Part-Time Job working in the kitchen of a nursing home

So my dad's close friend works at a nursing home and finds a job for me as someone who works in the kitchen. I don't know specifically what I'm going to do if I'm accepted. Tomorrow, I'm going with him to the nursing home to meet the boss and tell him my schedule. I only have school on Tues and Thurs from 8:20 pm - 10:15 pm and an online class. On Sundays, I sing in my Church's choir from 12 pm - 1 pm, but I don't attend the practices because of class. Next sem however, I'm probably going to take more classes and go back to choir practices on Thursdays. I would just like to add that the practices switch to Tuesday on the last week of every month for choir.

Do I have to tell him my schedule for just this sem? Also I have to sing for Christmas and other Catholic holidays. Should I tell him that? I have other questions too. I'm so nervous because this is only the 2nd time that I've applied for a part-time job. The first time, I got rejected.

What's it like work with coworkers? If you're off on a certain day, and a coworker wants to be off on that day, does he/she force you to switch with him/her? For anyone that's worked in a nursing home kitchen, what's it like? My anxiety is killing me right now.
 

LazyHermitCrab

Well-known member
I think you should just go by each semester and tell him ahead of time what days you need off. It's okay if you don't remember all of them during the interview. It's rare for someone to get a job as their first interview anyway. You can do it!
 

RegalSin

Well-known member
You can only take an day off between your boss. Like if you get sick.

All kitchens are the same. Fast Fast Fast. Thinking about it makes me want to run outside.

Coworkers are in between. Some starters, or noobs might be talkative. Once you get into action. Being ignorant and running back and forth with no talking in between (mostly ) will make your lives easier. However avoid dropping your health. I mean seriously your a noob your partners expect you to work fast fast fast but also be professional about things. Or at least try to be. You can slack off to "Break the ice" ( move the heat off you ) at least once or twice but do not make it habit forming.

Also remember who is your boss. Some jobs have mutiple bosses. Meaning one order to the next. If not then just do it when you can.
 
Thanks guys for replying. My interview went ok last week with the manager. Now he says I'm going to meet the boss. Hope that goes well too. I found out I have to ask old people what food they want. For example, if they want chicken or beef. That part kind of makes me nervous because they're hearing is impaired so I have to speak louder.
 

MotherWolff

Banned
So my dad's close friend works at a nursing home and finds a job for me as someone who works in the kitchen. I don't know specifically what I'm going to do if I'm accepted. Tomorrow, I'm going with him to the nursing home to meet the boss and tell him my schedule. I only have school on Tues and Thurs from 8:20 pm - 10:15 pm and an online class. On Sundays, I sing in my Church's choir from 12 pm - 1 pm, but I don't attend the practices because of class. Next sem however, I'm probably going to take more classes and go back to choir practices on Thursdays. I would just like to add that the practices switch to Tuesday on the last week of every month for choir.

Do I have to tell him my schedule for just this sem? Also I have to sing for Christmas and other Catholic holidays. Should I tell him that? I have other questions too. I'm so nervous because this is only the 2nd time that I've applied for a part-time job. The first time, I got rejected.

What's it like work with coworkers? If you're off on a certain day, and a coworker wants to be off on that day, does he/she force you to switch with him/her? For anyone that's worked in a nursing home kitchen, what's it like? My anxiety is killing me right now.

Goodness, hopefully you are still alive and the anxiety(not yours, or anyone's, because we do not own anything that doesn't belong to our bodies) has not killed you.

So if you are still living, what's the issue here?

There is a first time for everything.

Think about all of the first times you did something.

If you experienced anxiety with those, just remember how you felt when you conquered those fear-based emotions and did the very thing you were afraid of.

Now if you could do it with those things, why do you doubt yourself to begin work?

The way you constantly analyze, fabricate, and maximize all of the negative scenarios you can possibly think of can do nothing but detrimental harm to yourself.
 

MotherWolff

Banned
Thanks guys for replying. My interview went ok last week with the manager. Now he says I'm going to meet the boss. Hope that goes well too. I found out I have to ask old people what food they want. For example, if they want chicken or beef. That part kind of makes me nervous because they're hearing is impaired so I have to speak louder.

See. You passed an intetview for the first time, right?

Good job!

And even if you didn't pass, you would have made an effort.

The real losers are people who are afraid to try.
 
See. You passed an intetview for the first time, right?

Good job!

And even if you didn't pass, you would have made an effort.

The real losers are people who are afraid to try.

Thanks for your inspiring words! I know a lot of SAD sufferers have this chatterbox inside their heads, and that is what I'm trying to mute. The problem for me now is taking orders from older people since they usually have impaired hearing. I have to speak louder and when I get anxious I usually dampen the volume of my voice. If you don't mind me asking, have you ever worked a part-time job during college or currently?
 
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