Descriptive Essay Lous Place - 999 Words

It is years later and I can still remember my first visit to Lous Cafe. Stopping in to see if anyone could tell us where to locate the turn we had missed, my dad and I received a large dose of culture shock. It seemed as if we had opened the door to a place where time stood still. nbsp; Miss Lou Dixon owns and runs that restaurant in the middle of Small Town, USA.nbsp; Miss Lou has been in business at that location since 1954. Even though the place looks a little squalid, it is not for lack of care; in fact, Lou is proud of how clean she keeps her place.nbsp; She has often been heard to say, with the strongest East Tennessee accent, It dont matter how pore a body is. They can be clean.nbsp; She is proud of her A†¦show more content†¦nbsp; When entering the main dining room, whether by design or by custom, there is a definite pecking order involved in the seating arrangements.nbsp; The first table on the left, presided over by an elderly gentleman with Basset Hound eyes, belongs to the old men of the town.nbsp; The table sits in front of one of two large windows; the old men can see and are able to comment on the doins of them young uns running the town these days.nbsp; It is amusing to discover that the average age of the people under discussion is at least fifty and they took over their businesses from the same old men looking over them now. nbsp; On the right side, the other large window is dominated by the womens information league.nbsp; In other towns they would be known as busybodies or gossips.nbsp; At Lous, they are part of the complicated information gathering process.nbsp; They bring all the information from the night before and are linked to the rest of the town through the old fashioned rotary telephone hanging outside Lous kitchen door.nbsp; The phone rings constantly: someone wants to callShow MoreRelatedLibrary Management204752 Words   |  820 Pagesperformance of their unit. They oversee the use of resources. Another informational role played by managers is that of disseminator. Managers not only gather information, but they also share it with others. This information dissemination can take place in person or by means of e-mail or other types of communication media. As organizations have become more participatory, information is shared much more broadly than it was in the past. The final informational rol e played by a manager is that of spokesperson