My First Job At Buzzys Diner

My First Job at Buzzy's Diner

The first job I had was at Buzzy's Diner, located in a small suburban

town in upstate New York. It isn't a classy restaurant, it isn't even a very

clean one, but during the hours that its open in the morning it is probably the

busiest place within fifteen miles. Although the food there is inexpensive and

very good, the main reason people eat their lunch and breakfast there is because

of the diner's cozy atmosphere and timeless quality.

The diner is in a building that is about 65 years old and when you first

walk in and take a seat, it seems like you just traveled backwards in time.

Along one side of the dining area there is a counter with stools where people

who come there by themselves go to eat and read the newspaper. The tables and

the countertop are an off-white color underneath a pattern of random gray lines

that looks like shattered glass. The seats for the tables are dark wooden

benches, many of them are dented and scratched from their years of use. In one

corner there is an ancient cigarette machine (the kind with levers you have to

pull to get your cigarettes) and an old fashioned penny gumball machine.

The walls of the room are divided horizontally by molding. The bottom

four feet of the walls consist of wood paneling that matches the benches. The

top half is covered with an ugly brown wallpaper that reminds me of the

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