well today i officially had my first day of real work. and well my feet are hurting a little, i learned a few things about myself that i pretty much knew, but was just definitive after today.
1. i am a very unsociable person -.-
2. i can work hard, even though i don't want to
3. i really hate to clean -.-
i really noticed that i never even socialized with the people that were eating their meals or had eaten their meals at the BBQ during the time that i was washing the tables really fast. at times i felt extremely rude because i wasn't being sociable and in others i just honestly didn't care. i found the people that came to the BBQ actually really rude and so i could care less if i was mean to them accidentally. the only thing that mattered in my opinion was that i did not physically or verbally be rude to a customer and just wash my tables because that was my mission that i was to do. and well another thing is, i figured out that i could work hard today, braxton [freaking jerk -.-] sees me as a child who is lazy and untrained to work and that is just going to suffer whenever i get a job. and well today i pretty much proved to him that i can work hard, i do work hard, and that i will be successful. take that ! haha :3 and the last thing, cleaning sucks -.-
well lets get down to it, today i didn't even see any people even caring about church today, never saw a person even look through a pamphlet or even see someone mention the word god, all i saw was people stuffing their faces and then just talking and talking and talking and TALKING to know end.. so basically in my opinion i only saw today as a way to earn money from the community as a fundraiser for the church, only possible with the help of terry and Teresa. but yeah -.- i saw nothing godly working today, or maybe i was just working to hard to notice
Lesson Learned Today : Most People Dont Think About God When They're Thinking About Is Food
First off, you DID work very hard! I appreciate you showing up not once, but twice and busting your hump. It was seriously a huge help and helped us get out of there quicker.
ReplyDeleteYou've got great instincts and have highlighted a big challenge the leadership of our church faces - and that's getting people of the community to think about where they are and what we have to offer besides BBQ...but also, getting folks in our church to look at this as an outreach opportunity rather than a fundraiser.
To be fair to our customers, I think the big disconnect there is they just look at this thing as a fundraiser...no different than if this were a fish fry at a fire department. They literally give no thought to where they are at. Is that because we as the church tend to look at it as a fundraiser rather than an opportunity for outreach?? It's a question to ponder.
To be fair to our congregation, you have to remember that many who were there today were there from about 7:30 this morning until about 10:00 tonight. Not only that, they were there setting up for a good portion of the day Friday. You've said yourself how tiring the job is. Not only the physical aspect of it, but there is also only so inviting you can be to people without being all up in their business - especially when they do tend to come off rude at times.
Another great post.