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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Trying to stay out of the Royal Court, and hear at the same time...,

My hearing aids haven't been working well for the last few days. Its like I can't get them loud enough. I'm worried they are on the edge of self-destruction. Ugg...
I will be working tonight. I agreed to work the weekend nights to help boost morale among our servers and front of house staff. This is usually a fun job. After all a good attitude is contagious. Tonight however, I found out that "The Queen" will be in our restaurant. Now don't get me wrong, for the most part The Queen has great ideas and suggestions. I also like the fact that she encourages everyone to do their job-the way they were trained to do it. After all I am the Lead Qualified Trainer at my restaurant, so I love to see everyone doing it the way they were trained. But anyway, what I dread is the music. Queen turns it so loud you cant even hear yourself think. Now I know she is following the "lets make it a lively place, happy and fun". But GEEE's it makes my night so stressful and it makes me angry. I'm trying to hear my guest, I'm trying to hear my fellow workers, trying to hear the bosses, and all the while trying to hear everything around me so I don't look like an idiot when someone calls for me or ask for something and I don't respond because I didn't hear them!
Well, its time for the peasant to get dressed and go serve her lord at the manor, all in hopes of keeping his queen happy.

2 comments:

SpeakUp Librarian said...

Hi AmyKay,
I know you blogged about the Queen before, but I can't remember if you've ever talked to her about this or not. Is she completely unapproachable? Can you try and catch her in the right moment?
Perhaps you can ask her to compromise on the volume level or phrase it that it's very frustrating to the customers when you can't hear their orders.

Personally, I know the loud music would drive me completely nuts. I give you kudos for accomplishing what you can at work under that condition.

Hugs, Sarah

SpeakUp Librarian said...

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