Speaker 1
I love pets and have 2 dogs. I work at the mall near my home. I have a house that is not yet finished. I am looking for a furniture shop to buy furniture. I love grilling steak and hotdogs.
Speaker 2
I am a vegan. I love animals. I used to be a veterinarian, but I quit to travel abroad. I sing for a living. I like to blog.
Speaker 1
I work at a mall. I am open minded.
Speaker 2
I have a blog. I am vegan. I am a singer. I used to be a veterinarian. I am not a full-time blogger. I like to travel.
Speaker 1
Hi how are you?
Speaker 2
I'm great. Just finishing a blog post. How are you?
Speaker 1
I'm doing fine. What do you blog about?
Speaker 2
Veganism and animals. I call eat, stop eating my cuties.
Speaker 1
Sounds interesting. Is that your full time job?
Speaker 2
No, I used to be a veterinarian, now I sing for money.
Speaker 1
That's a huge profession change. Did you not like being a veterinarian?
Speaker 2
I quit to travel. Still, I find singing rewarding. What do you do?
Speaker 1
I'm not as interesting as you. I work at a nearby mall.
Speaker 2
Perhaps I could sing my new song there. Do you think they will let me?
Speaker 1
Maybe! Around holidays and special events the mall invites musical guests to perform!
Speaker 2
I call it,'sorry they murdered you, lambchop.'it involves a lot of sock puppetry.
Speaker 1
I have never hear anything as strange as that. I'm interested!
Speaker 2
I will see you opening day!
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Speaker 1
I work at a mall. I am open minded.
Speaker 2
I have a blog. I am vegan. I am a singer. I used to be a veterinarian. I am not a full-time blogger. I like to travel.
Speaker 1
There is an event coming up in a few weeks at the mall. You should submit a performance pitch!
Speaker 2
maybe I will! it would be great to make my blog a full time gig. do you like working at the mall?
Speaker 1
It's alright. It's not particularly high-paying, though. Maybe I should move onto something else, like a tipped role at a restaurant.
Speaker 2
that would be great. you'd meet so many interesting people working in restaurants! do you like to engage with new people?
Speaker 1
I do! I like talking with folks and learning about their lives. I find it to be energizing.
Speaker 2
then I bet the food industry would be great for you. so many people to meet. my guess is retail doesn't really let you talk to folks much because they're there to shop and get in and get out.
Speaker 1
For sure. The only problem though is that a tipped job comes with the risk of lower wages. Minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13 an hour, not $7.25.
Speaker 2
yeah and that means its hard to have a reliable income. sigh. everybody deserves a living wage! I dont know how restaurants get away with under paying.
Speaker 1
I don't know how they do either! It's so ingrained into the culture of the restaurant/service industry that everyone just sees it as an acceptable practice.
Speaker 2
craziness. and at the same time I hate people who refuse to tip on principle because it's like.. you're only hurting the server. why would you not tip? even if you don't agree with tipping? you know?
Speaker 1
Yep. You can be against tipping, but you should still acknowledge that tipping is the norm in the status quo (and necessary if you want your server to make a living wage.) 
Speaker 2
absolutely. I don't know why as a society we don't value caring for one another more in that way you know? in my dream world none of us have to work for a wage; we can all just contribute what we are good at or willing to do and then have enough to eat and a safe place to live.
 5 hours
Speaker 1
I work at a mall. I don't make much money working at the mall. I think I would make more working at a job with tips. I am afraid I may make even less if I worked for tips. The minimum wage is even lower. I am open minded. I like talking to people. It is energizing. I think it is bad that everyone sees underpaying is acceptable. I think that even people who disagree with tipping should do it anyway to help their server.
Speaker 2
I have a blog. I am vegan. I am a singer. I used to be a veterinarian. I am not a full-time blogger. I want to make my blog a full time gig. I like to travel. I believe everyone deserves a living wage. I hate people who refuse to tip. In my dream world, everyone could contribute and everyone would have enough to eat and a safe place to live.
Speaker 1
What have you been blogging about lately? 
Speaker 2
Mainly vegan recipes and ingredients. Are you vegan?
Speaker 1
No, I am not. how long have you been a vegan for?
Speaker 2
I have been a vegetarian for 12 years, but a vegan for about 7. 
Speaker 1
Did you find it tough to transition to being a vegan?
Speaker 2
At first becoming vegetarian was harder since I had always eaten meat and cheese. Becoming vegan kind of just happened naturally. 
Speaker 1
That's good. I have thought about becoming a vegetarian but I think I might have a hard time giving up meat.
Speaker 2
You could always just try some vegetarian recipes without fully committing! 
Speaker 1
Very true, do you post any vegetarian recipes on your blog? If so, I should check it out!
Speaker 2
I mainly have vegan recipes, but you can find lots of really good vegetarian recipes online.
Speaker 1
Okay, I will look into it and try making a couple a week to start. Have you made the transition to a full time blogger yet?
Speaker 2
No, I'm still singing to pay the bills. I'll be singing at a club downtown tonight. What are you doing tonight?
