1-Tell us about your first paying job
2-If you were a product that came with a warning label, what would it say?
3-Describe your ideal meal.
4-Finish this sentence: If I could be doing anything I wanted right now it would be ...
Jalana Johnson
Server
Cape Girardeau
1-I was a server at Cracker Barrel when I was 18. It was very fast paced and a little tricky.
2-Sweet, but could turn in a heartbeat.
3-An 8-ounce ribeye, medium rare. A baked potato with extra butter. Green beans. Hot fudge sundae with Oreos all over it.
4-... in Florida, on a beach, just hanging out and tanning. And watching my daughter play and make sand castles.
Brenda Tucker
Elementary secretary
The Missouri Bootheel
1-When I was a high school freshman I was a custodian at Senath-Hornersville schools. I had a good boss, and I enjoyed it.
2-What you see is what you get.
3-Meat and potatoes. A hot grilled pork steak, baked potato and green beans. I can do without dessert.
4-... playing with my grandkids -- I wish they lived closer -- quality time with the grandbabies.
Stephanie Ramos
Sales agent
Cape Girardeau
1-El Torero Restaurant. I was a hostess, cashier, bus girl-- a little bit of everything. I was 17.
2-Handle with care.
3-A hamburger with shrimp on the side. I love shrimp. And I love a hamburger with bacon.
4-... an animal cop -- the cops who arrest people and save the animals, too. Like on the TV show "Animal Cops: Houston."
Mark Weber
Bartender
Cape Girardeau
1-Mowing lawns in the summer in Cape. I probably got $10 per lawn. I was 11 or 12 years old. I probably got $10 per lawn. I was 11 or 12 years old.
2-Too hot to handle.
3-Shishkabob over a camp fire.
4-... duck hunting in Manitoba, Canada, by myself.
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