ok, so the m.m. is moving out of the comfort zone and into the next level of her professional life....major expansion. .we had 3 new people start work last night, and a new person started last week.......so from the get-go there is much confusion in the kitchen and lots of explaining/direction to be given.......communication may be the toughest challenge, as the 2 lunch time kitchen helpers are both deaf, but the new evening kitchen helper CAN hear but doesn't understand much english and is unfamiliar with many american ways of doing things.....he is from cameroon, studying at midway in the nursing program...last night both the deaf dishwasher and the cameroon dishwasher were there, and i got very confused as to who i had to motion/hand signal and who i could just verbally direct...we are hosting a required 4-hour alcohol training today, and hope to hire several more people from the pool who attend this training.....we will probably have a separate crew for lunch and for dinner, with both helping out at catered events.......change is good, but change is unsettling by its very nature.......extra people will surely change our dynamics as a working team and we may lose the tight-knit atmosphere that has made coming to work thus far a joy.............