ive worked 3 days at bagels and beans so far, and im so much happier there than i was at the bakery. its such a different environment, with younger customers, (slightly) older coworkers, more experienced management, a busier pace, better products, better music playing in the store, nicer neighborhood, i suppose i could keep going. something i appreciate a lot is the variety of tasks to do. my first day i was at the espresso bar, which i loved, then the second day i was a waitress, which was my first time ever trying that out. it was a bit overwhelming, having to speak to customers in dutch, learning the table numbers, and getting to know the computer system to punch in the orders, but it went really well. yesterday i did a little of everything, and tried making a couple sandwiches, but thats gonna be the last thing to learn. it was so busy during the lunch rush, im a bit intimidated by it all. but they encourage you to eat and drink throughout your shift, so that you dont get hungry or thirsty. and theres so much to try. so far ive had generous amounts of carrot/cucumber/apple/orange/ginger juice, or various combinations thereof, lattes, cheesecake, fig cake, avocado and tomato bagel sandwiches, salmon sandwiches, and other little tastes of stuff. and they have cleaners come in every night to clean the floors and bathrooms, which i was very pleasantly surprised to learn about. today i go work at another location, so we'll see how that goes.
and by next weekend i should be all moved into the new apartment. they put the floors in my soon to be bedroom on saturday, and yesterday were going to be doing the living room. then the main thing is to get the fridge and stove in, that should happen saturday. i think it'll be really nice, so i look forward to getting settled there. pictures should come soon.
