Season 2 · Episode 39 Recent

Larissa Lyons

Fri, Jul 2, 2004 · 45 min

Larissa is a 25-year-old woman stuck in a rut. She has worked in the produce department of the same grocery store since the end of high school (over 6 years) and doesn't seem able to move on. Before September 11th, 2001, Larissa had her dream job working at a travel agency. However, after 9-11 the travel agency folded and Larissa went back to the grocery store full time. Her friend Kristin tells us that after she lost her job with the travel agency, she also lost her focus and drive to finish her education and join the adult work force. At the grocery Larissa is forced to wear a uniform (a green shirt and black pants), which stifles her style and encourages her to roll out of bed and head straight for work. It is common for Larissa to leave for work with her hair sticking up at all angles, wearing last night's make up (sometimes on one eye) and a dirty or stained uniform. She also works one day a week in an office where she tries to adapt her inappropriate (often sheer halter top club