Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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Students work fast food Many Butler students decide to work at restaurants in El Dorado for various reasons. Their reasons for working differ from one extreme to another, such as working for money to pay rent or working for their own satisfaction. There is more to working at any restaurant besides flipping hamburgers. It includes keeping the store clean, getting along with the other workers and the manager. Stephanie Reed, Junction City sophomore, who works at McDonald ' s says her most important job is being nice to customers when you really don ' t feel like it; it is also the hardest. The jobs differ at different stores. At McDonald ' s, a window person ' s job includes sweeping, mopping, making coffee, wrapping food, changing the trash, cleaning windows, taking the customers ' orders, plus getting their food and counting back the correct amount of change. A salad bar attendant at The Golden Corral is responsible for keeping the two salad bars stocked full with fresh items, keep the bars clean from any food that someone may have spilled onto the kale and keep the coolers in the back stocked with crocks and bowls of food for the next shift. Pizza deliverers at Big Cheese Pizza have to know the areas in which they are delivering and keep track of all money transactions. A cook at Kentucky Fried Chicken also has other jobs to do besides cook chicken, such as keeping their own area clean and taking out their trash. Most student workers will agree that their most im- portant jobs are to satisfy the customer and to keep their manager happy. Students have had something interesting or unusual happen to them while working at a restaurant. Some examples are Stephanie Reed, Junction City, sophomore who works at McDonald ' s remembers dropping a Big Mac down the front of her uniform and also a man who refused to pull up when he was in the drive-thru. Heath Austin, a Whitewater sophomore who is a piz- za deliverer at The Big Cheese Pizza says the most unusual thing that happened to him was when he got robbed while delivering pizza, they stole all my piz- zas! Sonja McElroy, Mulvane freshman, a salad bar at- tendant at The Golden Corral, with a red face reports her most embarrassing moment was when she stuck her leg in a bucket of sour cream and the whole bucket had to be thrown away. Susie Guy Jolena Cremer Ty Odle, Howard sophomore, a cook at Kentucky Fried Chicken said the funniest thing that happened since he ' s been there was when the assistant manager married the manager. Darren Little, Towanda freshman, a waiter at The Red Coach Inn, says his most interesting experience was whe n a customer left an envelope on the table and he threw it away when he cleared the table; the customer came back for the envelope and told Darren there was a thousand dollars in it, so he fished it out of the trash. Jolena Cremer, Benton sophomore, a line attendant at the Golden Corral says her most unusual ex- perience was when an older gentleman threw a salad plate at her because it was too cold. Students usually find their work hours flexible and don ' t seem to conflict with their study hours unless they have to close which puts them home late. They find their jobs rewarding for mainly three reasons; when they get their paychecks, when they do a good job and someone notices, and when they get a raise. Jeff Griffin, Viola freshman, a Hardee ' s employee waits patiently for a customer to choose what he is going to eat. 22 Fast Food

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Dorm life: Something to write home about Nora Bacon has homework in more ways than one. During the week and most weekends, she is a student and a dorm resident. Once a month she goes home to Dwight, which is 100 miles away, where her husband, Clair and her 12-year-old son live. She also has two older children who are at- tending other colleges. Bacon believes a person has to reach for the stars, because your future is up to you. Nothing is impossible if a person really wan- ts it bad enough. A 1959 high school graduate, Bacon is a sophomore in nursing and already possesses an associate ' s degree in accounting. So why would a 45-year-old woman want to live in a college dorm? I have always wanted to live in a dorm but never got the opportunity. When asked if she has experienced a generation gap, her reply was No. I have been well accepted by the students. The main reason for this lifestyle is primarily economics. She found it would be far more ad- vantageous to stay here and go home once a month. Clair is very understanding and supportive. Without that, Bacon revealed, this situation would be impossible. Bacon is a pro-libber and believes a person is never too old to learn. She hopes to someday be the administrator of a nursing home. She also plans to write a book about her dorm life ex- perience. Dream as far as the skies ... is what Nora Bacon is doing. Susan Burgess Nora Bacon is enjoying her study time in her dorm room. Marlene Brooks Dorm Life 21

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