In the future, I plan on owning my own sushi restaurant. I want to participate in at least 20 culinary competition, mostly non-pastry since I don't specialize in pastry. I want to create menus for 10 different newly developed restaurants that I know will become a success based off of my vision. I want friends and family to mention my name and have people tell them, "I think I've heard that name before." Of course, that would make me a part-time celebrity, and being famous isn't what I set out to be, but I want my name recognized for my skill for what I became good at, not even knowing the difference between hollandaise and mayonnaise.
When I do own my own restaurant, I want to build a team that I know I can rely on. Having an eye for potential or talent, I know that I can put together people who can reproduce what I want done. I want to bring in enough revenue so that I can pay off the next month to keep my restaurant running open, and I know that I can keep my employees happy, and the people that matter most to me happy and feel secure. I want to bring in enough money for my restaurant that whenever I decide to make a change and it fails, I can revert back and not hinder the fact that I can still make the next month's rent to keep my restaurant running.
I want my friends and family to constantly ask me "When are you going to cook for us?" It already happens now, but I still want this in the future. I want to be pestered until I give in and finally make them eggs benedict, I want to make a croque-madame, I want to make them sushi, I want to make them shrimp fettuccine that no restaurant can recreate so they keep asking me to come back and make it again for my friends. I just want the simple things in life that make me, my friends, and family happy.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Week 9 EOC: The Apartment
In The Apartment, workplace harassment is shown when you see Baxter having to deal with all the executives asking him for his apartment key to fool around with girls when they need a secret spot ti hide from the wives, which is just plain disgusting. Another form of harassment is when Baxter is subjected to "Quid Pro Quo." Quid Pro Quo is one act in exchange for an incentive, such as a promotion, or a raise. A more refined definition comes from the book, "quid pro quo harassment occurs when one person asks for either expressly or implied sexual favors from another person as a condition of that person’s employment or advancement or to prevent a tangible employment detriment."
Another form of sexual harassment in The Apartment was when Baxter was misusing company resources, by not only using the phone to call the executives making plans for the times the apartment is available, but when he used company resources to look up information on Fran. He got her address, her social security number, he could probably even get her wages, telephone number, where she went to school, etc. All that information because he was using company resources to stalk an employee. "The harasser can be the victim’s manager, supervisor, a supervisor in another area, an agent of the employer, a coworker, or even a nonemployee." Fran was an elevator operator, Baxter was a salesperson of sorts, eventually getting higher up to get his own office. This quote is relevant in that respect.
Another example of workplace harassment is when you see all of those people at the office party making out. That would be quite awkward. This could also set up a hostile environment if coming to work just seems to be unbearable. From the book, Hostile Environment is "atmosphere that is characterized by unwanted sexually demeaning or intimidating behaviors in which a person is treated poorly or feels uncomfortable."
Another form of sexual harassment in The Apartment was when Baxter was misusing company resources, by not only using the phone to call the executives making plans for the times the apartment is available, but when he used company resources to look up information on Fran. He got her address, her social security number, he could probably even get her wages, telephone number, where she went to school, etc. All that information because he was using company resources to stalk an employee. "The harasser can be the victim’s manager, supervisor, a supervisor in another area, an agent of the employer, a coworker, or even a nonemployee." Fran was an elevator operator, Baxter was a salesperson of sorts, eventually getting higher up to get his own office. This quote is relevant in that respect.
Another example of workplace harassment is when you see all of those people at the office party making out. That would be quite awkward. This could also set up a hostile environment if coming to work just seems to be unbearable. From the book, Hostile Environment is "atmosphere that is characterized by unwanted sexually demeaning or intimidating behaviors in which a person is treated poorly or feels uncomfortable."
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Week 8 EOC: Nine to Five Workplace Harassment
There are so many parts in this movie that display workplace harassment. First off, when the boss calls the women in the office "his girls," they aren't his girls. They are his employees. They way he looks at his assistant shows a strong influence of harassment in the workplace. He buys her gifts, asks her to turn around, looks down her shirt, touches her inappropriately, and just says things you should never ask a co-worker, whether female or male.
The assistant is mainly targeted because of rumors that spread around about her. The boss tells the other male workers how him and his assistant do sexual acts, and when rumors like that spread around, she'll either be shunned or avoided in the workplace. When she asked the new employee to go out for dinner or lunch, the new employee refused because she already knew about the rumors that spread around the office.
Working in a hostile environment can be seen as harassment. Roz was the eyes and ears for the boss. She recorded everything that happened in the bathrooms, where all the gossip happened. In the movie, ladies were talking about how much they got paid and one of them actually got fired. To work in a place that you can't simply talk about your pay checks to make sure that everyone is being paid fairly, that seems absolutely crazy to me. The 3 main ladies went into the bathroom to talk privately about what had happened after almost killing the boss, but Roz was sitting in the toilet the entire time listening on their private conversation. Of course this topic of listening in on something on what's right or wrong is a controversial topic on whether or not you should be able to listen in on something that could potentially hurt someone's life, but you shouldn't listen in on someone's private conversation.
The assistant is mainly targeted because of rumors that spread around about her. The boss tells the other male workers how him and his assistant do sexual acts, and when rumors like that spread around, she'll either be shunned or avoided in the workplace. When she asked the new employee to go out for dinner or lunch, the new employee refused because she already knew about the rumors that spread around the office.
Working in a hostile environment can be seen as harassment. Roz was the eyes and ears for the boss. She recorded everything that happened in the bathrooms, where all the gossip happened. In the movie, ladies were talking about how much they got paid and one of them actually got fired. To work in a place that you can't simply talk about your pay checks to make sure that everyone is being paid fairly, that seems absolutely crazy to me. The 3 main ladies went into the bathroom to talk privately about what had happened after almost killing the boss, but Roz was sitting in the toilet the entire time listening on their private conversation. Of course this topic of listening in on something on what's right or wrong is a controversial topic on whether or not you should be able to listen in on something that could potentially hurt someone's life, but you shouldn't listen in on someone's private conversation.
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