humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
My Working Experience at Noodles & Company
Before I started working at Noodles and Company, I volunteered at school and church. When I got a call from Francisca for a job interview, I knew it was my only chance because I applied to many jobs and it was no luck. After the interview, I was hired. I was very excited to work on my first job. During training, it was very difficult to ease the job but I got used to it and better at it. As a server, we serve food to the patrons on what he or she ordered. As an ambassador, we place an order for the patrons just so the servers can serve it to them whether take out or dine in. Every single day we grab the guest’s attention just so they can get what they order.
By Gladys W. Muturi5 years ago in Journal
Checked Out while Clocked In
With full confidence, no one that I work with fully knows me like they think they do. Walking into my job on day one I knew that it was up to me to set the tone. I am conditioned to think that no matter what I have to represent my entire race in every action or word I utter.
By VernaLee James 5 years ago in Journal
Being Micro-Managed
Don't you just hate when your working only for someone to come in and tell you your doing little to almost everything wrong!? Don't you hate when you feel like your doing everything right or everything you feel is right only for someone to come in and tell you "its not the way its supposed to be done". Well let me tell it...the work I do is very important to me especially with the job I'm doing, but my supervisor always comes at me with the simplest issues and I know I'm not perfect... I don't try to be but It just sucks when someone can tell you everything your doing seems to be wrong or not done their way and THAT'S THE THING. When I know I'm following the rules, doing everything correct and someone comes in and tells me "it's not done the right way", I'm quick to get upset. And some of you probably would too if there was a boss/supervisor out there telling you that everything or whatever your doing is not THERE WAY! I hate being micro-managed, it makes me feel like someone has the right to control what I say, what I do, how I do and say things and what I'm supposed to do. ***HINT*** The con in working for someone...which is why I'm taking a leap of faith and starting a business of my own. This business of mine is something to me that was not easy to even figure out if that was something I wanted to do. Before realizing this dream of opening a business, I was working in a retail store called Stein Mart. If you haven't heard of that or only even seen it once but can't remember...just think about stores like TJ Maxx, Belks, etc. It's very similar to those stores but I was working there for about almost two years (started in 2017 after high-school) and stopped in early September of 2019. Being there did teach me a lot, in fact I think that's where it started for me being micro-managed and having an issue. I was a sales associate in ladies but of course multi-tasking throughout the store in other departments as well. Still to this day (in 2020) I remember every single person I've ever worked with, their names and the impact they've had on my life. Something like that for someone like me, was definitely a life-lesson and something I'll never forget. Being there, working and being around all types of people from different walks of life WOKE ME UP to the world of customer service. Being micro-managed at this job made me realize that I'm in charge of my own journey and if it's one thing the employees taught me while being there is to NEVER SETTLE. It's crazy I say that too because right after I left Stein Mart, I went to go work for someone else...this time in a call center. It almost seemed like "I love myself but do I love myself enough to say I owe myself"? Working for someone vs. working for myself. It seems A LOT easier to work for someone else and that's why we all do it or most of society does it. But the other half of society chooses to make those sacrifices that I am afraid to make. And I constantly ask myself "what am I doing with my life"? "why am I constantly allowing someone to overpower me, control me, use me? and then someone once said it.."your not living in your gift". And that hit me hard! It wasn't until I heard that, that I realized that I was partly living in my gift which was customer service because that's the only enjoyment I get from interacting with people. When I interact with people they are the reasons I give my all to something because it's not for me I'm really doing it for, I'm doing it to help someone's life (in whatever way that may be). That is the ONLY joy I receive from working underneath someone. But why can't I receive that same joy from working for myself, or can I; and I just never really paid much attention to the idea and thought. And this is how I realized that I'm great at my job! Now I just need to start my own business... IT ONLY GOES UP FROM HERE!
By Ada'Mesha Adkins6 years ago in Journal
Realize your full potential
Chapter 1 My name is Mohanjeet Gurm, people know me as Mohan. In this book I am going to share my life in my business and personal life how I involved spiritually, personally, and business life. First of all I will tell you how I started at the beginning with nothing, which eventually led me to have a ten million dollar business and which I ended up losing it all because of the choices I made, my goal is for you to learn from my mistakes and motivate you to exceed in your spiritual, personal, and business life.
By Mohanjeet Gurm6 years ago in Journal
How Covid-19 Affected My Life.
Pandemic. It surprised us in lot of ways. We were assuming and hoping that it did not reach us when the first outbreak happened in China. Soon after, the world infected. We were trying our best to survive. Many countries start to initiate ways to contain the virus.
By Ishmael Hassan6 years ago in Journal
Self Awareness
It takes a lot to admit when you have been beating yourself up over things that you cannot control. I have spent years telling myself that i am a useless waste of space due to my lack of energy and constant pain that stop me from performing the most basic of tasks.
By Natalie Bruce6 years ago in Journal
