HI Im Helen!
I grew up in the business world with my Moms side of generations of busniesses. My First job was with the tuffest boss I ever had which was my Mom! At 2 and a half I was in charge of picking up the trash from my mothers parking lot. Now in those days people smoked so cigarette butts were everywhere!
The job agreement
I would be paid 50 cents for a good job of picking up all the trash.
If I miss more than 3 pieces of trash then I get a redo but then get 25 cents.
If on the third try I miss more than 1 piece of trash then I get nothing but can try again next week.
The First time Mom gave me new person trial run and I was given my 50 cents for the first run.
After that I worked for free hence missing pieces of trash for about 3 weeks.
Then I got better and got my 25 cents. I remember saving my first dollar and I felt rich!!!!
However, My boss got tougher in which I was becoming free labor so after months of not getting paid I sat in protest. My Mom the boss asked what I was doing? I said, " Whats the point since its impossible to have a spotless parking lot with all these cigarette butts." She laughed and said would you like to renogiated your contract. I looked at her with complete irritation. She laughed and said. You agreed to pick up all the trash and are the cigarette butts trash? So my reply was. Your suppose to be a fair boss and ther is no way anyone could pick up every cigarette butt. She laughed and nodded her head. She said, "What do you think would be fair?" I said I can get all the big trash and still try and pick up some of the cigarette butts but you need to tell your customers to stop throwing them on the ground! She looked at me with that serious Mom look but I held my ground.
As the boss if I dont have customers I cannot pay the basic bills of the business and then how would I pay you? Now mind you not a few months ago I made a whole dollar. HMMMMM!!!
So I said so customers can do whatever they want? She shook her head and said NO of course not but it is a constant balance as a small business owner we must walk. Again I thought.
I said Ok! Can you help me post a sign asking people to help me to throw away the cigarette butts. She said no because she was afraid it would cause a fire which later come to understand.
However, we agreed as long as I got the cups and most of the straws and bigger trash I would pass inspections but would agree to pick up a few more straws and butts if there were more than usual which happened about twice a month.
So after that I usually made my 50 cents but sometimes did only make 25 cents as she gave me no mercy. HAHAHAHA.
So Aunty Helen's Kitchen is the Haute Couture of the world of food. Creating a perfect menu is knowing all who are eating as we all know how one person who has not eaten can ruin the mood. Knowing that Asian clients depending on where and what regions depict a more salty or perhaps the love of spice in their food. Lets move to Europe who loves a perfectly made pastry for breakfast or dessert to end the evening meal. Then there are the Polynesian Islands which love all kinds of wonderful combinations and I must say might be the orgin of true foodies as I learned in Hawaii all respect and appreciate delicious food regardless if it can be massed produced becuase it is about the love in which went into the meal!!!!
LOVE GOES INTO EVERY MEAL BECAUSE IN THE END IT IS ABOUT SHARING IN A MOMENT AND GROWING TOGETHER!!!!
I grew up in the business world with my Moms side of generations of busniesses. My First job was with the tuffest boss I ever had which was my Mom! At 2 and a half I was in charge of picking up the trash from my mothers parking lot. Now in those days people smoked so cigarette butts were everywhere!
The job agreement
I would be paid 50 cents for a good job of picking up all the trash.
If I miss more than 3 pieces of trash then I get a redo but then get 25 cents.
If on the third try I miss more than 1 piece of trash then I get nothing but can try again next week.
The First time Mom gave me new person trial run and I was given my 50 cents for the first run.
After that I worked for free hence missing pieces of trash for about 3 weeks.
Then I got better and got my 25 cents. I remember saving my first dollar and I felt rich!!!!
However, My boss got tougher in which I was becoming free labor so after months of not getting paid I sat in protest. My Mom the boss asked what I was doing? I said, " Whats the point since its impossible to have a spotless parking lot with all these cigarette butts." She laughed and said would you like to renogiated your contract. I looked at her with complete irritation. She laughed and said. You agreed to pick up all the trash and are the cigarette butts trash? So my reply was. Your suppose to be a fair boss and ther is no way anyone could pick up every cigarette butt. She laughed and nodded her head. She said, "What do you think would be fair?" I said I can get all the big trash and still try and pick up some of the cigarette butts but you need to tell your customers to stop throwing them on the ground! She looked at me with that serious Mom look but I held my ground.
As the boss if I dont have customers I cannot pay the basic bills of the business and then how would I pay you? Now mind you not a few months ago I made a whole dollar. HMMMMM!!!
So I said so customers can do whatever they want? She shook her head and said NO of course not but it is a constant balance as a small business owner we must walk. Again I thought.
I said Ok! Can you help me post a sign asking people to help me to throw away the cigarette butts. She said no because she was afraid it would cause a fire which later come to understand.
However, we agreed as long as I got the cups and most of the straws and bigger trash I would pass inspections but would agree to pick up a few more straws and butts if there were more than usual which happened about twice a month.
So after that I usually made my 50 cents but sometimes did only make 25 cents as she gave me no mercy. HAHAHAHA.
So Aunty Helen's Kitchen is the Haute Couture of the world of food. Creating a perfect menu is knowing all who are eating as we all know how one person who has not eaten can ruin the mood. Knowing that Asian clients depending on where and what regions depict a more salty or perhaps the love of spice in their food. Lets move to Europe who loves a perfectly made pastry for breakfast or dessert to end the evening meal. Then there are the Polynesian Islands which love all kinds of wonderful combinations and I must say might be the orgin of true foodies as I learned in Hawaii all respect and appreciate delicious food regardless if it can be massed produced becuase it is about the love in which went into the meal!!!!
LOVE GOES INTO EVERY MEAL BECAUSE IN THE END IT IS ABOUT SHARING IN A MOMENT AND GROWING TOGETHER!!!!