I work for the Refugees...

I still can't believe how my life is changing so fast in time. Work always helps to reduce depression but whatever I have experienced so far was not so easy to forget. I remembered everything, and I can recall every devastating moment in life, I still feel the pain of losing everything inside me but life goes on and I am going with the flow of life. I won't say I am living a nice life but I can say my life is safer now than staying in the war when it comes to safety. I started doing the job after arriving in Holland and in the beginning, I didn't like the work at all because of the work environment and co-worker's behavior. I still don't like my work because this is not what I suppose to do or I can say it's not the purpose of my life. This job is not my future but for a temporary situation or for the situation I am in right now, this job is okay with minimum wage.

I wrote before that my life is now very routine and boring but I kinda like this life for now. Whenever I get the day off, I do the necessary chores. For example, today was my day off so I did some summer clothes shopping. I always love sales time and today I got some nice clothes at a very cheap price. When I left Ukraine, I left with one small bag so I didn't have any clothes. In Holland, I started wearing second clothes or donated clothes. I don't mind wearing second-hand clothes but sometimes it's necessary to buy clothes as well. So, I did some shopping and the price of most of my clothes was between 1 euro-4.99 euro. Of course, I like cheap clothes.

Anyway today I decided to write about my work, the job I do. I work in a hotel, kitchen section. My job is to refill the buffet, take care of the hotel guests, and do kitchen cleaning work. Recently, this hotel decided to feed refugees from Ukraine and other countries. Some refugees are also staying in hotels because of the housing problem in the Netherlands. So right now my job is to help prepare food for the refugees. Hotel management recently decided to give shelter to the refugees and currently, 280 refugees are being fed every day 3 times (breakfast, lunch, dinner) in a day. Of course, this is a huge decision made by the hotel management and also a big responsibility for the people who work in the kitchen.

If you ask me what is my experience working for refugees, I would say it's very hard especially when I have to deal with a man. I have both bad and good experiences, my feelings are mixed about this work and to be honest, sometimes I feel like quitting my job because some people are so aggressive and arrogant. They don't respect the workers and they don't follow the rules of the restaurant or dining area.

I work hard for them, and try to feed everyone equally though it's very hard in the buffet. People who come first take everything and within 1 minute, the whole buffet is empty. So the people who come later have to wait for the refill and start screaming for food. Of course, the mentality of these people is different and these people are mostly from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran. On the other hand, Ukrainians are well-behaved and very respectful.

I can tolerate everything thinking about the work I am doing for them but if somebody disrespects me, I show them their way, no matter what kind of condition they are living in. I stand for myself because I try my best to do my job. Some people don't know how to respect workers and they think we are their slaves just because we do a small job. But they often forget, we prepare and serve food for them...

I am a refugee also and I don't treat people like that. I respect everybody...

But in the end, I am happy that I have got a huge responsibility from hotel management and I am glad they trusted me. No matter how people treat me, my satisfaction is I have got a chance to help people who fled from the war and I am doing my work with honesty and dedication.

Thank you so much for reading...

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Priyan...