Jameson Wagner interview conducted by Jess Lamar Reece Holler, 2018-06-07.
Wagner, Jameson, interviewee.
Holler, Jess Lamar Reece, interviewer.
Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor.
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Long-time Adriatico's Pizza night shift manager Jameson Wagner discusses his early childhood in Medina, Ohio; his introduction to restaurant work through front- and back-of-house work at a now-defunct finer-dining establishment in Medina; and his start at Adriatico's Pizza upon moving to Columbus to attend the Ohio State University. Jameson, who is also trained as a sociologist, talks extensively about the dynamics of food service employee worker and management culture, and sets forth several compelling theories about ways that kitchen workers' occupational folklife and socialization contributes to a culture of excellence, cohesion, pride, and sense of personal contributions to the workplace. Jameson discusses the deeply-ingrained role that Adriatico's Pizza has played in campus life; the culture of the night-shift and the pizza kitchen (including bawdy humor); after-work socialization cultures amongst kitchen workers; and Adriatico's unique Sicilian-style dough and massive "Buckeye" pizza size. He talks about wages; his unexpected career at Adriatico's after graduating from college; and the restaurant owner's unique profit-sharing model. Finally. he discusses Adriaticos' pending move to a new location around the corner, since Ohio State University's School of Optometry is seizing the building where the restaurant has stood for the past 30-odd years.
Recorded at Adriatico's Pizza, Columbus, Ohio, June 7, 2018.
Kitchen Workers in Central Ohio: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2017-2018 (AFC 2017/020: 04380) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
Wagner, Jameson--Interviews.
Hours of labor.
Humor in the workplace.
Wages--Service industries.
Job satisfaction.
Work environment.
Work-life balance.
Restaurants.
Food service employees--Ohio--Interviews.
Restaurants--Employees--Interviews.
Kitchen Workers in Central Ohio: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2017-2018
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