On Monday, I started a new job as a chef (!) and was very excited. I got given a chef’s jacket and a black apron and I tucked a towel into the apron straps (like a proper chef) and got started.
Day 1 – Go, go, go! There’s croissants to bake, thereafter vegetables to grill, there’s a side of beef to roast. There was so much to remember, so much to do. I got my head down and did what I was told. I knew I was slow. New people always are. But I knew how to work hard and I knew how to be keen. So I did both of those. My back struggled with the crouching and bending and lifting etc and I felt a little like an old woman. But it was good. I was learning.
Day 2 – More croissants, more vegetables, more salad leaves, more confusion. I chopped tomatoes until I thought there must be no more tomatoes left in the entire world.
Day 3 – The obvious tension between one staff member and the manager became difficult to stay out of. I was asked for an opinion on matters in which they opposed each other. I smiled innocently, put my head down and sliced onions.
Day 4 – This was happening. So I wasn’t in a great place. The staff member who spends her time being shouted at by the manager came in and told us there had been a bereavement in her family the day before. The manager let her go home. He made a comment that nothing had been done to get ready for the day. I got a bit crazy and was like, “What do you mean?! I’m working really hard here!” There was chat. The air was cleared. I explained that I wasn’t feeling that great.
Day 5 – Better. Much better. I understood him better. He was sympathetic to what had happened. I was still slow but I was learning and I was able to just get my head down and get on. Then I left work at 3pm. And at 4pm, I got a call offering me an amazing job and can I start on Monday please? I said yes and hung up then called my other new job and quit.
And that was my week in the kitchen. I’ll say more about the new job later, suffice to say, it involves baking in a really old house.
lazylauramaisey 
Posted by Red Hen on July 20, 2013 at 08:34
Congrats on the new job! Wait, that was my last comment to you too! Ha! Anyway, hope it goes well.
Posted by lazylauramaisey on July 20, 2013 at 08:58
I’m sure it will. I’m really looking forward to this new one. My new manager is really lovely.
Posted by pfstare on July 20, 2013 at 19:39
Good luck – hope this goes better 🙂
Posted by lazylauramaisey on July 23, 2013 at 05:56
First day yesterday and it went well. Tiring but good. And a beautiful place to work. The kitchen garden is the garden I’ve always wanted but in someone else’s house!
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