Buy 1 take 1 footlong sandwich
@iKONICNoona (4192)
Philippines
June 12, 2023 7:01pm CST
Nine years ago, I have my own burger stand and I trained how to prepare burgers and hotdog sandwich plus the footlong sandwich too. At first I didn't like the idea , cooking is not my forte but I have to do it to help with our family's finances. Training started and I was surprised my supervisor taught me everything , from food preparation, sales, inventory, order taking and a lot more.
My job that time was very far from what I was doing during my office girl days. This time I will do all of that and I thought I wouldn't make it.
My overview with people working for a fast food chain and people preparing our orders changed when I was doing it myself. Its really hard and it takes technique and patience to do all those under pressure too. Also, I noticed that even though there were menu and prices posted outside for customers to see them they will still ask you how much , so at the top of you preparing the order, there is still customer service on the side.
Day by day I am learning and day by day I developed techniques on how to do them one by one , thats why now I have so much respect for fast food crew and staff.
The footlong sandwich in this picture is very tasty and it can fill in soneobe's hunger. I have student regular customers and some stranger customers too whom became my regulars , I rhank my uncle for letting me taje this type of experience aside from working in an office setting.
My burger stand lasted for just 8 months it was a franchise and the real owners decided to change location and I gave up because its too far from us . Its not easy letting go of a business all your hardwork will be wasted but I have to let go and think of another way. Seeing this picture , I realized I have done a lot of different work and if given the chance I want to do it again.
Lotters and friends , how about you, do you have something you want to do again or do you have work you want to come back to?
p.s. this is my real griddle before and its so hot in there when your cooking and I smell of burger patties and hotdogs that time but its okay haha as my friend joked on me before " you are a walking burger! "
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7 responses
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
1 Sep 23
@iKONICNoona
That is impressive to have your own stand. You should be very proud of yourself what you accomplished on your own. You learn a lot when you have your own business and it is a very good experience. You had a good reason for it not working out. I got burned out after 11 years of what I was doing and tried something new and that did not work out so am in between what I want to do now and have no idea but do want to work at home. So maybe you could start your own business and do one thing. So, do you cook more now since the business?
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@iKONICNoona (4192)
• Philippines
4 Sep 23
@Hannihar
Oh , thank you very much and to answer your question , Yes I still cook a lot but not for business purpose now , I am a stay at home person as of the moment and is helping my mom in the house , she just retired and cant manage the household alone . I am doing some freelance work now because I cant leave mom alone at the house .
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
4 Sep 23
@iKONICNoona
You are very good to your Mom.
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@srirahayu68 (323)
• Bogor, Indonesia
13 Jun 23
you have achieved a lot that is extraordinary of what you did
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@iKONICNoona (4192)
• Philippines
13 Jun 23
@srirahayu68
Hello welcome to mylot and thank you for participating. I think there is one more thing I need to do but I dont have any idea what is it. I still want to be hired to be able to save again but my age is no longer applicable hahaha
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@srirahayu68 (323)
• Bogor, Indonesia
13 Jun 23
@iKONICNoona Thank you so much Patricia. Long time did not open mylot and suddenly today I fell miss with all of my friends here hahaha. Same with me Patricia I also want to work again but I am too old hahaha.
@iKONICNoona (4192)
• Philippines
13 Jun 23
@AmbiePam
I am thankful too that my sister is helping this time.I want to get hired again for work and then save up but I cant do it now because I cant let my mom be alone in the house. She trips at times and there are things she cant do.
We dont have helpers as of now because of a tight budget when finances becomes clear maybe I will look for someone who can accompany mom at home and I will get back to work hehe
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@iKONICNoona (4192)
• Philippines
13 Jun 23
@LadyDuck
When I was working on my burger stand I experienced a lot of different types of customers , food business is hard because we are dealing with food we have to be clean and careful. Some customers are irate from the start and some were understanding.
Some customers doesnt like waiting and some are just chill and relaxed.
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@LadyDuck (471217)
• Switzerland
13 Jun 23
@iKONICNoona You are so right, too many customers have no patience at all and are irritated and rude since they step inside a store.
@JudyEv (339302)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jun 23
Even the most menial tasks take skill although it will be of a different kind. I enjoyed working in an office and learnt a lot of skills there.
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
13 Jun 23
I hope you would find another business to your liking. I am more of a burger fan than hotdogs. It's good you have undergone that experience because you could apply all the things that you have learned later on.
The work that I wanted to go back to is freelance writing. I am still jobless with regard to this aspect.
