Wicked Local
WAREHAM – It’s just a few minutes after 11 a.m. on a rainy weekday but Marcia Joseph has already received her first call-in order at Mainly-Dawgs.
It’s Johnny, and he s a regular.
Marcia is able to recite his order back to him before he’s finished delivering it.
She turns to speak with a visitor but spots another customer at the window.
Once again, she already knows the order and lists it and the man at the window confirms each item, down to the chicken tenders, and two ginger ales. The man compliments her on her recall. “I’m getting there. I’m getting there,” she says.
Dazami s husband Jose is the only family member working right now, in the New Bedford car parts manufacturer Davico Industries. Jose said his earnings don t cover all of the expenses related to feeding his family of four, $800 per month in rent plus high gas and electric bills. The family s struggle is compounded by the fact they are not eligible for food stamps.
When the family came to the Salvation Army this year, Gilari said, they needed help with food, clothing and emotional support. They received all three, she said, and the family deeply appreciates it.
Gilari is a sophomore at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School majoring in Cosmetology. Her goal is to open up her own salon. Gilami is a senior at New Bedford Voke in Culinary Arts. The pandemic has prevented her from interning at the restaurant she was hoping to work at because it closed. Now she s waiting to hear from another restaurant, a Puerto Rican eatery, when it reopens.