Proposal

For my section of our WRT 205 paper I plan to investigate how the employees differ at the Second Story Bookstore on Westcott Avenue and at Barnes and Noble Bookstore on Erie Blvd. I plan to focus the paper on how management/ownership forces its employees to alter their appearances in order to fit the ideal of the company. The paper will go into different necessary requirements for employment at the two stores, what restrictions the ownership imposes on its employees, and how the employees feel about their respective employers, plus if possible pay rates and benefits offered. I plan on accomplishing this by going to the two stores and trying to interview the employees and management/ownership. I expect that the management at Second Story are more apathetic about their employee’s appearance while employees at Barnes and Noble are morel likely force to remove any suggestive piercings or other irregular hairdos and to hide tattoos. Also I imagine that the managers of the Westcott location will be more willing to share their employee information than the ones at Barnes and Noble and employees enjoy working more at Second Story than at Barnes and Noble because they are free of personality restrictions