&hearts TeamFebruary 14, 20081:20 AM Posted by carrie (:
I really am trying hard. Like once in a blue moon hard (to update this blog). This blog is dying! Keep it alive people!
Anyway, I came across this beautiful quote while watching J-drama! (Iryu, Team Medical Dragon) Please go crunchy it! (www.crunchyroll.com)
“A team isn’t relying on someone else in the team to help you out. A team is putting forward your very best and working extra hard to be there for your team mates.” - Asada, Iryu Team Medical Dragon
He (or rather the script writers) couldn’t have put it any better. Although “Iryu Team Medical Dragon” is about doctors and surviving in the political minefields of medical sector Japan, its chock full of teamwork and really shows you how “[teamwork] is really like multiplication.”
The explanation really hits hard, “no matter how many big numbers you’ve got, all you need is one zero to bring the final equation to zero.” If everyone doesn’t share the same ideals and level of commitment to the team. If not everyone understands that a team is not about relying on others and not putting in 100% or more, then the whole team, no matter how many great players you’ve got on your side, this team is nothing.
Everyones important even though we may forget sometimes.
&hearts merry christmas and a little more.December 25, 20071:15 AM Posted by lav
HEY RC GIRLS! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
reading carrie's post made me a little emo. new girls, if you don't know me, i'm lavinia. i'm the girl who needed a stool to scoop, the one who had to be incharge of rc for a little while and took it out on the rest when the workload took a toil on me, the one who's worked in every outlet before and been with B&J's for one and a half years. if you haven't gotten the point yet, i regard myself highly when it comes to ice cream, especially rc.
let me tell you a little something about us. we're the ones who sing iris OUT LOUD and not care about what others think. we're the one who can get NINE scoopies out for mambo, sing every sing like we know it and steal kisses from each other. simply because we know how it feels to be just fun with each other. FUN. that's what we're about. fun with responsiblities. :) so little loons out there, gambatte man! it's all about teamwork.
even if i don't know you too, i still lav you man. lav.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
&hearts The RC SpiritDecember 23, 20073:14 AM Posted by carrie (:
I don't know how many new girls at RC have the right spark, the right attitude to last as a scoopie. So far I've only seen 1 new girl, and I think she has the potential to enjoy work and yet take pride in her work, be it serving customers or cleaning up the store. Since I've only seen 1 new girl, I don't think I'd know for sure, since I haven't experienced the other girls firsthand, what they're really like and what their working attitudes are like. But what I heard from the other older scoopies about them isn't pleasant and it doesn't matter if I take it to heart and believe them or not. Its just not working out if the talks been travelling round.
Truth be told, if theres something wrong, theres just something not working right. Its not about alliances of the old scoopies against the new girls, its about chemistry. Every girl in store will be able to bond with the other girls. Many batches of RC girls have done so! But why not now? Why are the girls so apprehensive about working with some girls? Whats this now? Politics? We've never had that, and we should STAMP it out by untying the knots now or at least as soon as possible!
I haven't been working as often as I like to, but I did work a lot once, and I understand what its like to get burnt out, but it's never an excuse to be entirely lazy or unhelpful and I've worked long enough to know that it IS possible to work really hard and yet love every single minute of it. Time flies and its just a joy to be working together! Its all about caring for every girl in store! Its about understanding their working patterns and finding out what "chore" isn't a chore for you! But mainly its still about working together as a team! So cliched, so simple and yet why is it forgotten!
Its all about team team team team team team team team family family family family family and everyone being happy, having fun working hard, thats the Ben and Jerry's spirit, girls, thats the RC girls spirit!
And for the new girls who haven't experienced it yet, do you know what you're missing out on? (That's rhetorical. Say no.)
You're missing out on a fantastic feeling. Its wonderful when the gears all click and theres no grievances because everyone feels respected, everyone feels helpful and the best part is everyone feels happy with each other! Its no rocket science. Its pretty simple!
Its all the little things that make work a breeze and a blast! Its doing silly things like screaming co-ordinated "Hi welcome"s and doing silly dance moves (that are just retarded!) or saying, "Hey ONE MILKSHAKE" and have someone whos standing nearby rush to pour the milk if its convenient. All these things are possible even in rush hour! Its easy to work fast if we're working together people! Even if you think you have another order to make, some little actions are doable while you're rushing around and not eat up time. Contrary to how slow it may seem to make things, it really actually speeds up because once the milkshake is done, someone will be say, helping you cut banana wheels and someone else tending to the next customer! Its all easy! Its all fast! And the best part is the satisfaction both with your own performance and the warm feeling you get when everything clicks! Thats what working at Ben and Jerry's is about! If not theres NOTHING special about being a scoopy.
Why are girls always wanting to be a scoopy? Because its fun! FUN! FUN! Working hard looks fun! Thats whats special! Don't let RC be another politically charged workplace like everywhere else! Sort out the problems! If you get told off, don't take it to heart, don't carry anger overnight because at work, we're all here to enjoy ourselves. Really! I know all the older girls and they are not one to carry anger overnight.
And the older girls, its time we stop being a little too petty and let the bad performance of yesterday go. (: Give the new girls the RC experience, make them try it for a day. Things will be different then. Things will be like my Friday. It felt great, it made me feel accomplished and happy to be working and making things work as a team with Shiwei and Shuying. Thats what all the girls should be experiencing.
The sweet should overpower the bitter and the bitter should only give it an enhanced flavour.
Love you girls (even if I haven't met you), CARRIE (add me in msn: kyoko_suomi@msn.com)
If you wanna blog here, (PLEAAASE DO, PLEASE DO!) add me in msn. I'll get you hooked up to the blog.
&hearts Bye Bye Xiao HongDecember 19, 20073:18 AM Posted by carrie (:
Our favourite New Balance uncle has left. He will be dearly missed.
New bird: Rachel
Lao jiao: Carrie
If you don't already know our names (from top left clockwise): Carrie, Ginni, Deborah, Sining & Rachel
Okay tender young 'uns (and Ying Zhi who tried to spam the unhappening wall).
Love, Carrie
&hearts mambo with rc girls ONEOctober 06, 20073:28 AM Posted by lav
i lav mambo!
let's go mambo again next week! the last week of poly break. pls comfirm asap!
