50 pages into Nickel and Dimed.

So far the main character is dealing with moving away from her home and normal life to experience middle class life to write a book. She moved in a little cabin like house 30 miles away from where she will be working at (pg 12). She then finds a job. She applies at many different places like hotels, supermarkets, and restaurants. She didn't want to be a waitress because she experienced that exhaustion in high school, but that’s what she ends up doing because they gave her the job (pg 16). later on she found out that even with her tips she couldn't afford rent one month, so she had to get another job. She got an other waitress job working a morning shift while still keeping her other waitress job during the evening shift (pg 28-29). She even had to move into a trailer closer to her jobs to save gas money and plus the rent was cheaper. She was in a high crime neighborhood now. She also explains the hardships of the people she has met so far too. Gail lives with a roommate, Claude is living with roommates but wants out, Annett lives with her mother, Marianne lives in a trailer, Billy lives in a trailer, Andy lives on his small boat, Tina lives in a hotel, and Joan lives in her car behind her work (pg 25-26).
While I was reading I thought that she should try to find a different job then to be a waitress. She hardly makes money with the wages being only $2 something plus tips. If she would get a minimum wage job she could probably get down to one job and work everyday all day. That is still crazy that all those people are living the way they do. Living in a hotel and car would be pretty rough. She hardly has time to eat even. She is late for her evening job because she has to change clothes and drive. I just hope I don't have to have two jobs and have any time for myself or even have enough money to have a day off.