Prepping The Crew For The Voyage in Ecco Domani

Training has been arduous. I am also memorizing the recipes, taking phone calls, staffing, looking up old contacts, onboarding, and coaching the crew through studying. Corporate has been slightly immature. This is a big let down for me. Whilst, outside of work, I am fun loving, and immature, my professional life I keep as professional as possible. Day 4 of Orientation, and I am already planning the next step in my career; reminding myself this is a resume builder, not an end.

I deal with these personality types often in my business. And maybe it’s just the Post-Modern workforce: clicky, and petty. They would rather a “fan” than an employee. Our kitchen has just now become operational which means I have been trying to impress without my tools to impress with. My niche is my performance, endurance, professional relationships, camaraderie, and morale building. After that, I clock out, and continue on with my life outside of work.

On the last day of training last week, one of the owner’s wife or girlfriend came in to visit, and was pretty obviously infatuated with me; followed by the owner pulling a macho play in my direction. It is classic Southern woman. Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men flashed through my thoughts, or Scarlett from Gone With The Wind. I’ve seen it so many times (and experienced it with my own Southern X-Girlfriends), it has lost any sort of appeal, or novelty to me. Bored rich woman with nothing to do accept inviting problems into the already complicated equation.

Why is it so difficult to say, “I come into work, do my best, and have an above average performance rate. I clock out, and you people drift off into a horizon somewhere. I wish you the best in where ever you wind up.”

Anyway, everyone is stressed over the Opening. A lot of money is invested in the place. I get it. I’m stressed to. I just deal with mine by being on top of my workload (which at the moment is more than unreasonable.)

We will get through this. Everyone will make their money, and I will continue on in my journey when it is all over.

Last updated September 25, 2022