Thursday 11 September 2008

correction

My fears and hopes for the next year-correction

I hope I will find a better job than I had last year. I was working in Starbucks Coffee for three months. But it became very stressful for me. Every day I had to smile and talk to people in the American way. It seemed to me like I had to behave like we all are in America. I think sometimes it should be annoying for customers. I remember when an American guy came to Starbucks and we asked him for his name, when he asked why, my Starbucks partner told him that he will better know which drink is his. The Ameican boy told him that we are trying to be too American and he went away and he did a fuck off. In this case it wasn’t our problem, but there are many cases similar to this one. And I started to feel it also. Every time I went to work my manager was smiling at me and asked me like Americans do “How are you today?”. I know that she wouldn’t ask me anyway if she didn’t have to be kind to me. And I want to change the way of acting people like this. My big hope is that managers in Starbucks coffee will find out that it is not the best way how to talk to people and maybe they will think about it after they will not have anyone who will be working with them. It is also my biggest fear because I loved the job but I can’t work with people who are really insincere. The better side of working in Starbucks Coffee was that I was speaking English and I hope it will help me to speak better. Also my fear is that I will not work in the really nice coffee house and I will not be able to smell the wonderful essence of coffee. I also hope that if I will come back after three years maybe I meet there people whom I can believe that they are saying things which are really true.