Week 12

Imagine you are your own supervisor. What changes would you make at your job and why? First of all I would fire one of our current employees and put in a write-up system. I would do this because it's not fair for one person to think they can come in for their shift anytime they like and then go on their breaks whenever they like. I would put in a write-up system to make employees realize they can be fired and they will be fired. Second, I would hire better workers with more efficient means of transportation, because so far only three employees at Dairy Queen have cars, not including the two managers. Finally, i would buy new uniforms. A small girl wearing a large shirt is not flattering, and I'm sure customers don't want their food made by people who look like slobs.

Week 11

What is the greatest challenge you face at work? I believe that the greatest challenge I face so far at work would be the drive-thru. I really enjoy working drive-thru, but when the Dairy Queen is overflowing with carbon emitting machines and I'm rushing around taking orders and money, I get so flustered. Sometimes I hand out wrong orders, or I create wrong frozen treats or sandwhiches. I even get kind of testy with customers who aren't quite quick enough with their orders. I need to learn to chill a bit and try to take everything one at a time. That's my biggest challenge so far while working at the Dairy Queen.

Week 10

What position do you ideally want at your job or with another company? I really want the job of making the icecream cakes at Dairy Queen.
What types of education and advancements would you need to accomplish that goal? I would need to learn how to pipe more efficiently.
How will you do it? I will excell in the kitchen and icecream areas of Dairy Queen, be promoted, and practice my piping at home on my own cakes.

Week 9

How does this program benefit you as both a student and as an employee? As a student, I'm learning how to manage my time wisely and it's preparing me for the new world of college next year, because I'm going to be going to school and working again and I'll h ave harder classes and what not. As an employee this program is helping me see what goes on during the day rather than the night shifts and how clean up and customers are so different. during the night everything is dirty, fast, and the customers are all rude and mean. Yet, in the morning time, the customers are friendlier and a slow paced work shift is insured.

Week 8

How do you feel your position with your company is relevant to life-experience and work experience you will have after high school? I feel that when I am at work, I am seeing so many problems; problems with managment, customers, even employees are making days difficult, and I know that I can take these chalenges now and use them for my future. When or if I manage a restaurant or company, I can make better choices than my current managers, and I see how I can do that to better work environments for everyone. I can use my math and deductive reasoning skills to be a cashier and help deal with customers. In my real life, all these things will come together to also make me a better customer and person towards others in my situation.

Week 7

How does your behavior at work compare to home? When I'm at work, I am more refined and a lot less calmer than I am at home. Talking to customers, I try to be polite and I won't speak my mind when asked a question, I give the apropriate response and leave them be. At home, I am insane, people at school don't even see it, but I do what I want I say what I want, and I just bounce off the walls. I think that there should be changes in peoples behavior during school, work, or home staying.

Week 6

Write about an unusual experience that happened at work this week. This week at work, the most unusual thing that happened was when a lady ordered an Artic Rush and I was working drive- thru. She ordered a large artic rush, which is 1.70 on the board, but with tax is 1.92. The lady didn't understand this and continued to tell me that I was wrong, so I asked her if she would like something else and tried to explain to her the tax amounts; she drove away. No big deal, I continued helping other customers, next thing I know, she is back at the drive- thru menu board and telling me what the price is for a large Artic Rush, and yet again she drives away. So far, that's been the dumbest and strangest experience I have had at Dairy Queen.

Week 5

How do you approach work and school rigorously? To approach school and work rigorously, I come in with a good attitude and an incentive to work hard. When I go into dairy queen after school, I always dread it, but once I get there it's not so bad, and i try to focus on all I can do to make it look the best it can. Even at school, I'm focusing on making my work look as nice as possible, so as I'm completeing it, I'm also having fun doing it.

Week 4

What changes have you seen within yourself since being employed? Since first being employed I have noticed changes in myslef. Before I had a job, I kind of took money for granted. I would ask my mom to take me here and there, to get me this and that, not really thinking about where that money was coming from or how much of it there was. Then I got a job and quickly realized that the money my mom had always spent on me wasn't just some never-ending supply. Now I don't like to ask my parents for money for anything, and I don't spend my money on crap just because I feel like I want it. jobs are hard to come by, and I'm glad I have one to keep up my own expenses because no one else, not even my mom, should have to pay for me too.

Week 3

Discuss the best day you have had so far at your job. What made you enjoy your job more that day? The best day for me was yesterday, it was a monday night which ultimately means it was really slow at the Dairy Queen. For over half the night it was just me and my manager, we cleaned and stocked like we were supposed to, then we took the rest of our free time to eat icecream and joke around. Usually, it would be my manager, another employee, another manager, and myself working the night shift, and we don't get discounts or free anythign there. So it was a treat I guess to get free icecream and get to have chill time.

Week 2

After working at your job, do you feel differently about how you will spend your money in the future? Why or why not? After working for 6.55 an hour and having to pay for my food, car, and any other things I might need, I try hard to conserve what little money I have. Gas on a regular basis is about 50$-60$ every week, and buying food for lunch runs me about 20$ a week or less. So 80$ plus 125$ for my car insurance was taking over half my check when I only made 6.55. As a teenager, there are a lot of things I want to do which burns gas and money, I know I need to save so that I don't have to work 6 days a week to afford the things I now don't have time to do.

Week 1

Write about your feelings the first day of work. Were your expectations the same as your experience? Why or why not? My first day of work was kind of strange, I was all nervous and what not. I had expected Dairy Queen to be really laid back and fun, but it wasn't at all. My manager told me not to talk to anyone because she didn't like talking and the blizzard machine was kind of intimidating. I wasn't so sure I even wanted to work there anymore when she told me that I was only getting paid 6.55 and sent me home.