Slosh's _Eating Lunch at a Mediocre Restaurant_ was by far her most low-key performance to date. the piece was designed with subtlety in mind. in it, she sits eating a Burrito and conversing with a coworker. only as the piece progresses do the Social Commentaries become clear. the Burrito has no cheese. the chips are soggy.

these clues set the tone for what turns into a critique of silicon valley. it soons becomes clear that she has established a microcosm. white people sit eating what is billed as Mexican Food - but in fact, the food they eat is actually indigenous to the area they sit in. this information is lost to the characters in the piece, just as the restaurant employees (played by a Latino cast) are invisible to the diners.

however, like a Taco Bell 7 Layer Burrito, her piece is constructed in layers. Slosh and coworker play the part of silicon valley engineers, but something is missing. one gets the feeling that somewhere an emperor is naked and nobody notices except Slosh. as she sits, shifting uncomfortably, one can almost hear her mind questioning whether she's going Insane, or everyone around her is. the audience feels the tension, but not as much as they might had this piece been constructed differently. The mediocre restaurant seems a Safe haven for Slosh. the shallow spending culture she seeks to critique is not as strongly present there. the themes from _Eating Lunch in a Goddawfully Overpriced Restaurant_ (and other pieces in the Restaurant Series) are all present but heavily muted, to the point where they might not even be visible to people not familiar with the series.

the subtleness makes the piece intriging, but deadens the impact. It ends up going too far. audience members are left hanging, wondering what it all means but end up tossing their interest, like soggy tortilla chips.

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