Diner Essays

  • Alex's Restaurant, an ethnography

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    was a (surprisingly great) relief. From a feminist perspective, this is a rich area for study. I would like to further explore the subject, to study the relationship between the server and the served…as “the relationship between the waiter and diner is problematic because of the blatant purchase of human service that is involved” (Finklestein, p. 56). This is true, and is further complicated by gender expectations and prejudices. True, attitudes towards these public-private taboos are changing

  • Nighthawks Poem Analysis

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    disjointed reader’s point of view. It shows you as disconnected from them as they are from each other, blocked by the pane of curved glass looking among the patrons with a complacent eye. Though are we not lucky to be not one of those located at the diner? Their pleasures pleased and their satisfactions satisfied through their actions to create a sense of affirmation in their existence on this planet. Each one of them has done one thing or another seen as taboo in society in order to bring some sort

  • Diner Beware

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    In reading the article Diner Beware, data collected through studies have revealed how diners can be manipulated to spend more money through visual, audio, environmental and other sensory stimuli. Many restauranteurs have begun to implement changes based on the findings in these studies much like the music industry has made changes as described in an article by Derek Thomson The Shazam Effect. Analyzing data collected from these studies has shown how subtle changes to the dining or music experience

  • Ruby's Diner Biography

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    Bill was a man of habit. He had eaten at Ruby’s Diner every year for the past 20 years, since his retirement. He had worked for the same company for 25 years before that. He had been married to Trudy for 50 years and they had 4 wonderful children. Trudy was now across town with her women’s bible study group which she had done every Sunday evening for the last twenty years, leaving Bill to fend for himself. Ruby’s Diner served an amazing clam chowder and the view across the street on

  • A Comparison of McDonald's and Fox's Diner

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    McDonald's and Fox's Diner McDonald's and Fox's Diner are two of the restaurants in Lake City, Tennessee. But even though they both sell hamburgers in the same town, they don't have anything else in common. They cater to different types of customers, there is a noticeable difference in service speed, and every facet of doing business is handled differently. Even the atmosphere of these two places is in contrast. These two restaurants do not compete for the same customers. McDonald's

  • University Diner Air Conditioning System

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    The 49er University Diner here on campus is a great place for students and employees to dine with its healthy, sustainable, and cultural dining options. The University Diner provides a great place to eat, relax, study, and hang out. Unfortunately, problems arise during times of hot weather, and this affects the University Diner causing excessive humidity and changes in people’s behavior. This climate problem can affect customer’s choice, causing them to avoid the University Diner. Additionally, employees’

  • Neon Diner Competitive Analysis Paper

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    analysis is an integral part of a marketing plan (Berry, 2005). Nevertheless, Neon’s Memories Diner marketing strategy does not include a competitive analysis. The analysis is an opportunity for Neon Diner to have insight into the market in which they are competing (Berry, 2005). It permits them to identify the main competition and know where they are located. The competitive analysis allows the diner to analyze their competitor’s business which includes a website, price, marketing messages, strengths

  • Marketing Strategies Of Sam And Spike's Diner

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    Introduction Sam & Spike’s Diner is a soon to open restaurant that imitates a 50’s style diner. The restaurant will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner along with different drinks both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. In order for the business to be successful, a promotional plan must be organized to ensure the longevity of the company. The document below describes such plan in the form of multiple different campaigns. Advertising, sales promotions, events, PR, direct marketing plan, interactive marketing

  • Personal Narrative: Working At Wendy's Diner

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    Thursday night. I picked up an extra shift at my job. I work at Wendy’s Diner, a popular old-fashioned diner on the corner of Gilbert Street. It is well known for its 80’s retro vibe. It mainly attracts customers between the ages of 45 and 70. That night, the diner was very crowded, which was unusual for a Thursday night, but I didn’t mind it because I was able to collect more tips. One customer in particular always came to the diner when I worked. His name was Bobby Nickel, a tall man in his

  • Observations from a 50's Style Diner

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    breath takes our order. Jorge, and I sit in the booth closest to the nearest exit door of an old-school 50's style diner. Pictures of Elvis Presley, Humphrey Bogart and James Dean decorate the velvet walls while music from the late great Buddy Holly plays on the speakers. It is a slow night at the diner, as only a few tables are occupied. I assume the customers are regulars at the diner as they yell back and forth from table to table, talking about the baseball game, something I don't eavesdrop in

