadn’t come out at her new place of work. On to her needy customers, she expands the description of the current

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