The 4 of us; Amanda, Jane, Charlotte and I worked an Art Stage launch party on Thursday evening
After working at the Deutsche Bank event at Ku De Ta last year, I swore to myself I wouldn't work in the Fnb line again. EVER.
But considering this job required carrying food instead of heavy drinks, and the pay was $10/hr, I couldn't say no.
Moreover, I still owe my mom $ from my NYC trip :S (spending $5.2K in those 3 weeks in Aug 2011 is really not funny)
The event was held at Malan Road, Queensway area, at an abandoned house.
Creepy much? Not to mention dirty, haunted, and completely not air-conditioned.
But I must admit, it was done up pretty well, and the fans were strong enough.
Although, the fans were pretty useless once people started streaming in and the place got packed.
Refrained from using the toilets
There was a total of 10 staff to serve the food.
Around 7-ish, the event officially started. I almost forgot what a standing job felt like, how tiring it was, and while carrying those food! Gosh, this was just a reminder of how little I work out.. or how I don't work out at all. The place was completely packed and I found it almost impossible to weave my way through, offering those artsy people some refreshments. Was working hard getting rid of the food on my tray to lighten my load. Some were pleasant and politely declined food offered, but most of them were cold and didn't smile back.
And I smiled at them, a lot. I'm sure a bulk of those people invited were pretentious snobs. *scoffs*
Oh well, that's the treatment waitresses get, I guess.
Making a mental note to be more friendly to service staff from now on.
My arms felt like they were gonna fall off and they started trembling. I have no explanation for that but Amanda had that too. Could be a sign of overworking lol.
Took at break at the back kitchen where we snacked on the food, trying every dish available. Then we started taking wine and alcoholic drinks from the bar :)
Thank God people stopped coming and slowly everyone started leaving so there wasn't much work to be done. Packing up was surprisingly smooth and took only a few minutes.
There was SO MUCH food left and they were all thrown away into garbage bags. I swear I saw like more than a hundred chicken wings being poured into the garbage. I could feed a whole school in Africa with that amount of food! Oh man, the feeling sucks but there's nothing I could do. I couldn't possibly fly those food to Africa anyway.
If only there was a way..
On another note, I'm $70 richer after that night!
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