A Different Time A Different Job

My next experience at King's Harvest was on Saturday, March 9th. This time I had a good grasp of where to go and who to talk to in order to get a job. This time I was once again sent down to the basement to work, luckily it was a different job. I was able to work to the equivalent of a check out, however it was done backwards. As the people arrived they were required to check in with me before going in a getting items of clothes. Each person is only allotted so many items of clothing to take with them. As I sat up there I greeted them and told them where things were and how many items they could take with them. Unfortunately, I was unable to have meaningful conversations with the people yet again. However, this visit I did experience something completely new. After cleaning and setting up beds for the night I decided to stay later because I had only gone in the afternoon. While people exited the clothing center I would hand them a blanket for the night, although the blanket wasn't that great they were very thankful. I got to wish them a good night, which was nice. 

During this experience I observed high self-monitoring with myself, and the people at King's Harvest. The times I spoke to the people most of them seemed very reserved, and were constantly making sure not to have anyone else know what they were saying; ironically I noticed myself mimicking their behavior. However, there were a couple that were nice and more outgoing, and those were the ones I was able to have brief conversations with. With the quite people I noticed that they were more careful with what they were saying compared to those that were out going. Personally, I was a bit more considerate with what I was saying; usually my language isn't a problem though, so it wasn't a very hard thing to do. 

While at there I was lucky to be able to move to a new job and see some of the people that come there from a different perspective. I was able to see others there and their high-self monitoring. In conjunction with the others self-monitoring I was able to notice my own. It is very interesting to observe how self-monitoring is dynamic, and hopefully this will help me continue to have high-self monitoring with others.