Monthly Archives: October 2002

It felt like i was going to get fired.

Posted on October 18, 2002 by DavidPfitzner

Usually everyday i come into work a little early to get something to eat before my shift and to study. I was sitting in the cave which is a place where know one will bother you while you eat or study, but this day i was interrupted by Cliff. Cliff is another waiter who always jokes around with me. He has been working at Compadres much longer than me and always trys to trick me. He came into the cave and said that John wanted to see me in his office. I said, "Yah right Cliff, just let me study okay!" "No" he replied John said it was seriuos and that i needed to go up stairs immediately. "Are you sure he said it was serious," i replied. John doesn’t use the words serious very often in a sentence. "Yah, but i don’t know what it is serious about," cliff responded. I went up stairs trying to think to myself what i could have done. It felt like i was going to get fired. I knocked on the office door and John told me to come in. Inside the office was not just John but Kellie as well our other senior manager. They both had stern looks on there faces. John told me to sit down and to shut the door. I had seen private talks like this regarding other people before and it wasn’t usually a good thing. So i shut the door and sat down to hear John say that he wanted to ask me a couple of questions. "Okay, sure " i thought to myself. John wanted to know if i was planning on moving anywhere soon. I thought about the question and said, "No". Then he asked what my plans for the future were. Wow! that is a big question i thought. I told him i was going to school trying to get a double major in Japanese and international business. That’s great he said. I asked him to narrow the question down for me and what he meant by the future. John replied with the shocking statement that there was a manager position opening up soon and that i was the first person who came to mind to him for the job. I couldn’t believe. I didn’t know exactly what to say so i told him i needed sometime to think about it. I also told i liked the idea of a new challenge, but was intimadated by the fact that i’m only 22 and everyone i would be managing would be older than me. He told me not to worry and that people would respect me if i respected them. I told him that i liked being a waiter because i got to talk to so many different people everyday. He said i would be able to still do that as a manager. Then i thought about my languages, Spanish and Japanese and how i would use them. It became clear to me that i could still help out other servers with their language barriers and maybe as a new manager i could bring more international business to the restuarant. So i left the office with a million thoughts and a smile on my face. I was proud that John had thought about me in those terms. I talked it over with my girlfriend and my dad later that night. They both thought that it was a good idea. The next day i called John and told him i was up for the challenge and eager to learn new things. The rest of the story still lays untold in the future. Continue reading →

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ディスタンス

Posted on October 17, 2002 by TatsuruArimura

■2002/10/17 (木)

学祭でハーモニー部として発表する歌が「島唄」。
そして学祭イベントとしてハモリンピックをすることになったので、
急きょそれにも出場が決定。
歌う曲はウタダ光の「Distance」。
模擬店の準備もせにゃいけんのに、時間あるんかいな。。

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さらばマツタケ

Posted on October 16, 2002 by TatsuruArimura

■2002/10/16 (水)

マツタケが体に合わないようである。
食べるときには問題ないけど、食べた後軽い胸焼けが。
7時間立った今でも胃の中でマツタケがあのアクの強い香りを
発している感覚がある。
そんな、弁当に入っているような、たった薄さ0.4mmの外国産の
マツタケを1枚というか1切れ食べただけなのに。。

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ねぶくろ（寝袋）

Posted on October 16, 2002 by AllisonChang

Sleeping Bag

Instead of a blanket, I sleep with a sleeping bag. I don’t zip myself up in it, though; I unzip it so it’s a big square, and I use it like a blanket. I’ve done this ever since I was little, probably because both of my parents use sleeping bags, too.

In intermediate school, I wanted to be more grown up, so I got a normal comforter, but in college I went back to using a sleeping bag.

Since my family and I had never really experienced winter, we didn’t realize that the dorm rooms would be well heated at night, so we thought that I’d need something to keep me warm, and that a sleeping bag would be perfect.

The sleeping bag I bought for college is supposed to keep me warm down to 20 degrees Farenheit! I brought it home with me after college because it’s so soft and comfortable. I guess it’s a little strange Continue reading →