My first job in the UK 🇬🇧 was pot washing in a fancy hotel kitchen 😭🇬🇧
On one of my first shifts, I decided to impress everybody with my “hardworking Naija spirit” 😂
The pile of pots and plates they expected to last 5 hours of the shift,
Omo I finished everything in 3 hours 😇😆
I was SO proud of myself.
In my mind I was like:
“Now I can relax small… maybe drink water peacefully and observe life” 😌
So I leaned on the dishwasher machine for literally a few minutes watching the chefs cook.
Little did I know…
All the sous chefs were acting supervisors and monitoring spirits 😭
“Chi is finished pot washing.”
I didn't even see the senior chef 🧑🍳 coming. One minute I was watching a man sauté something, the next minute there was a presence beside me.😪
"Right then. Since you're done —"
What followed next, I cannot fully explain with words, but I will try.😪
I changed tissue rolls in every tissue lock on the wall. I replaced the liquid soaps hanging over all the sinks around the kitchen,
I swept a kitchen that was already clean. I emptied bins that were barely full. I dragged bin trolleys OUTSIDE and cleaned them— with my two hands.
I brought out every single cup and plate that I had just washed, dried them AGAIN, and aligned them in the boxes so very carefully 🤣
The man found me work for the remaining two hours.
Every. Single. Minute. Accounted for.⏱️
I stood there arranging cups 🫖I had already arranged, and that's when the education hit me
This is not Naija 🇳🇬. Nobody here cares that you finished early. If they are paying you for 6 hours, you will WORK for 6 hours.😩
There is no "I've finished, let me rest small."
There is no leaning on the machine with your arms folded. There is no watching the chefs cook like you're a food critic.😩
If you finish your task find another one. Clean something. Organise something. Count the spoons and fork if you have to.
JUST LOOK busy. Because the moment they catch you idle, they will not give you rest they will give you purpose.
And their version of purpose at 2pm on a Tuesday is scrubbing a bin trolley in the cold outside.
That day I learned one of the most important lessons of working in the UK:🇬🇧
Your hours belong to them. All of them. Even the quiet ones.
I never leaned on that machine again. 😅
To every immigrant reading this — especially if you just started working here . Or you intend to work here,
this is not about being lazy or not. It's just a different work culture. The sooner you understand it, the smoother your journey.
No rest at work until you clock out.
Gabby Agbonlahor urges Chelsea to sign Marco Silva:
🗣 “I'm saying to myself, 'Marco Silva is the perfect character that these big time Charlies at Chelsea need'.
Marco Silva doesn't take any nonsense. We've seen him on the sidelines, similar to Antonio Conte's sort of style. He will go into that football club Chelsea in pre-season, sort them out.
[He will work out] who's on side, who's going to work hard, who's going to follow runners, who's going to run?"
~ @talkSPORT
@eludayo_1 Murtala Int. Airport is going through some heavy construction now if you are traveln now don't go to packing lot straight drop off before going to packing lot to avoid paying two times, I paid two times yesterday because my dad can't walk the distance because of his health
“When I got nominated for the Oscar, my phone was ringing nonstop. The day after the Oscars, the phone stopped ringing. Tyler Perry was the one who called me and gave me a quote and a leading role. Nobody else called to offer me a leading role. Tyler did.”
— Taraji P. Henson
Watching PSG yesterday & there are several loopholes Arsenal can exploit.
- They are vulnerable with set pieces
- Their GK is bad with crosses
- They are indiscipline with cards
- They are not so clinical
From the games between both sides last season plus without Donnaruma, Arsenal looked better equipped than them this season.