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Suavebaby
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Suavebaby
@AnaValantine
LIFE IS ALL ABOUT SIMPLICITY 2 BE LOVED OR 2 LOVE
Lagos, Nigeria Присоединился Şubat 2013
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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.


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Went over my friend's house in Ottawa and she had this gadget! 😭
Nothing could have made me drink that.🥶
📷:@beranova__
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