Post by vivia890 on Oct 24, 2017 19:09:55 GMT
The experience which comes to mind was, at my last administrative job.
Once a week on Fridays the company puts on a local barbeque to give back to the community. This particular week the usual chef was sick and unable to prep and cook the food and perform on the grill. My authority figure (boss) told me to grill all the meats and burgers for the barbeque; I had no experience or skills to operate a grill especially for a large community event.
Immediate thoughts that went through my mind were, ( it was not in my job description to operate a grill, I’m not getting paid enough, why should be the one to do this, what if I refuse would I get in trouble, I would feel guilty for not helping out, but I don’t know how to grill….)
Ultimately I chose to obey. It was the right thing to do at the time I thought because my boss told me to do it, even though looking back I would’ve said no now. Back then I didn’t feel like it was my right to disobey someone in authority who gave me a task to do, even of it was above my experience.
This was harmful to me because I had no idea what I was doing and I got burnt from the fire when trying to gage the settings. There were young children present that was near the grill, smoke got into my eyes and irritated me greatly.
Overall it was a very bad experience and I got harm from doing it, because I was listening to my boss who was the authority figure at that time and I never spoke up because I was scared and intimidated.