Last Night at the Lobster
Stewart O'Nan
popular fiction
pg. 73-106

Manny becomes frustrated with everyone in the restaurant so he decides to leave on his lunch break to walk through the storm to the mall. He is in search of a Christmas present for his pregnant girlfriend, Deena. He already bought jewelry for Jacquie, one of his waitresses he happens to be in love with, but she ended things because they could never work out. He resorts to jewelry once again though. He makes his purchase and trudges through the snow back to the Red Lobster. He returns to that he has now lost another employee, cutting them even shorter on staff. Business is slow for the time being. However, Manny does discover that upon Fredo's departure, he cut up both Manny's jacket and the cook Ty's jacket as well, all in anger. Manny goes outside to find their windshields punched in as well. Ty and Manny struggle to fix it before allowing too much snow into their cars.

There is still nothing major going on in the story. It's just not very exciting too me. Luckily, I'm almost done. But I don't agree with him so much on buying gifts for both his pregnant girlfriend and the other girl he secretly loves....but oh well!