From: tcarsten@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Teresa C D Carstensen)
Subject: Re: GL - Week-End Observations
Organization: The Ohio State University
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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:33:29 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.190713.26855@acsu.buffalo.edu> v101pyrw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Michelle L. Zafron) writes:
>Whoa, now I don't think Eleni is the smartest character, but let's give her a 
>little credit here.  What exactly can she do?  She comes from a poor village in 
>Greece, where it seems she did a lot of manual and domestic labor.  She doesn't
>have a degree in anything.  The only work she's done in this country is 
>waitressing.  It's not like she has job opportunities surrounding her.

I would have expected her to take up some sort of volunteer work.  That
doesn't necessary require any special education or job skills.  Eleni is
supposed to be a kind person, so charity work should appeal to her.

In lieu of that, she could see about getting an education so that she could
be of some help to WonderBread in business matters.  
>
>AM doesn't want her to do the housework.  He wants her to go hang out with all 
>the other business wives at the countryclub and get her nails done.  He 
>certainly is being less than concerned about what she does with her time.  He
>sure as hell is not going to let her go back to something as declassee as 
>waitressing

Doesn't that boy have a clue that she is *bored* with the countryclub life?
With all her attempts to help him, it should be obvious that she wants to do
something constructive with her time.  I wouldn't think that he would have a
problem with doing some sort of volunteer work, as long as she didn't have to
be around people he'd consider declassee or work in the poorer parts of town.
It would also be good PR for Spaulding if she got involved in charity work.
I know!  She could become a fundraiser for the Bush campaign ;-).
>
>So she's bored.  She's not used to being rich and having nothing to do, and I 
>imagine she's going to find it difficult to break into the countryclub set.
>So while, I think Eleni should have been smarter about WonderBread, I can 
>sympathize with her here.

Eh, I can only sympathize to a degree.  There really are all sorts of things
she could do with her time if she'd only think about it.  In addition to
volunteer work or school, she could also get involved in some social
organizations, such as a Greek-American club, or spend more time with her
friends.  Surely she has more friends than just her family and the Coopers.
But to be fair, I suppose that having all that money and free time is such a
new experience to her that she'd never considered what to do with it all before
(although some of us will never have that problem - both having a lot of time
and money and not knowing what to with it!)

>
>--Michelle L. Zafron (v101pyrw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu)
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>"Suppose that you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress.  But
> I repeat myself."
>                                 --Mark Twain   
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TC 
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