  • Personal Narrative-Changing Experience: My Life At The Sage Diner

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    I had just turned ten when my mom first took me to the Salisbury Chess Club at the Sage Diner. The dilapidated Sage Diner dressed as if it were in the 50s (Absolute), I was immediately enamored by the chess pieces. Soon, I established a reputation for myself as a capricious tactician able to beat all but the most experienced players. Consequently, I played with one of the better players, Phil (Appositive), almost every week. Through my chess games with Phil, I learned many values, like patience and

  • Red Lobster Diners LLC: Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

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    Lobster Restaurants Will Pay $160,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit BALTIMORE - Red Lobster Diners LLC will wage $160,000 and furnish momentous equitable relief to ascertain a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Occupation Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the combined association proclaimed today. According to the lawsuit, the next culinary manager at the Red Lobster diner in Salisbury, Md., subjected Valerie Serman, Racheal Cox and Jennifer Tolbert to harsh and pervasive sexual

  • Nighthawks Interpretation

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    lifeless between the streets, the diner, and the buildings that arise behind it. While the light within the diner aluminates through the windows and latches on to the dark gloomy streets, four people sit in inaudible silence as the chef cleans out a glass. A woman with a red dress that matches her flowing hair sits looking uninterested and exhausted while she examines her hand. Meanwhile, two men in black suits with stern postures beam over the red diner bar. The diner separates the four people from

  • 'Nighthawks' By Edward Hopper: Painting Analysis

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    Nighthawks is perhaps the painting that embodies whom Edward Hopper was as an artist. The whole scene of a diner at night creates this entire different mood then it would if it was painted at a different time of the day. When we think of night, there are many things that happen, more obscurity and more curiosity. With this painting you can start to create the narrative, that these individuals are loners, they like to come out at night to escape the day. This idea that these people come to this place

  • Nighthawks Description

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    Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks depicts a diner on a city street at night. The businesses surrounding the diner are visible, but the diner is the focal point. The diner appears to be the main source of light. Inside the diner there are four people, three sitting around a bar while the fourth is behind the bar serving customers. A man and a woman are sitting directly next to each other facing us, on the other side of the bar, a man is sitting alone with his back to us. The painting does not use very many

  • Observation Of Denny's Restaurant

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    In general, this place is a place where diners can have high expectations as they will be treated for what they pay. The only time when guests complain is when they are demanding and have too high expectations, I suppose. Denny’s Restaurant – For middle-class and some of lower-class diners As mentioned in the second observation note, Denny's restaurant is not a place of fancy cuisine or elite customer service;

  • The Nighthawks Analysis

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    realist and his subjects were drawn from real life situations. This art is naturalistic because it has recognizable objects that imitate nature and three-dimensional space, like the diner, customers in the diner, and other buildings in the background. The

  • Edward Hopper Nighthawks Essay

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    to convey to the viewer, and the significance of the very detailed depiction of the figures occupying the diner. The realism style of the painting that contributes greatly to the intense effect on the viewer, chosen for this reason, will be explored as well. The somber and lonely mood of the painting will be analyzed as well as the aspects of the empty street and the sparsely populated diner. I will discuss how the painting accurately represents the Great Depression era it was painted to portray

  • play review

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    They would always come to the diner early in the morning and tell stories of there experiences in the police department. But this particular night was going to be different from any other night. As we proceeded to enter the theater we walked up a flight of stairs to the second floor of the theater. As I entered the theater I was surprised how small it was. The stage was set up as a diner in City of Chicago in the 1970’s at approximately two in the morning. The diner consisted of a working stove,

  • Interpretation Of Alienation In Nighthawks, By Edward Hooper

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    Nighthawks was painted in 1942 by Edward Hooper, and inspired by a diner located on a wedge shaped corner in Hooper’s old New York neighborhood. Though the diner that inspired Nighthawks has since been destroyed, the image with its nonexistence narrative and detailed composition, has an everlasting quality. The painting portrays four people sitting in a diner late at night. Do the four people know each other? Or have the come to the diner to take refuge in each other’s silent company? The uncommunicative