Saturday, October 25, 2008

Miscommunication!

I have definitely had an instance of miscommunication at the workplace! Just recently i was employed in a place that had 4 managers. Some would say..."oh well thats great, you had four times the direction!" NO! it was horrible! lol. Me along with most of my other co-workers were completly confused, and misdirected! Because of the lack of communication between the managers, it triclked down to miscommunication between the employees. We had four different managers telling us four different things. (and no this is not an exaggeration) I was a nightmare. Not only were there alot of managers, but the resturant was not even big enough to dictate so many management areas. Not to mention the comstant imput from the owner, which usually clashed with 2 out of 4 managers.
The biggest problem was that they did not have a clear organization of roles! The bar manager often became the front of the house manager...etc. It ultimately resulted in emplyoees being improperly disiplined or fussed at by the other managers. As well as employees aguring with each other about what they were told.
Bottom line: DISASTER! Not communicating does not just effect the two or three..or four parties involved, it effects anyone who has to come in comtact with that confusion. It becomes a big ripple in the pool of the workplace! lol....

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Presentations....

Well, Of course I loved my own presentation LOL. But seriously, I thought that Kit's presentation was really good because she had wonderful cheesecake!!!! Really it was great! I wish I could bake like that...but then again I'm glad i cant because I'd eat baked goods everyday! lol....I came in a little late so I missed most of her presentation but the sheer fact that I love food and sweets so much made her a fave!!!!! :)
I was also very happy when Jamie brought Gatorade; becuase one again i love food and what goes better with food than a nice cool beverage?! Especially orange Gatorade, my fave! He was helpful because right before him we had cake(which was great)...and we were able to enjoy a good cup afterwards!!
Emily's Presentation was very interesting! Dairy Cow showing!!! Before this presentation I had no idea that people even did this typr of thing. I thought it was very interesting to see something new, and she taught us a little bit about it, so that was pretty cool as well.

I liked the presentations, they were fun and informative, I learned about alot of new hobbies I had never known about before, and for a second I was able to feel slightly apart of what was going on in there lives. Its also interesting to see what people choose when given a free topic. it lets you know alot about the person.