Impact Of Sheri Vassel On My Life
Sheri Vassel helped me improve my life by addressing the situation I was in at home in my late teens and early twenties and helped me forget and disprove that horrible atmosphere. In the following, I will describe who this wonderful person is and some examples of how she helped shape me into who I am today. Sheri Vassel was one of the owners of Silverman’s Restaurant in Plymouth, Michigan. I worked with her from May 1988 through November 1997. When I left Silverman’s, Sheri was about 50 years old and about five feet two inches tall with blue eyes. Jerry Vassel is her husband and co-owner and they have three sons, Chris, Craig and Darren who all worked at the restaurant at times. Aerobics and ice skating are two of her hobbies with the limited
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Sheri made me feel much better about myself in a time when I was constantly torn down emotionally by my perfectionist Dad. Her positive comments were welcomed as she told me how wonderful of an employee and person I am and to not get down on myself because no one is perfect. She showed me countless times how proud she was of me and she thinks of me as a son of hers. I started at the restaurant as a busboy/dishwasher and with her positive feedback, it caused me want to work that much harder for her. This is a feeling that I never felt before and it felt great to be appreciated. The dish room that I worked in was cramped, musty and smelled of the garbage can that stayed there all day. The odor of that garbage can was from the remnants of customer’s meals which I dumped in there. Most would say that this would be the last place they would want to be, but this was my sanctuary from the war zone I had at home. She promoted me to a host and said, “It was difficult to promote me because she lost her best busboy/dishwasher.” This made me feel and believe that I am someone special. After about two years as a host, she promoted me to a server. She said, “I can’t hold you back. I will have an enormous hole to fill in my host staff, but you’ve earned this.” She gave me some opportunities to handle some manager duties before I ended my employment at the restaurant because she saw that I was thirsting for more
Sheri made me feel much better about myself in a time when I was constantly torn down emotionally by my perfectionist Dad. Her positive comments were welcomed as she told me how wonderful of an employee and person I am and to not get down on myself because no one is perfect. She showed me countless times how proud she was of me and she thinks of me as a son of hers. I started at the restaurant as a busboy/dishwasher and with her positive feedback, it caused me want to work that much harder for her. This is a feeling that I never felt before and it felt great to be appreciated. The dish room that I worked in was cramped, musty and smelled of the garbage can that stayed there all day. The odor of that garbage can was from the remnants of customer’s meals which I dumped in there. Most would say that this would be the last place they would want to be, but this was my sanctuary from the war zone I had at home. She promoted me to a host and said, “It was difficult to promote me because she lost her best busboy/dishwasher.” This made me feel and believe that I am someone special. After about two years as a host, she promoted me to a server. She said, “I can’t hold you back. I will have an enormous hole to fill in my host staff, but you’ve earned this.” She gave me some opportunities to handle some manager duties before I ended my employment at the restaurant because she saw that I was thirsting for more