Christmas
Christmas was lame. Felt like any other day, yet again. Christmas Eve was cool though because that's when we decided to open presents. We don't have any set traditions in this family (aside from visiting this one nearby neighborhood because one cul-de-sac goes all out with their Christmas lights and it's just amazing) so we open gifts as near to Christmas as possible, depending on schedules. Since I was working Christmas morning we all agreed on opening them whenever Christmas eve. I had my heart set on this new phone and all I really wanted was the "ok" to get it, was totally willing to pay for it myself and etc. Well, then I thought that it wouldn't hurt to ask for my parents to pay for it so I hinted to them that that was what I wanted. Time goes by, we're opening presents, I don't see it so I'm bummed. I stay quiet and go to my room & just lay down.. mainly because I was dreading being the only one going to work the next morning. My mom comes in and asks me what's wrong, and says that my dad's willing to buy me the phone if I just tell him which one, etc. Basically, they're being so sweet & I'm being a total brat. But yeah.. so I threw a hissy fit and got the "ok." That and a $200 check from them to buy it but I'm most likely going to rip that up because seriously, I really don't mind buying it myself. Sometimes I don't even like putting up wish lists for my birthday and stuff because I have to wait to get things (mostly DVDs) when I can just go to my local Target and get it myself. I'm surprised that even after getting a job I still haven't learned the value of a dollar and I still waste money on a bunch of useless things. Maybe it's because I'm not forced to pay rent or pay my cell phone bill or stuff like that. I'm sure when I have to pay for that, I'll be wishing I didn't waste my money. But until then..
So back to Christmas. Well, I worked 9am-4:30pm. But the last two hours were spent at Downtown Disney. Not a bad shift. I like it because it's not craaaazy early where I have to make small talk with the morning people to kill time before the park opens. At 9am I can just clock in and get to work. And ending at 4 isn't bad either because by 1 or 2pm I get into this mode where it feels like I've just started a day/night shift.. but I'm off by 4.. and that feeling's just lovely. I didn't get anyone mean in particular today. But there were guests that stood out.. like the one lady in a family of 5 who came up to my stroller gate while I was taking tickets at DCA (very crowded cuz it just opened and the lines were delayed because we were stamping them as well) and said "I've got a reservation at Ariel's Grotto and the lady said if I came up here I could get in" .. umm. Who would tell her that? I told her I couldn't help her and to ask someone else so she left. Then like.. 20 mins later she's back in my line and hands me her City Passes. I recognize her and she's still complaining about her reservation and I tell her that she needs to redeem those passes for real tickets. She says no one told her that and "look, I'm not trying to be rude..." so I'm like fuck it, and I let her in. Didn't stamp her though so who knows what she did afterwards. I'm hoping they weren't stamping at the reg DCA exit so when she did finally exit and tried to go to DL, she'd get denied a second time and actually do the right thing with those passes.
I also had these guests at DL who had expired tickets. They were 2 day hopper tickets but their first visit was early on in the month. I explained to them that the tickets expired 13 days from first visit but they were set on informing me that the tickets were valid between whenever-12/26/07. I'm like "yeah, I get it, but..." blah blah. So they tell me where they've come from and that they're not going home so I tell them to step aside and I hear them talking about the tickets and that one lady insisted she was right because of the "Valid through blah blah-Dec. 26th" and that just annoyed me/made me laugh at the same time. Luckily, Javier put them in their place and they got to walking. DTD was boring, but pleasant. Hope there are good people working this Thurs since I've got a full shift there that day.
That was pretty much it. Got home at 4:45, did nothing afterwards. I hope 10 years from now my Christmas' will be more eventful.
So back to Christmas. Well, I worked 9am-4:30pm. But the last two hours were spent at Downtown Disney. Not a bad shift. I like it because it's not craaaazy early where I have to make small talk with the morning people to kill time before the park opens. At 9am I can just clock in and get to work. And ending at 4 isn't bad either because by 1 or 2pm I get into this mode where it feels like I've just started a day/night shift.. but I'm off by 4.. and that feeling's just lovely. I didn't get anyone mean in particular today. But there were guests that stood out.. like the one lady in a family of 5 who came up to my stroller gate while I was taking tickets at DCA (very crowded cuz it just opened and the lines were delayed because we were stamping them as well) and said "I've got a reservation at Ariel's Grotto and the lady said if I came up here I could get in" .. umm. Who would tell her that? I told her I couldn't help her and to ask someone else so she left. Then like.. 20 mins later she's back in my line and hands me her City Passes. I recognize her and she's still complaining about her reservation and I tell her that she needs to redeem those passes for real tickets. She says no one told her that and "look, I'm not trying to be rude..." so I'm like fuck it, and I let her in. Didn't stamp her though so who knows what she did afterwards. I'm hoping they weren't stamping at the reg DCA exit so when she did finally exit and tried to go to DL, she'd get denied a second time and actually do the right thing with those passes.
I also had these guests at DL who had expired tickets. They were 2 day hopper tickets but their first visit was early on in the month. I explained to them that the tickets expired 13 days from first visit but they were set on informing me that the tickets were valid between whenever-12/26/07. I'm like "yeah, I get it, but..." blah blah. So they tell me where they've come from and that they're not going home so I tell them to step aside and I hear them talking about the tickets and that one lady insisted she was right because of the "Valid through blah blah-Dec. 26th" and that just annoyed me/made me laugh at the same time. Luckily, Javier put them in their place and they got to walking. DTD was boring, but pleasant. Hope there are good people working this Thurs since I've got a full shift there that day.
That was pretty much it. Got home at 4:45, did nothing afterwards. I hope 10 years from now my Christmas' will be more eventful.