16/5/08

Working 14 hours a day


G'day mates!well,maybe it's better good night...
I wanna tell you 'bout the last week...
As you maybe know i started a job in a Thai restaurant (actually only the waitress are Thai,the owner,the chefs and all the other people are Vietnamese!). I'm a kitchenhand,Iprepare the dishes with all the ingredients before the chef cook them and I coordinate the sous chef.Interesting,isn't it? Actually it's less than what it seems...I'm not well paied,actually i earn half of a normal waitress here...and i speak only vietnamese....but it was the only place that wanted to hire me...so the only way to make money!:-)

Meanwhile I went on with my research and yesterday i made an interview with a marketing and sales company...I 've been there also today for the second interview and for the evaluation day...
Basically after 1 hour of "class" they picked me up in a car and we started a direct marketing campaign,stopping in all the industries and trying to find someone interested in buy something or make a donation for something....
Actually it's so weird,I have never tried to sell anything in Italy,and i'm trying to do it now,in English!

During the day i also tried to convince a potential customer speaking!
At the end of the day i had an interview with a manager and the fially decided to call me for a training week,to see if i'm suited for this job...crossing finger ( I mean,it's not really my stuff,but I can learn many things....)

After this (from 8.30 ti 17.00) i ran to the Thai Restuaurant to start my old job (from 17.30 to 23)!
Anyway...the reason why I haven't applied in an Italian restaurant was to avoid to speak italian and...with this job as kitchenhand I spoke vietnamese...
So that's why I'm trying this new experience as a seller,even if i know that it is not my stuff and that it would be hard also in Italian!
But it's good for my English and to work with some Aussies....so,let's start this new challenge!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

riesci a ricevere gli sms sul numero vodafone?
k.

wu_thanh said...

si,ma lo accendo di tanto in tanto...