Personal: My Job

[butterfly]

So, I work at Burgerville (which is, indeed, the Actual Name of a sorta-fast food place in the Northwest. Burgerville tries to be as locally-based and earth-friendly as possible. Now that I've stopped eating meat and I'm thinking about going vegan and cutting out animal products altogether, there's not much that I eat there (I may eventually try their gardenburger to see if I like it, but I'm a wimp when it comes to trying new foods), but they're doing a pretty good job, I think.

They recently started doing the thing where our cooking oil is getting turned into biodiesel and we've been using 100% renewable wind power since last August. Our beef comes from actual grass-fed cows that live on ranges and everything (We actually had a 'Meet the Ranchers' day a couple of weeks ago, and the ranchers came in and helped out and hung around. Very classy of them.). So, I don't have any huge ethical issues with working there, as I would with... oh, pretty much any other fast food place in existence.

Plus, they like me, which is nice. I've gotten quite a few compliments at my job (mostly from co-workers and managers, but sometimes from guests -- I've had many compliments on my voice and order-taking technique), which I'm still not used to -- I tend to get all quiet and shy when people say nice things about me.

Overall, working there is working out fine for me (plus, they recently started doing insurance with Kaiser for $15 a month, no deductible, which I am given to understand is a very good deal).

Comments

[electrcspacegrl.livejournal.com]

You're a new vegetarian thinking of going vegan and you don't like trying new foods? You're going to have to start. To get all the nutrition you will need, it's best to learn to cook and try new things. I actually like a lot of vegetarian and vegan dishes, I just can't go without meat because of health reasons (I'm a big believer in the blood type diet and I'm O+, the red meat eater.) There are many cookbooks you can get to help you eat healthy.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I've always been a picky eater. But there are enough fruits, vegetables, and grains around that I enjoy that I'm certainly not in any danger of starving or losing balance, foodwise. It just takes me time to adjust to new tastes -- last month was soy milk and whole grain bread, both of which I've adjusted to now.

I'm a big believer in the blood type diet and I'm O+, the red meat eater.

D'Adamo's book? I haven't heard great things about that.