Helping the waitress serve the dishes

Helping the waitress serve the dishes

04/01/2013

There was a family gathering on the 4th of January in a Chinese food restaurant in Nagasaki. It is a Japanese tradition that to hold a gathering at the beginning of the year to great each other. All family members were involved also including relative. In total about 20 people had joined.

Because the owner of the restaurant was a friend of my relative, I helped the waitress serve the dishes and clean the table (only for our gathering). The work was much busy and than I thought. 

Learning outcome

• Undertake new challenges ¬– It was my first to help serving the dishes

• Worked collaboratively with others – I had to communicate with other waitress, to know what I should do

• Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities – The workload was quite a lot than I expected, however I have completed my task with some help of the local staff.

• Developed new skills – I learnt how to serve properly and communicate with the customers politely.