Right now I work at a very high end restaurant, now if you have seen Hell's kitchen you know how some bosses can be. My boss is not like that! But sometimes he can get a bit short with his employees, the other day we were in a big rush, and we just had a menu change that night. With our menu change we only had one item that was the same as the old menu. I was working on a FRIDAY night with over 150 reservations, plus walk-ins and working with someone who is new. I was very unprepared to work this shift. My boss got very short with me and my co-worker yelled at us and said "I honestly can't believe both of you are still working here!"
I was completely shocked at this, both me and my co-worker had no idea what was going on, we didn't know what to do, we had nothing to know what to prepare for this station.
As the night went on he kept coming by and checking to make sure everything was perfect. Needless to say that night was not a good night for me. When I got off of work it was really late, I wasn't feeling well, and on top of all that I had to go back to work the next morning.
At work the next day I had a literal realization of something when I was trying to cut veggies with a dull knife.
Its like I am the knife, and my boss is the sharpening stone. He only wants me to work better, to be the very best I can be. Sometimes he comes on a bit rough, but I have to keep in mind that it is only for good! To better my ability, and do my best in everything I do, and yes sometimes I will have to be sharpened, even the best of knives, or people, do!
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