Blog 5

Yoon Saechow

Dawn Blunk

Transitional English

May 7, 2011

Blog 5

            In Harold Krents’ writing he explains in Darkness at Noon that because of his disability he was treated far from just being blind.  Some people assumed that because of his blindness he was deaf, or couldn’t understand English, and his blindness even made it hard for him to find employment.  Krents express that everyone should be treated equally and not judge by what circumstances that person may have.  I agree with Krents that everyone should be treated unbiased no matter the situation; we all should be given the opportunity to prove ourselves.  I currently work at a restaurant and about a half of year ago I was treated like a child because of my lack of experience compared to the other cooks and my age.  Being judge before I could get the opportunity to prove myself to executive chef was quite maddening; even though I worked at a different restaurant within the same company the chef had no belief in me.  Everyone should be given a chance to prove why he or she should be treated equally before we are judge incapable.

            The restaurant I work at is part of a company of restaurants; I’ve worked a little over half a year from my original restaurant as a line cook.  When I return to my original restaurant I thought the chef would’ve stop treating me like an infant, but things did not change.  I understood that my lack of experience compared to my fellow cooks was big, but the chef gave me no chance to show what I learn from the other restaurant.  He actually treated me as if I had no experience in the kitchen; showing me how to conjure up an ice bath, how to dice, and many other beginner task that I have already learn with him when I started almost two years ago.  This was quite a frustrating situation, but I had to overcome it and earn the respect I felt I deserve.  I work hard, fast, and efficient everyday to try to gain the respect from the chef and finally that day came.  Now the chef calls me up over some of the season cooks he has for holiday and big events we have to help him out.  He finally stops bothering me about the basic things I learned long ago, and gaining his trust has been a great accomplishment.  Everyone should be treated equally because how would you feel if you were on the other side.