the place that i work is called The Little Dipper downtown. It's a fondue restaurant so we are a little bit different from others... the funny thing about this assignment is that my mind was automatically drawn to my work, because I've done it before unintentionally.. I can remember a time where I was cleaning a dirty table and all of a sudden i just zoned out from everything around and me and just let the sound of the place take over my senses. It was almost meditative to me. this past weekend I decided to do it again, but paid more attention to the different sounds rather than the orchestra of voices, dishes, and footstep as one. one of the main differences our restaurant has is that most of our parties are celebrations.. like birtdays, anniversaries, first dates, bachelorette parties.. all kinds, it's easy to work in the environment because most of the time, people are just happy. so the most interesting and beautiful noise that filled the room was laughter at one point it seemed like at every one of the 15 tables we have, there was laughter. I had never imagined i'd think it so lovely, but the notes and range of all the different types of laughing was just melodic. After, i stepped outside of my laughter symphony I picked up on the other sounds as well... we have tiled tables because fondue often gets messy, so theyre easy to clean.. the sounds of the silverware being picked up and placed back down, or the glasses being picked up and set back down made a significant noise of almost percussion, especially with the variations of amount of liquid in the glasses. the footsteps, usually high heels, predominantly females come to fondue, unless it's a family or a date. the clinking of the ice in the drinks. and the chatter all accompany my laughter symphony with a rhythmic notion and instead of just an interesting experience, I found it pleasurable and like I said earlier meditative. A way to escape my normal work routine driven job... shit i think that's a little more than 150 words..
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