V2R20: Mari Andrew

Readathon May 2024: Day 6

Nitin Goel

and

Nandini Swaminathan

May 06, 2024

Dear Reader,

Today, we invite you to dive into

Out of the Blue

Mari Andrew

, a Substack about adulthood, growing up, and other universal themes.

We recommend starting with “How do I make friends?”

“If I were President of Planet Earth, my first law would be:
Everyone has to work in food service for at least a year.
One reason may be obvious; I strongly believe that the world would be a much sweeter place if everyone knew what it was like to work and smile hard through excruciating aches, rude customers, kitchen drama, controlling managers, low pay, and bad tips.
I would hope that this experience would inspire all my citizens, particularly the ones who enjoy belittling others, to stop treating food/retail workers like sock lint.
But there’s another reason why I’m commanding a year of Restaurant or Retail Duty for all citizens of Mari World:
You learn how to make friends there.”

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We have read this essay twice as part of our Guided Reading Meditations - always a delight introducing it to fellow readers!