 7 hours
Speaker 1
I work at a mall. I don't make much money working at the mall. I think I would make more working at a job with tips. I am afraid I may make even less if I worked for tips. The minimum wage is even lower. I am open minded. I like talking to people. It is energizing. I think it is bad that everyone sees underpaying is acceptable. I think that even people who disagree with tipping should do it anyway to help their server. I am not vegan. I have considered becoming a vegetarian. I like meat.
Speaker 2
I have a blog. I am a singer. I used to be a veterinarian. I am not a full-time blogger. I want to make my blog a full time gig. I like to travel. I believe everyone deserves a living wage. I hate people who refuse to tip. In my dream world, everyone could contribute and everyone would have enough to eat and a safe place to live. I know how to cook vegan food.I have been vegan for 7 years.  I have been vegetarian for 12 years.
Speaker 1
My mom told me about a new restaurant downtown that has a fully vegetarian menu, I'm going to try it out.
Speaker 2
Oh that sounds amazing! Do you know anyone who has been there before? I"d love to join you if you're nervous about going alone.
Speaker 1
My friend who is really into raw food told me about it! And I would love for you to come with me. I need help knowing what sort of vego foods are nicest! Do you ever do restaurant reviews for your blog?
Speaker 2
I could definitely help you pick out some vegetarian foods or vegan as well. I haven't done any restaurant reviews yet, but I have been approached to do some. Once I go full time I might just venture into that.
Speaker 1
Great, I'm looking forward to it then. But oh that's cool, do you get free food when they ask for that?
Speaker 2
I would think I'd have to pay for the food or maybe I get a discount. Otherwise who would take my review seriously if I was given free food in exchange for the review? I'm not really sure to be honest, but it would be fun!
Speaker 1
True, I'm glad that's the case. I guess I always just suspect when I see reviews online that's what's happening. Or maybe it's just influencers haha. What's the main thing you need in order to go full time with your blog? 
Speaker 2
I think honestly it's just dedication and to get over the fear of doing it. Kind of like you are facing now thinking about a different job. It's just the fear of doing something new.
Speaker 1
I totally understand! And I'm not one to talk since I'm still putting that off haha, but I checked out your blog and you do such a good job, I think you definitely have what it takes!
Speaker 2
Oh gosh thank you so much! It really helps to know other people's points of view so that I can be more confident in myself!
Speaker 1
Well I honestly think you're great at it! I wish I had something I was interested enough in to blog about. Is it very competitive in the vegan blog world?
Speaker 2
Surprisingly there are a lot of food bloggers out there and with the up and coming trends there are a bunch of high paid high traffic vegan blogs. I definitely have my work cut out for me. But enough about me! What are your plans for the near future?
 10 hours
Speaker 1
I work at a mall. I don't make much money working at the mall. I think I would make more working at a job with tips. I am afraid I may make even less if I worked for tips. The minimum wage is even lower. I am open minded. I like talking to people. It is energizing. I think it is bad that everyone sees underpaying is acceptable. I think that even people who disagree with tipping should do it anyway to help their server. I am not vegan. I have considered becoming a vegetarian. I like meat. I think some reviews are staged/fake. I am thinking of starting a new job. I think Blogging sounds fun and exciting.
Speaker 2
I have a blog. I am a singer. I used to be a veterinarian. I am not a full-time blogger. I want to make my blog a full time gig. I like to travel. I believe everyone deserves a living wage. I hate people who refuse to tip. In my dream world, everyone could contribute and everyone would have enough to eat and a safe place to live. I know how to cook vegan food.I have been vegan for 7 years.  I have been vegetarian for 12 years. I have a side job doing restaurant reviews. I am an honest person. I am outgoing and ready to start a new career. I am in an competitive field of work.
Speaker 1
I decided to start my own blog site!
Speaker 2
That's exciting! I love blogging. What do you want to blog about? 
Speaker 1
I think that I would want to blog about different people that I talk to at the mall. It could be interesting since I meet so many unique people! 
Speaker 2
That's a really different idea. I think it could work. I find people fascinating. Did you decide on a name yet?
Speaker 1
Oh man. Maybe something funny like Mall Rats? Or maybe something like People of the Mall? What is your blog called?
Speaker 2
Cute! I love it. Mine's called Greaner Good. It's a Vegan lifestyle blog. I review restaurants, talk recipes, and just general Vegan friendly articles. 
Speaker 1
That's such a clever name! I've thought about being vegetarian. Does your blog have any good tips?
Speaker 2
It has tons. I started it when I decided to go Vegan, so there's a lot of good tips about starting out with a new diet/lifestyle. Why are you thinking to go vegetarian, if you don't mind me asking?
Speaker 1
I would like to do something to help with climate change and I know that eating less meat can really help. Why did you decide to go vegan?
Speaker 2
It was just the logical next step. I tried to avoid animal products as a vegetarian, so switching over to completely vegan made sense. It's all around better for our Earth and environment. 
Speaker 1
It definitely seems like it has gotten much easier over the years as more companies and restaurants have started to offer more vegetarian and vegan options. Do you talk about that in your restaurant review blog?
Speaker 2
Absolutely. I love that almost every restaurant has vegan options available! And there's tons of just straight vegan restaurants too. It's easier than ever to make the change. 
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