" hello, how can i help you?"..."have a nice day"....."anything else with it?".....somehow these are a few sentences i cannot live without now....yeah really...and i wouldn't be surprised if someone hears me blabbering these in sleep too...wow! a superb example of how much one can be devoted to his/her job...A place where u spend 4 precious hours of your day...without bunking anytime..working diligently throughout.. should have some effect on you...RIGHT!!
Yeah.. "Robertson Cafe"...my work place here in America was the first to give me a glimpse of the US of A and teach me ABC's of so called American english...."Yo..man...wassup...chee bugger...fri..panini...gyros..mayo..salami..zuchiinii.. egg plant ..u r ll set...gotta...plzzzzzzzz... wach u say?..take it easy man..hey honey...and have a good one!!" would have taken quite some time to understand and actually interpret its meaning otherwise. I didn't even realize when and how i aced in switching between American slang and desi...hinglish!!
For a third person its no big deal working in a cafe as a mainline server...but yeah for sure i understood what exactly a chef or a worker in "Vaishali" or "Poona coffee house" must be feeling after a days work."Customer Satisfaction"?? which i thought i already knew was actually practically experienced here...A long chain of tasks...number of people...and utmost important coordination and responsibilities taken at apt times are the key factors indeed for any individual setup. There is no one to yell at you or show u ur duties but you automatically learn from hard working Americans around you...which is the best part!
In spite of being so time consuming, hectic,physically tiring and almost having nothing to add to my resume..i have no choice but to love my job and keep my managers happy...as in this uncertain world of student life in college...this is the place which comes to ur rescue in assistantship crises! Oh my god what a price to pay...for so called "vilaiti education"! :)
May be this too is a part of American life...and one has to experience it all when he/she comes here as a foreign student!! I would say..."All that glitters is not gold"...partly can be experienced once u r in America as a "Graduate student"!
7 comments:
I didnt have a clue you write so well...:)
imagine wht happened to me n my English for last 2 n half years...lol
all that glitters may not be gold.....but all that litters is certainly called shit!
So dont worry rather than littering arnd and wasting time its probably a great class for learning an american students lifestyle.
"Earn while u Learn 101"!
btw, i almost forgot
Please get me a masala paav! and something to drink? well I'd go for "Ice no Water"!
dude,
u certainly have a coolest job! as u know...I would die to work in cafe ....
why dont u show some politeness with us..whn u r home? on ur cooking turn?
"chee burger".. ha ha.. that's the best part!! ;)
I agree...and am AMAZED by ur writing!
This makes me wonder as to whether "ameriketla padvyuttar shikshan" is really worth all that we put in for it?
aso, do send me a Thalipeeth if u can !:)
your have very nicely penned down your thoughts.....we are waiting for next article.....when u r going to sit again with copy and pen??
Hey Sajal
You write nice.
It was a treat reading your blog.
Happy Blogging!
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