In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph.
I was in high school when I started waiting tables at The Diner; it was my first real job after several years of regular babysitting. The Diner was owned by a Greek man who had a pregnant wife and two toddlers. I have heard that Greeks only come in big families, but all we ever saw were those four, going-on-five people, who came in once a week, took the biggest booth, ordered enough food for all the relatives, and left forty percent of it on the floor
