Texas Tech University
Carolyn Greene
Hello ya'll! This post is reallllyyy late (like three weeks late - eep!) but it's been such a busy few weeks since I left Texas that I just couldn't find time, or even a reliable internet connection for that matter, to actually sit down and write about my last two weeks. Now that I'm home, and have a free day before my busy week starts up again, I'm hunkering down and working on all the things that I had put on the back burner since the last month of the internship.
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| Post-presensation photo with the one and only Alan! |
Last time, I said the girls and I were getting ready for our final presentation. In short, we did great! Everything went so smoothly, and I think our ideas were well received by all parties involved. We had a delicious lunch afterwards, by Top Tier catering themselves, and then had the rest of the day to ourselves. I caught up on some sleep, and made sure I got a good dinner that night. We knew we needed a little R&R after our stressful prior week to recuperate for our busy two weeks at the Market!
Tuesday through Friday had us buzzing like bees at the Market. We had a projected 1500 or so campers expected that week, and the only way to describe the experience is that. It. Was. Crazy! In all the years I've done food service, I don't think I've ever served so many people in such a short period of time! The kids came in waves, and it was almost constant movement for the entire duration of the shift. I definitely learned a lot about handling high volume that week!
We all got to try our hands at different stations all around the unit. Most of the time, I was either serving at the Carvery, which was the main line, but I also served at the Taco station, and had a night or two plating fruit. Some days I fronted, which meant I kept the front of the unit in order, or looked over the dining hall while At the end of week 8, we got to meet with the main manager, Jessie, who talked to us about the managerial side of food service, That was an informative meeting, and I had the chance to ask all the burning questions I had about topics like employee training, production, and ordering and storage.
During week 8, we were at the Market again, but the counts for those few days were much lower than week 7, having no more than 250 people a day. I got the chance to ride Zamboni, our motorized floor cleaning contraption, which was a lot of fun!
On Wednesday morning or week 8, I went to my last crossfit class at Paladin. It was such a pleasure and honor to be able to train with all the folks that morning! I just wish I had more time with Crossfit Paladin - the environment was so welcoming, and it definitely had started to feel like a family! I'll be back one day!
To end our time at Texas Tech, us girls had to go out with a bang. With the help of Dee, the head of recruitment in Hospitality, we turned Alan's office into the Batcave! As we were working on Alan's office, we had the brilliant idea to also do Dee's office too. The results were spectacular and we had so much fun with it! This is the goodbye Alan never saw coming!
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| Alan's office - The Batcave! |
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| Dee's office - aka Robin's office |
Friday was our last official day of the internship. We had a short debriefing session with Alan, Dee, and Cape, and reflected on our two months with Hospitality. Those two months were such a blessing, and I would not have traded the experience for anything. The people I've met, fellow interns and the Hospitality staff, were such wonderful, embracing people, and I'm so glad I have this chance to meet them. I'm so excited to see where these experiences take me going into my last year of my undergraduate career!
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