Soooooo it's been awhile. 8D
Honestly I've been keeping up with my facebook and my twitter more than my livejournal. I've wanted to post, I've tried to post, but I can just never come up with things to say. A lot has happened! Sooooooo soooooo much! My job is like...so awesome. XD I complain about being tired and stuff, and how I really want to saw my feet off, but honestly? I love my job. I love it a lot. I mean, last night? I worked until 11am to midnight, which yeah I know that's nothing compared to what some people work wah wah wah but for me? 12 hours is a lot. Especially 12 hours of dealing with guests, running wheelchairs, standing and not being allowed to sit, going up and down stairs, and projecting my voice so it can be heard of hundreds of people. XD
But work has been good. My feet'll get over it, I've just got to get used to things. I've gotten a lot of compliments from my coworkers on how I'm doing and a lot of tips on how to even get better in areas I could use the help, or just tips in general about the people around me and how best to handle them and what they're like. I've heard from several people that Pirates of the Caribbean has some of the best coordinators in the whole park, and frankly I'd believe it from some of the stories I've heard. It's the most technical ride in the park, you've got to have some damn good coordinating.
I think the worst thing that has happened to me so far as far as guests goes is when I had 10 angry families glaring and yelling at me because a pair of girls were just waltzing through the queue. While we do say no line jumping...there's honestly nothing we can do unless WE see it for ourselves. And at the time the line was just continuously moving because we always tell people to fill up alllll available space they see, and if the person in front of you isn't moving you may go around them because we NEED all that space filled. It helps to keep the line as short as possible. But there's honestly nothing we can do! We can't go "Hey so these people say you're cutting lolz get out :D!", we have to actually see it. :/
But other than that it's been going pretty well. This job is murder on my nails though. XD Tuesday I broke my right thumb nail in the most painful way (And it still hurts) and yesterday I broke my left thumb nail. It doesn't hurt or anything, but the fact remains that this job is a nail murderer.
What I'm mostly worried about is screwing up. My training is over so I can't cling to and depend on Stefani, David or Amanda to follow me everywhere I go anymore, but I still ask a lot of questions. "Is this okay?" "What do I do in this situation I've never done this one before!" "How do I do this?" "What do I say for this announcement?" "How do I answer this person?" "Is there a way to make this easier?" "Am I allowed to tell people this?" "What if I don't know something that they're asking me?" "What do I do next?" And...most frequently with me, "The person I'm replacing didn't get rotation yet......where are they and what do I do?" @___@ I don't want to lose my job, and I don't want to look like a total moron in front of all these people who've worked here for either years or even just months because they're College Program interns. I know they don't expect me to know everything because I've only worked three days Post-Training, but I still really, really, REALLY don't want to mess ANYTHING up. Aaaaaat all. I'm so scared to. XD
SO YEAH. I'm not dead. And work as been going pretty well. Yay~
But work has been good. My feet'll get over it, I've just got to get used to things. I've gotten a lot of compliments from my coworkers on how I'm doing and a lot of tips on how to even get better in areas I could use the help, or just tips in general about the people around me and how best to handle them and what they're like. I've heard from several people that Pirates of the Caribbean has some of the best coordinators in the whole park, and frankly I'd believe it from some of the stories I've heard. It's the most technical ride in the park, you've got to have some damn good coordinating.
I think the worst thing that has happened to me so far as far as guests goes is when I had 10 angry families glaring and yelling at me because a pair of girls were just waltzing through the queue. While we do say no line jumping...there's honestly nothing we can do unless WE see it for ourselves. And at the time the line was just continuously moving because we always tell people to fill up alllll available space they see, and if the person in front of you isn't moving you may go around them because we NEED all that space filled. It helps to keep the line as short as possible. But there's honestly nothing we can do! We can't go "Hey so these people say you're cutting lolz get out :D!", we have to actually see it. :/
But other than that it's been going pretty well. This job is murder on my nails though. XD Tuesday I broke my right thumb nail in the most painful way (And it still hurts) and yesterday I broke my left thumb nail. It doesn't hurt or anything, but the fact remains that this job is a nail murderer.
What I'm mostly worried about is screwing up. My training is over so I can't cling to and depend on Stefani, David or Amanda to follow me everywhere I go anymore, but I still ask a lot of questions. "Is this okay?" "What do I do in this situation I've never done this one before!" "How do I do this?" "What do I say for this announcement?" "How do I answer this person?" "Is there a way to make this easier?" "Am I allowed to tell people this?" "What if I don't know something that they're asking me?" "What do I do next?" And...most frequently with me, "The person I'm replacing didn't get rotation yet......where are they and what do I do?" @___@ I don't want to lose my job, and I don't want to look like a total moron in front of all these people who've worked here for either years or even just months because they're College Program interns. I know they don't expect me to know everything because I've only worked three days Post-Training, but I still really, really, REALLY don't want to mess ANYTHING up. Aaaaaat all. I'm so scared to. XD
SO YEAH. I'm not dead. And work as been going pretty well. Yay~