Twelve Hours of Work

I did twelve hours at my internship since the beginning. In the store, there are a lot of objects from different cultures that I can’t name them all. All the products are made by artisans of different countries in the world. For example: there are a lot of coffees made in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, etc. Moreover, there is music CD we sell that plays in the store. It is the music of musician of a lot of countries also. My favorite CD is Jazz around the world Christmas edition. It is really a good CD to listen for Christmas! 

All the volunteers talked to me about what they do on Christmas. They don’t do something really big because they have a lot of the family members that moved in other countries. They are not really connected to the religion like they won’t go to the midnight mess, but they always buy gifts every time I’m there in the store. They buy often things to decorate the Christmas tree and dishes made by artisans. I think they have the same cultures as me even if they speak English. I wasn’t really exposed to other cultures maybe Patricia my host because she comes from Mexico but I didn’t really have the time to talk to her because she is busy in the store. 

In my internship I don’t have to write text but sometimes when the customer wants the information about the product he bought, I have to go on the internet to find the document and it is in English so I have to read it to explain correctly where it came from. Also, I didn’t have the opportunities to use my 5 idioms but I will try in my next day. There’s a little expression that Shanie said last week but I don’t really remember the context why she said that. She said: ‘’A little bird told me’’. Moreover, I learn a lot of words and sentence to say to the customer like: Do you want the bill in the bag? Do you pay cash or credit or debit card? Do you want me to wrap your gift? Do you want me to print where your products came from? It will help me in the future and for my job at Jean Coutu because I often speak in French with the English customers. 

Finally, my internship is really helpful for me to learn new language, expressions and cultures. I really like the stores and I appreciate the other volunteers. The best part for now is my first day when I discovered all the products in the store and this is the day that I became less shy with the people around me. I don’t think there is a part I had difficulties maybe when I help a customer and I don’t know a product. Well, I enjoy my internship!