Un-professional is the new professional

Tonight Greg, Sarah, Josh Funk, and myself are goign to a wine and sangria bar called Cellar 6. We are meeting my new boss there, his name is Josh and he is from California. Today he moved from the hostel to a boat house in hidden harbor. He is basically your steryotypical california hippie (which makes sense seeing as how he opened a store called peace frogs). I am excited to hang out because I have always been friends with my managers - and have never really had a professional relationship. For instance, when I worked at Boater's World i would go spear fishing with my managers, and i went to a fourth of July party where they set off illegal fireworks and shot illegal guns... Im not goign to name any names (Devon). I don't really see the point in having a strictly professional relationship with someone you work with. You see them everyday, you are with them for extended periods of time, if you have nothign to talk about but work it gets awkward. I enjoy people, and getting to know them, and usually it is not what they expect from an employee but I have made some really good friends that way. I also don't beleive in changing the way you act when you are at work. When I worked at Panera I was known for singing (very badly) while I did the dishes or opened bakery; for the folks who came in everyday they enjoyed me and Tori being goofballs. I think that they deal with enough fake people all day that having someone be genuine (goofy and loud or not) is really refreshing.

I know that when I go to a resturaunt I love it wen the waitresses ask me about my day or joke around with us. LIke when a group of us went to chili's every saturday last semeester the waitressess all loved us. I like having a personal connection. My bigest pet peeve is when someone says "Hello, welcome to *insert resturaunt here* how are you today?" without ever looking up from thier clipboard or cash register. Ew.

It may seem un-professional, but i find that in the long run it is much more rewarding and you get alot more out of a job than money and references when you are friendly to people,; maybe you could make someone's day by simply singing a bad rendition of "don't stop believing".