Seven Questions, Seven Answers: Meet Our Intern, Dezmond Gayle
If you’ve been following us on our social media, you are already aware of how BUSY BUSY BUSY Chico’s Cheesecakes has been lately. From setting up shop under the Farmer’s Shed down at Findlay Market to dishing out cheesecake cups at the Taste of Cincinnati, Chico’s is expanding by leaps and bounds! Along with our company's expansion also comes our team's expansion. With the help of the Urban League of Southwestern Ohio, we are proud to introduce Chico’s summer intern, Mr. Dezmond Gayle. Serving as a Jr. Marketing Coordinator, Dezmond will assist with marketing campaigns and creating content for our social media channels. Entering his Junior year at Walnut Hills High School, Dezmond has shown great strides in his academics and his extra-curricular activities including football and wrestling! Let’s learn more about this young man in our segment titled, “Seven Questions, Seven Answers”!
Chico's summer intern Dezmond Gayle with C.E.O. Jasmine L. Williams
When you’re having a bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better?
If I’m having a bad day, I tell myself that tomorrow can’t be worse than today, so tomorrow I will have a good day. Also, I will turn to my family because they always find a way to cheer me up. If it’s making me laugh, watching a game together or just having a family conversation.
If you could shop for free at one store, which one would you choose?
If I could shop at any store for free for a lifetime I will pick Walmart due to having everything I want or need there. I can get groceries, clothes, games, and anything needed around the house.
When you wake up in the morning, what are you most thankful for?
When I wake up in the morning I’m most grateful for my family. I’m grateful for them because some of my close friends live in dysfunctional families in which they fight all the time. I’m thankful that my parents are both here and love me and my siblings.
4. What’s one thing you could easily teach someone how to do right?
I believe that I can easily teach people how to study properly. Due to how I study and how I can retain information, I can teach a way to study to fit a person's needs.
5. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
The best piece of advice I’ve received is not to overlook the advantages you have now due to the time you’re living in and the people who provide for you. I took this as don’t overlook the small important things in life because it’s there and to always be grateful to the people who’ve sacrificed for you.
6. What’s a movie you can practically quote from start to finish?
A movie I can practically quote from start to finish is any of the Friday movies. They’re not my favorite movies but those movies I laughed the most during these movies and replayed the most.
7. What’s one superpower you would NOT want?
The power to read people's minds because I would not want to hear anything bad about myself or other people. The power at first seems nice until you read the wrong person’s mind and hear something you don’t want to hear, or hear people's true wholehearted opinions about you.