Sylvester Johnson

Miss Austin

English Compostion

Aug 19, 2022

My Job

The employee entrance is rusted, and creaky, and hasn't been cleaned in years and the

ground beneath has been scraped away from the gate swinging. It completely contradicts the

prestige of the visitor entrance. Flickering lights barely light a hallway with nothing but a few

lockers, none bigger than a small safe, and leads to the kitchen. On top of the lockers lay items

abandoned by former employees with a thick layer of dust showing how long they’ve been there.

The back of the kitchen is the prep station where

Produce is chopped seasoned and cooked in preparation. large metal counters on wheels line the

left and back walls with an assortment of different-sized pans and bowls underneath the right of

the kitchen is a computer on a makeshift stand made from an old filing cabinet with a keyboard

rack in place of one of the drawers. The heat from the fryers on the front wall can be felt

throughout the whole kitchen and after a whole day of working you feel a few pounds heavier

from the grease in the air layering on you and soaking your clothes. A Digital clock clings to the

left wall Displaying the time in big red unmistakable numbers to be sure that no employees get

their lunch times mixed up. In every corner or crevice ceiling or floor, there is some kind of trap

for the multitude of insects that comes with having a restaurant in a zoo, all sporting a bright

yellow color which makes them almost blend into the walls in darker areas but the yellow of the

walls is too aged and faded for them to blend in brighter areas. A door in the right back corner

leads to the dish room and is the source of the rotten meat smell that radiates through the kitchen.
Sylvester Johnson

Miss Austin

English Compostion

Aug 19, 2022

Racks of dishes are everywhere in there, most of them belonging to a catering company that

borrows the kitchen often.