Food Champion Functionalism

My job as a Food Champion at Taco Bell requires me to meet many job functions and roles. In this paper I will be examining how functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interaction are all a major in my everyday roles. Functionalism can be defined as how different roles in my job, from managers to customers, all work together to allow for my job to run smoothly. With just one of the roles missing, it is impossible for my job to work properly. When our managers show up and tell the food and service champions what is needed to be done for the day as well as who will oversee what tasks, the shift runs very smoothly. We can then are able to quickly get out orders to each customer in a timely manner. This brings in more customers who pay for their meals and all the money taken in is used to pay for wages and supplies that the Taco Bell might need. Furthermore, as a Food Champion, I have many other functions that I must perform which are specific to my job title. Those that are required by me to perform and are in my job description are called manifest functions. As a Food Champion, I am required to make the

This theory is the result of how the interactions within the workplace create a new society within it. As a Food Champion, I am expected to be able to make every item on the menu. While doing this I am supposed to be very fast, be accurate, and be adaptable to changes in the order. Sometimes the customers will ask for not lettuce or extra tomato and I would have to remember that and stray away from the set amount put on the burrito to accommodate what the customer would prefer. I need to be fast and accurate with how I am making the food or else the customers begin to get angry from the wait or the mistakes I may have made. By acting how I was taught in orientation, the orders get out of the drive thru window quickly and there are no refunds or upset reviews for the