I was thrilled to be woken up this morning at 6:50am by the building’s fire alarm. When the alarm initially went off I thought it was someone’s alarm clock in the room. Remember, I was extremely drunk last night and I thought “God, that alarm is hideously loud”. The funny thing was, no-one moved at all in the room. We all (it seemed) had gone to bed in some sort of state and it was only after it had been going on and on for over a minute that we all started to get up, out of bed, dressed (I couldn’t be bothered what I looked like and just put on my sandals) and we grabbed our keys and headed outside to the car park. Everyone looked really really annoyed and I sat and looked at the people outside and the different things that they were wearing…one middle aged man had gold boxer shorts…someone should tell him he looks ridiculous in them…because he really does! One of the members of staff came out 10 minutes later and told us that someone had BADLY burnt toast…arghhhhhh!!
We all got back into bed and I tried to get back to sleep, but I couldn’t, so I read my book (I am still reading my Bill Bryson book…and it is still funny) for an hour or so.
I finally got up, had a shower and I went along to Global Gossip to pick up my emails. I met Hannah in there and we went together to the tattoo shop. Hannah has butterflies on her feet and wanted “Can you feel the magic?” around them. I had asked in Shenanigans last night if they needed people in the kitchen the night before and was told to come and see the chef at 11am this morning, so I left Hannah there and walked along to Shenanigans. On my way I stopped by a restaurant, took a look at their menu (it was nothing too difficult) and asked inside if they needed people in the Kitchen. I spoke with the Head Chef and she said she was needing someone and if I was interested, I could start at 3pm…I told her that was fine. I went (as I had arranged) into Shenanigans to see the Chef at 11am and was told that there was someone who would be leaving in a fortnight and she would give me a call. I spent the next few hours with Hannah and got myself ready to start work.
I went along to the restaurant at 2:45pm and was introduced to the other people in the kitchen. I spent the next two hours filling in paperwork and asking the Head Chef Tina questions. There were a couple of things that made me feel a little uncomfortable about the Kitchen, but I was trying to keep an open mind.
At 5pm, service started again and I spent a bit of time tidying up, putting stock away and tidying up the dry stores. I was asked to do pretty basic stuff…do some prep, I made some burgers patties and I spent time watching Ben, Tina & Alvin cooking. Everyone seemed quite nice and my first shift seemed quite successful.
When I got back to the backpackers, everyone was in bed and I was ready to go to sleep too…I was pretty tired.
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