Rickey's Error

As the text mentioned, error is a powerful animating ingredient in political, scientific, and historical evolution as well as art and mythology. Making errors can be essential to life. It is said to be the problem that demands adjustment. I like the example the text gave about the importance of error. Picasso claimed that the first stroke of the painting is always the error and the purpose is to create something better from that error. I found it to be interesting that the errors influence a person’s capacity to tolerate emotions. This is agreeable, because I personally have had issues in the past with keeping my emotions in check, and things were resolved after realizing the error of my ways.

Error is constantly happening when I am at work waitressing. The text says that in order to avoid error, you must abandon premeditated plans, slow down, and listen and adjust in order t ride the wave that’s already …show more content…
The norm for a typical shift with Rickey is chaotic. I wanted to see who was going to get arrested that day, or who was going to get their car keyed, because these are things that have happened before. I expected the kitchen to be slow, Rickey to be drunk, and it to be busier than the employees on that shift could handle. This was where I made an error in judgement. That turned out to be one of the smoothest shifts I worked with Rickey and any other manager in the last year. The staff actually used teamwork and assisted one another. Rickey was easy to find when a mistake was made. He wasn’t playing inappropiate music and drinking. I truly enjoyed the shift and if I had only stopped making assumptions, avoiding those involved, and just listening I would have been able to see the potential that Rickey has as a manager. I feel that it is important to not only apply this to work, but to all areas of life. It promotes emotional intelligence and allows you to build better