Thursday, March 27, 2014

Danielle: The Person

In my previous post I depicted Danielle as a manager, a leader, a woman who was dedicated serving every guest that entered and exited her hotel, but now I want to show her in a deeper light. A daughter, a girlfriend (future wife and mother), a student, a dreamer, and a friend is how I want to portray Danielle.

Danielle Michael
"I would describe myself as genuine."

I instantly second guessed the answer she spit so confidently. From the side eyes I received that symbolized Hurry the hell up, I felt genuine was not the best word to describe her. Whatever genuine ways she spoke of were shadowed by her habit of impatiently tapping her freshly manicured nails on the table. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. The perfect drumroll her fingers created with every question. So, I increased my speed of delivering questions.

                                 
School

Danielle was a part-time student at Clayton State University and even attended a few years at New York City College of Technology, a very pronounced college for technology.

It was evident that school was a priority in Danielle’s life through her constant uses the words 'accomplished' and 'student'. She even considered graduating from high school and college to be her life’s greatest achievements. Even her spare time consisted of her books and studies.

                                                            
Friends and Family

 

"My parents were the best parents I could have asked for. They are both very supportive and accomplished." It was now clear where her sense of accomplishment can from. She spoke of her family with so much love, and at that point a hint of genuine emerged from her. She recalled trips to Disney World and Barcelona with her family that caused a minute smirk to skim across her face.
 
Danielle was very family orientated as she spoke of her dreams to have a husband, three to four children, and a dog; the story of the white picket fence.

She went on to talk about her friends and how they were her motivation to become 'accomplished'.

"My circle is pretty successful. I have one friend who started a small business and another one who is a traveling nurse. So my close friends and family are pretty accomplished. They motivate me a lot."
 
Ring. Ring. Ring. Again she answered the hotel phone while this time giving me the finger that meant 'give me a minute'. So I gave her one, then two, then twenty-five.

While I watched The Voice that was shown from the mounted TV she worked and dealt with the guest who checked in and out. I altered my attention between her and the vocal talents on the screen. Then finally she returned

"Are you almost finished?" I simply replied yes, and got back into my questions.
 
Dreams
 
Aspirations were evident in Danielle.
 
"Few people know I've been to over 20 countries." I was amazed by her travels and even more by her wish to leave Georgia and move to Miami, California, or her home state New York; all places of motion and bright futures.
 
Her endeavors of changing herself also intrigued me when I asked, "What do you dislike most about yourself?"
 
"My pessimism, I tell myself I can't do something before I even try. It's a bad habit I wish I could stop." 

"Okay. We’re done."

"We’re done?" She said a little too excited for my liking.

"Yes we are thank you."

Danielle showed herself to me as a woman with a bright future. And, though her actions of impatience may not be a trait I'd wish to acquire, her love for family and friends and ambition for success was definitely plus for me.




1 comment:

  1. You call her impatient, yet she's talking with you while she's working. I wonder what you expected? Just thinking...

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