Would-be chef biding time working as human billboard

By Michael Tsai

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 12, 2012

~~<p>So maybe this isn't exactly where Dan Marcus thought he'd be at age 26, but when the economy tanks and those great jobs they promised you in cooking school don't materialize and your parents abruptly decide to head west — yes, even farther west than Vancouver, Wash. — to hang with the grandkids, well, you do what you can.</p>
<p>So it is that on this particularly hot and humid June afternoon, Marcus once again finds himself standing on the corner of South Beretania and Piikoi streets, a large "America's Mattress" placard hanging from a plain white string around his neck.</p>
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So maybe this isn't exactly where Dan Marcus thought he'd be at age 26, but when the economy tanks and those great jobs they promised you in cooking school don't materialize and your parents abruptly decide to head west — yes, even farther west than Vancouver, Wash. — to hang with the grandkids, well, you do what you can.

So it is that on this particularly hot and humid June afternoon, Marcus once again finds himself standing on the corner of South Beretania and Piikoi streets, a large "America's Mattress" placard hanging from a plain white string around his neck. Login for more...