As the name suggests, the morning shift starts pretty early. Sometimes I find it a bit hard to get out of bed, but once I’m there, I’m on a roll. The morning shift means that I set out the breakfast, sometimes for 2 guests, sometimes for 42. That makes quite a difference, but every time I want to give the guests a wonderful start to the day.
Besides the standard things like coffee, bread rolls and cheese, every morning we also offer different kinds of fruit, jam, sometimes a special salad for on your bread, delicious cake and so on. You name it! I have also just been given the task of doing the shopping for the next 2-3 days once a week. That means I basically get to decide for myself what I want to serve people: sometimes I pick up a nice pineapple or something special from the bakery section. I just enjoy being creative with that. Isn’t it great that I get to do that!
We are also a friendly team that really works together. For example, before I go to the shop I ask my colleagues what they like to prepare for breakfast. If you have that task, it also includes a quick round of the grounds: the washing machine and dryer are by the shared cupboard, so I empty them, I clean the toilet by the breakfast room, things like that. AND then top up the breakfast again, because sometimes people really tuck in!
I ask guests whether everything is to their liking and respond to that, and I also get to check out guests who are heading home again. That is fun too, because then you can ask how their stay was, and the vast majority really love it at the Vlindertuin. I understand that , because we are a dedicated team that works well together. We complement each other, work with a four-eyes principle (so we check each other’s work in a pleasant way), and we all want the guests to have a great stay on our beautiful little island!
