In the world of journalism, interacting with people is nothing but key. This stretches from truly understanding a client's visions for their newest logo design, to needing to fluff up a celebrity's ego to ensure their sound participation in an upcoming interview.
I have about a year's worth of waiteressing experience behind my name by now. And let me tell you something, waiteressing is no different to the sometimes daunting requirements of producing solid journalistic works. Just last night I needed to flutter my eyelids, compliment, and pretend to care about stories, I quite frankly couldn't be bothered about, for the sake of building a relationship with my customer (and of course for a 'solid' tip.) I needed to grasp a comprehensive understanding of the 'feeding' needs of my customers and make sure to present them with dishes that would undoubtedly tantalise their expectant taste buds.
An important lesson that I have only recently come to realise, and you should realise as soon as possible, is that all aspects of your life, feed into the multiple facets of journalism. We, as journalism students, still have so much to learn about this all encompassing subject (we are reminded of that every day) yet opportunities constantly present themselves to us that provide us with the potential to acquire a new set of skills or level of understanding that could make the world of difference to the eminence of our work.
In order to be a successful journalist, we need to, quite frankly, open our eyes. Break the walls of your thinking and allow yourself to experience life on a whole new level. See the world as what it is to a journalist... a playground of endless opportunity.
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