Learning Curve

Fast food restaurants have become one of the true symbols of the United States. However, if you remove the grease from underneath your fingernails, you will see an even darker underside. Employees  flutter from one dead end job to another, because few of these eating establishments offer much of a future. The idea of being dedication to one’s company is dying quickly. There is also a demographic shift as more and more minority groups, single mothers, and unskilled workers apply for fast food jobs. (more…)

This chapter look at my time in a glass factory. It shows the the frustration of trying to make a production quota on a meaningless job while better qualified colleagues were getting laid-off just in time for Christmas. After slashing my wrists on a double-paned company window, I began my life as a traveler. (more…)