The Social Station- Round 2

Hey guys! My internship is quickly coming to an end so I figured I'd fill you in on what's been going on for the past couple of weeks.

Since my last post, my list of clients have exponentially grown. We have recently signed a chain of similar but differently owned and operated restaurants all along the West Coast. All of which include crab, prime rib, and signature items. Needless to say, I always look forward to lunch because I'm constantly hungry!

This picture is from one of my new clients called "The Stinking Rose". Every single menu item is made with garlic in it. My new duties include going onto different review sites and saving pictures that reviewers have uploaded. I then put them into files and send them over to my co-workers who actually post the pictures. I went through all of the nine restaurants on the list and sifted through thousands upon thousands of pictures. 

My cravings for crab have never been worse. The next step was to come up with post ideas for our the other staff to post. With the sudden influx of clients, they were falling behind with content. My job was to create Google Docs of hundreds of status' of which included pictures, quotes, and hashtags. To be honest I was hitting a bunch of walls. I couldn't imagine how to describe these menu items creatively anymore and didn't know what to do. With a little guidance from co-workers, I was able to flip on my creative switch and get rolling again. 

My ideas came from various other sites such as other restaurant Facebook pages, Pinterest, Google, and various quotes. Finally, when I couldn't come up with any more content I switched back over to reviews. 

Row is still my top priority. I come in every morning and check the stream to hopefully see a low number of reviews to start off my day. After I go through and answer them all, I move onto the new clients. I was given access too ALL of our clients in order to respond to their reviews. At first this was completely overwhelming. Every day I would check the stream the numbers would look more and more threatening. The number would read in the hundreds, and I was already weary from working on about 23-30 Row reviews in the morning. Luckily the other interns were put to work on tackling the always-expanding section and the task seemed less intimidating. 

Recently I have come across the dilemma of having to tell my supervisor that my hours are almost up for the academic requirement. I enlisted the help of Dr. Byrum and hoped for the best. She ensured me it was absolutely acceptable to inform my employer of my dwindling time. I also added in the email to my supervisor that I loved working for his company and thanked him for giving me this opportunity, in hopes of being hired as a part time employee! I would love to work for this company beyond my internship. Hopefully it works out!

I'm still getting used to the whole working 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. instead of nights. Being off on the weekends is something I haven't experienced since I was probably 15. Now I'm able to get a taste of what it's actually like to be in a "normal" work environment. This past weekend I was actually able to attend my Great Grandmother's 94th birthday party. This meant more to me than she will ever know because I can finally take time to myself to spend time with the ones I love. The hours here are super flexible which I'm super grateful for. Every so often my Mom will bring me lunch and walk around the city with me, which is extremely nice. If this is what it's like to be an adult, then I'm in!

Here's an extra picture of a steak so you can understand how I'm consistently starving!