Week 2 Blog: Work Readiness Skills

     During this past week I spent two days doing something for my internship. On Tuesday I volunteered at the LIFT office. I wasn't entirely sure if I was suppose to come in that day because the previous meeting had been a little unclear however my decision to go anyways was very important to the staff. Tuesday is the day they load food for the health hub the next day so they were very busy. By me being there ready to work I was able to help them when they were short of workers. The man loading the truck was very thankful for my help and continuously told me I was really saving him on time. 

     On Wednesday I worked at the Health Hub in San Rafael which is when they distribute the food to families in need. I arrived on time and followed instructions well. It was a really rewarding experience to see how happy the people in line were to be receiving the food. Even though some of the vegetables were less than perfect looking, something I would usually reject, the people were very appreciative. 

     I didn't run into too many problems however there were a few. On Tuesday at the office I had been helping the man load the food and when he left on his first round of delivery I didn't really have anything else to do. When he left I was assigned to clean the refrigerators with Windex and a paper towel. It didn't really seem like this was a good use of time when there were many more crates to load. I could have been more assertive and told the supervisor I should continue to load ice chests while the man was gone.

     Another obstacle I ran into was on Wednesday when I was supposed to be at the Marin Community Clinic at 2 o'clock. I didn't really take into consideration I had no idea where it was located. It wasn't until the last minute that I decided to look up directions. I got there on time however I was really stressed out driving there when I had no idea where I was going.