Reflection 5

Amarfy Marte
Reflection
03/11/09

Reflection # 5


Last week wasn’t a good internship day at all. Since I didn’t feel comfortable or wanted at BLAZE anymore, I decide to find another internship site. I made a couple calls, contacted some people and found a new one. It was at Al Forno Restaurant where Bryan does his at. I talked with the chef and scheduled an appointment to meet with him today. Last Friday I talked to Shep about the whole situation with Blaze and he told me it was fine so I didn’t think it would backfire on me. Boy did it. This morning I had to go to the dentist to drill out three cavities, ugh the worst needle pain ever! Well once I got home I went straight to bed. But I didn’t even get to fall asleep cause Burke and Shep called my cell phone. Shep tricked me into thinking he was the only one on the line, but a few seconds into the conversation Burke started blowing up at me. She started talking about how irresponsible I was and that what I did was totally inappropriate. Supposedly I put my whole graduation in jeopardy and there was a chance I wasn’t going to graduate. Shep told me to call Phyllis and talk to her about how I was feeling and about last Wednesday. After I got off the phone with Shep I was so very pissed and couldn’t go back to sleep. All I kept thinking was “it’s not even that serious.” I don’t know why Burke took it to this extreme, it was uncalled for. But whatever, she probably knows best. Well, every second, minute, and hour that past after that phone call, I was very scared. I didn’t want to call Phyllis. I didn’t know what to say and my voice kept cracking every time I tried to practice what I was going to say. Eventually I did call Phyllis and I explained to her how I felt about last Wednesday. She told me that I wasn’t supposed to be by myself since I wasn’t ready and it was her fault because she forgot to tell Ash. So it was a mistake. We worked things out and she told me to come in today at the regular time, 4:00 pm.

I was pretty nervous and scared to go in today regarding everything that happened. My nerves started to get the best of me but when I walked in and realized that Ash wasn’t there, I felt a little better. Phyllis and Alicia were there today. From the start to basically the end, all I did was prep everything. I drained vegetables out of jars and put them into containers; I cut a bunch of things like calamari and then out those into buckets. I didn’t do any of the cooking really because I was prepping so Alicia did that part. Around 9:00 pm we all started to clean our stations up and put things away. I did just that and once 10:00 pm came, my dad was outside and I was out the door. Though today wasn’t as bad as last week, it doesn’t mean next week will be the same as today. Hopefully Ash or Phyllis won’t be as tough with me anymore, that’s all I really want.