Blog Prompt #12

 My job does not call for any public speaking, or really any speaking at times. In the past, when I worked in the kitchen, I was constantly speaking to my team. Although it was not in any formal sense, I was always addressing the whole kitchen. Being in charge of a whole kitchen that outputs up to $10k/hr in sales can be a tall task, and it gets loud. Having the ability to command my team with authority came in quite handy at times. Using quick, precise, well-timed commands helped take control of the situation when things get hairy. When a station would fall behind on orders, it has a snowball effect on the whole kitchen's output. Tickets are fulfilled altogether due to the size and logistics of our expo team, therefore if tickets start lagging behind, items tend to get lost, misplaced, sold out-of-order, etc. At these points, the chef on the line needed to take full auditory control of the communication between the cooking side and the selling side in order to bring them both back into sync with each other. This ability to thrive in an extremely high-stress environment helped elevate me above the crowd when it came time for a promotion. I never enjoyed public speaking in high school, but after learning how to control the whole kitchen I was less afraid of speaking to a group of students just sitting and waiting for the day to be over with.

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