People Who Make My Day #2
Ok, so I lied the other day in my post with the summary of my work experience so far. The best thing about my work with Esprit is not the goose or the chocolate mousse or any food that we get. The BEST thing about it is the team-work spirit, and how we all have each other's backs all the time. When we work, we work as a unitary, as a single big team. Yeah, we all have our allocated tasks and sections of the venue during the event, but if someone is in need of aid in any way, help is never far away, because people put down what they're doing to help you. If you drop a tray, or spill something, or knock something over, you will be surrounded by half a dozen colleagues within 5 seconds helping you to pick up the mess and asking whether you're hurt and alright. The mentality has never ever been "that's your problem, not mine, so go sort it out yourself." When we finish our shifts and leave the venue, the most heard words are not "Yes! I get to go home and go to bed!!", on the contrary it's "Thanks!". The waitresses thank the porters, the porters thank the technicians, the technicians thank the butlers, the butlers thank the managers, the managers thank the waitresses, etc. etc. We randomly thank each other and everyone even though nothing happened between us personally where a thanks would be required, but simply because we know that everyone has worked their butts off and without each other the night couldn't have been as successful. Today, there was also a manager from Denmark who gave me lots of advice about living and working in London when he found out I just arrived here from Sweden, just randomly, without me asking for advice.
I don't know whether this team spirit is something only Esprit has, I'm just so impressed by the people here (at least the majority of them, there is of course the minority of people who are just freaking unhelpful and always manage to get in your way). Sitting on the bus back home today, I just couldn't help grinning when I looked back at my work shift and all the helpful people who rushed to my aid when I spilled and dropped stuff multiple times tonight (yeah, tonight wasn't my most successful shift). Gosh, these people really made my day.
