Monday, December 12, 2005

Afternoon at Silvio's

Indeed... I spent the whole afternoon at Silvio's... working.
It was so strange because this was the first job in my whole life that I didn't talk to any supervisor or owner and tried to convince them that I'm worth hiring. Claudia (Ricardo's sister) talked to the man and he said I should show up today at 3pm to start working. That's what I did and it was pretty ok. I think too much of ok. I basically started in the kitchen with the dish-washer and I was told that with time I would start working at the coffee machine. This usually takes a few weeks to happen. But in a couple of hours Monica (the manager) asked me to go to the coffee machine with Gi (I think is Gisele her name) and get down to some real work!
But, when this happened, the other girl that works in the kitchen and it's been there for a few weeks and never got the chance to go to the counter (Daniela) got a little, you know, pissed... She was really friendly at first but when I moved to the machine and she got stuck there with the dishes she completely changed. It doesn't matter where you are or what kind of job you're doing, there's always someone trying to take your place. It's unbeliveable.

At the end of the day I went home loaded. Four sandwiches (two for me, two for Paula) and I could have taken more, because it all goes to the bin anyway, but I felt a little embarrassed, you know, my first day and all...

I just hope it continues this way. Shit happens as always, but maybe not too much.

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