week 5

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We are back once again to go thru my journey that has led me here to the hospitality industry. After McDonald’s my school schedule opened up seeing to as the times of classes changed and I was able to get a regular job during the day time. I applied to my local Ihop as a hostess seeing that I have never had actual restaurant experience I thought this to be a great opportunity to learn. They hired me as a hostess and during the weekends they had what was called a hostess manager who would guide the hostess at our peak hours.  The hostess manager quit leaving me and another hostess to run the host stand by our selves when it was busy.  I did this for about six months.  After the six months my general manager saw my potential and offered me a floor manger position.  I accepted at the time i was studying restorative dentistry and just saw this as a job and something to make my resume look good little did I know that this was going to lead to my passion for the industry.

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