A newly arrived immigrant to the United States struggles to make money working as a server, but his inexperience and anxiety threaten to make him fail, forcing him to master the job in order to survive in his new home.
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A newly arrived immigrant to the United States struggles to make money working as a server, but his inexperience and anxiety threaten to make him fail, forcing him to master the job in order to survive in his new home.
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