Imagine the smell of French fries all day long, popping grease on a grill, and the never ending task of refilling drinks. This is the daily routine of many fast food workers. As much as people hate to admit it they will catch themselves judging others for their careers. It is a shame because when it comes down to it, everyone is trying to accomplish the same thing: to make a living. Whether they work at McDonalds or have achieved the highest position in a Fortune 500 company, their goals are the same. Using the text of Singapore by Mary Oliver, work is defined differently by different people and social boundaries which affect their personal and social lives can be seen on many levels in society.
             Singapore tells the story of a woman working in an airport as a custodian. The narrator of the poem is startled by the beauty of the woman despite her place of employment. In the poem this line, "Her beauty and embarrassment struggled together, and neither could win." (Oliver, 119) summed up a lot of the narrators feelings to me. She is embarrassed because she made a sudden judgment about the woman because of where she works. To some people work is just a place to make money as I mentioned above, but to others it is a place that they enjoy being at. The woman in the poem seems a bit self-conscious only after the narrator looks at her in disbelief. She doesn't seem to mind her job but second guesses herself after another person questions it.
             Similar to the woman working as a custodian in the airport, people working in the fast food industry experience comparable struggles on a daily basis. We have for example the typical lower class income workers in the fast food industry. As well as the lower class working in fast-food, also middle class people are found working in the fast food restaurants to make a living. A lower class person may find is not stereotyped as much as a middle class worker would be. In all reality one w...