Critical Incident

For this blog post, we were asked to talk about a critical incident that has occurred so far on this trip using the DIE model.

For New Year's Eve, Missi, Liv, and I went to the beach in Vina Del Mar to watch the fireworks. We had bought tickets earlier in the day to this club/party after the fireworks. However, we found out a little too late that in order to get to the party we would have to take multiple different means of transportation. We also found out that we wouldn't even arrive to the party until about 2:30 or 3 o'clock in the morning.

We had heard that Chileans party until very early in the morning on New Year's, however, we were definitely not expecting this. So at first we thought "well we already bought the tickets so let's go." But when we were trying to get on the second micro (it's basically a public bus), people were pushing and shouting and (in a way) fighting to get on. After that, we said no way and decided to go home.

In this critical incident, I learned that because of the language barrier and the different culture, we should be clarifying a lot more. We didn't ask the right questions and we just assumed which definitely was not the smartest.

But all in all, my time here in Chile has been amazing so far. I can't wait to start working with everyone! So until next time...

Stay classy my friends : )