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PhaerieChild
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since 1999-08-30

Posts 1787
Aloha, Oregon

0 posted 1999-10-21 05:35 PM

I wrote this for my son who started his very first job as a Denny's dishwasher during the graveyard shift. Needless to say he didn't like it and didn't stay but a month before going on to other employment.

Dish-Dawg Blues

Goin' to work at 10 pee'em
What a time to wake a body up!
Same ol' crap in the ol' dish land.
Rack 'em, wash 'em, and stack 'em up.

I got the dish dawg blues....

Along about 2 it's the drunken crowd
And they all want eggs on their plates.
Some are rude, crude, obnoxious, and loud.
Eggs be a-stickin'..must just be fate.

I got the dish dawg blues...

Somewhere 'round about 4 I gotta clean the can.
My Gawd!!! What a horrible sight!!!
So I clean it all up (even where the soap ran)
And just pray for the end of the night.

I got the dish dawg blues...

Right around 6 my work is all done.
Floors are swept and mopped to a shine.
I pull off my hat and my dirty apron.
Then I sit myself down to dine.

Just singing the dish dawg blues.

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If you love me like music, I'll be your song.
~Heart~ Dreamboat Annie

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 1999-10-21 05:42 PM

Your son is lucky to have you since you understands what its like to have the blues. This was well done--my son has been there, so I know.

[This message has been edited by Martie (edited 10-21-1999).]

PhaerieChild
Senior Member

since 1999-08-30

Posts 1787
Aloha, Oregon

2 posted 1999-10-21 05:45 PM

Thanks Martie,
I'm a cook at the same Denny's and he was just sooooo miserable. Glad he got this other job. At least he's happier.

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If you love me like music, I'll be your song.
~Heart~ Dreamboat Annie

Systematic Decay
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since 1999-09-15

Posts 1301
That place with padded walls and funny people in white.........

3 posted 1999-10-21 05:54 PM

LOL, I should give this tomy boyfriend, who always complains about his job...

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"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage."
-Billy Corgan-

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 1999-10-21 06:03 PM

WC,
Reads like a good lyric for a song, nice job.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

5 posted 1999-10-21 09:13 PM

Yep, it truly sings!

I was also a dishwasher once.......hated it!

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Denise

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

6 posted 1999-10-21 09:18 PM

Good one, WildChild. It's one of those jobs everybody should have at least once to learn SO much about humanity!

Lynn
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since 1999-09-20

Posts 316
Jasper, Alabama U.S.A.

7 posted 1999-10-21 09:35 PM

Totally agree. I hate washing dishes. Especially at a restruant.!!!!!! I loved the poem!

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"I Believe we are divine by nature." -Jewel

Grace is the refinement of a soul over time. -Jewel

PhaerieChild
Senior Member

since 1999-08-30

Posts 1787
Aloha, Oregon

8 posted 1999-10-22 01:57 AM

Thanks to all of you. I had fun with this one even if it was at my son's expense. Though he got over it.

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If you love me like music, I'll be your song.
~Heart~ Dreamboat Annie

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