Enhancing Our Experiences: A New Job Experience

Several months ago, the owner of County Line BBQ and Canoli Joe's came to speak to our class. He told us of the experiences he has had and how he came to be the owner of such a major franchise. Throughout the months we kept in touch and eventually, he gave Straight Business the opportunity to work at his restaurant; to get a feel for what it's really like to work in a restaurant. Instead of bring all eight of us at once, we were split up in to groups, four at a time.

Straight Business went to County Line BBQ to get restaurant experience. Although it felt weird being in a big business for the first time and for the first hour we were a little nervous but after that the time flew by fast. When we first got there, Vanessa and Skeeter went out of their way to make us know we really were working there: we got official shirts, hats and even a name tag. They explained to us that there were for four jobs that we could pick from being a cook, dish washer, server or cook in the BBQ pitt. Each week we would rotate so that that we all could experience each position.

The first group has completed their County Line BBQ experience. In the end, we felt it was a good learning situation because it was so hands on. It was very rewarding because we had big business experience and we learned different aspects of the restaurant business.

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