Reflection on "Soup"

I thought this reading was very interesting and entertaining. The man in the story sounds a lot like how I would run a restaurant... get in, order your food, take your order and get out. nice and simple, no waiting 20 minutes while somebody try's to make up their mind or try's to order for 5 other people over a cell. Reading this story actually brought flashbacks of when I worked at Subway... a line out the door during a lunch rush and some idiot is talking on their cell phone and trying to order at the same time. There were so many times I wanted to put a sign up that said "no Cellphone use past this point" and then refuse to take their order if they didn't obey the rules. But unfortunately my boss wouldn't go for that, so I had to make do with giving them dirty looks behind their backs.

The observations and descriptions are excellent in this story, you can practically smell the delicious soups and feel the crispness in the air as people stand silently in line waiting for their turn to receive some of the soup and when they do they hurry on their normal way. The writer helps us to feel the soup maker's agitation with those who dare to mess up his routine. He is a perfectionist and perhaps has a little OCD.