Emily and I caught the same bus to Animal Kingdom this morning... we got all snuggle-y since the air conditioner was dripping on her ;) She went to the Lion King show with a friend from work while I went to work. Dreading the inevitable trash running, I sat down nest to Kacey in the break room. She and I have bonded over trash running every day.
But, as luck would have it, I got a filler position! It's easily the position that makes time go the fastest as there is constantly something to do. Officially, you take the tray from the kitchen-to-front counter and give it to the guest. And you add drinks and desserts. But you also ask the guests where they're from and make it a game of what to put where on the tray. And if you're really good, you give out two orders at once and pick up both trays of a guest's order and try not to drop the five bacon cheeseburgers and the three chicken sandwiches and the order of nuggets and not forget to add the salad-that-doesn't-have-a-lid. Good times.
I absolutely adore it. It's a job that requires being quick on your feet and a smile at all times. A guest is much less likely to be angry that their food is taking a while if you've already gotten their drinks and are asking them where they're from. (I met my first Maritimers today, lovely folks from Hamilton, NB knew exactly where I was from. Unlike the guy from California who thought I lived near Finland. Yep.)
Matthew, the coordinator for filling, is a 5-foot-nothing whirlwind who doesn't accept nonsense or longer wait times than absolutely necessary. He's easily my favorite at the restaurant, a little bit because he's good as a coordinator, but also because he works his butt off. If there are orders sitting on the counter, he does tell us to pick up the pace, but then he also steps in and helps us get them out. And if we're getting them out just fine without him, he tells us that we are doing a wonderful job. Working in the public eye for the last four years has made me appreciate the value of some well-spoken and well-timed encouragement. Whether it be from a boss, coworker, guest, customer, or friend who stopped in to say hello, it is needed. Your entire day can turn around with a single "Thank you for doing your job, and for doing it well." And Matthew is good at that. He gives high fives too, which are always in style. And he noticed that I was not failing today. In fact, I was doing really well. I take pride in doing something fast and right and well. But it's even better when your boss notices. And Matthew was noticing me today. I was doing multiple trays at a time ("Two trays! I love it, keep it up!") and Kim and I were getting our side out faster than the four other girls on the other side ("You girls are killing it! This is awesome!". It was a good morning. Kim and I rocked it as a team ("Come on Side 2, pick it up. Kim and Steph are kicking your butts!").
After filling I went on break and then was assigned to (drum roll please!) busing! Aka, NOT TRASH. Not only that, but I got the side of the restaurant that closes early and my break was late. So when I got the assignment and got to my location, it was practically empty and already clean. I swept the floor and cleaned trash bins, but then we called a coordinator to check our work so we could finish up. Matthew was the one to come in a check, and he was blown away by how early we were done, and then looked at me and said "You were spectacular today." And I got another high five. Awwwwwwe yeah. Cloud nine.
I sliced some tomatoes to pass the time until I was allowed to clock out, and then I got changed and went to the Festival of the Lion King, again! It was amazing, again. And it was amazing the second time too. That makes 6 total... I'm going to have to be careful or it may over take Beauty and the Beast for most-watched show of the summer. That's just no good! ;)
After the two shows, I took the bus to Magic Kingdom for the evening I didn't do very much except for check a few things off my list of must-dos for the week (listed at the bottom of this post!). It has hit me very hard and very suddenly that all those 'I should do those at some point over the summer' things need to be done this week. Ahhh! I ate ice cream from the Main Street Ice Cream Shoppe and I bought popcorn at the circus and I walked through New Fantasyland (as always) and I watched Celebrate the Magic fomr the train station.
I left right before Wishes to get to the bus stop so that I could get home and get to bed early. HAH. That would have worked, if the buses they have for us aren't total junk. I waited 45 minutes for a bus that is supposed to come every half hour. On the plus side, I had internet and was chatting iwth Gregory which made the time go by faster (thanks, kiddo!) and they play the Wishes soundtrack at the Contemporary bus stop so that it goes with the fireworks that you can see from there :) So I still got my Wishes! :)
Home late, in bed late, blogging late. And work in the morning! It never ends! (Oh wait it does. 6 days. SHHHHHHH!) Night!
List:
- Meet Merida
- Buy (get) graduation ears
- Get the Christmas presents for my family I noticed in the first week
- Go back to Property Control
- Watch Celebrate the Magic from as close as I can get
- Watch Wishes form Train Station
- See Fantasmic
- See Illuminations
- Beauty and the Beast
- Get a Disney teddy bear
- Buy an outrageous helium mickey/princess balloon, and make a wish and let it fly at the end of the day.
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