Well, I suppose we'll start at the beginning. This week, I was originally scheduled to work almost 50 hours with Tuesday & Wednesday off. Well, my friend Penny from work wanted to trade shifts to work on Tuesday and have Thursday off so that she could attend a special Princess Lunch with her friend (Who could pass that up?!). So, I quickly chose to take her shift (plus, it was 11-7:30, which was much better than the late shift I had). Which was at Pin Central. Mind you, we mostly work as Mouse Gears and as of yet, I hadn't been sent to work anywhere else. But I didn't mind. I'll gladly take on the additional challenge! I needed a different costume and I would get that on my day off. No big deal. So, I enjoyed my two days off, gladly taking care of sweet, sick Anna banana and she happily took me to costuming on Wednesday to get all set for my shift as a pin trader. I got everything I needed with ease and we went on with our day.
Thursday arrives. I have my costume. I know where the shop is. I just gotta figure out where to clock in. I arrive a half hour early and lolly gag a little... gotta get a temporary name tag 'cause I left mine at home GRR. So, I had to be CHRIS from Orlando. Boo. I wanted to be Siara :(. I put my stuff away and arrive...find the clock in station. Locked out. I'm asked to return to cast services to clock in! Which is a good 8-12 minute walk. One minute late gets .5 point. UHM. I'm peeved, but I go. I'm supposed to see a Coordinator. But I don't know WHO that is, because Pin Central is a simple outdoor shop with only a few cast members at a time. So I choose to ring a few guests out, THAT I know how to do. But no, I'm locked out the register, too. It's not accepting my password. Trust me, I know my password. I coordinator comes over, goes to the office and calls me. Gives me two long numbers to remember. yay. So I finally begin working. I had to refer to Matt almost every time a guest had a question, which sucked. But I learned a lot and met cool people. Two hours into my shift, I get a call from Julie, a leader. What's your name? What's your ID #? You're not in our system. Find Adam. I find Adam. Stay at Pin Central, I'll come get you. Phone rings again, come to office. Where is that?! I find it. Hi, Siara, I'm Julie. You were assigned to the PIN EVENT. Which is not HERE, it's at the Yacht Club. Am I in the wrong costume? Completely. Wrong place. Wrong clothes. Wrong name. Right time?! I feel embarrassed, guilty and kinda mad. I'm barely two weeks in and I know so little. I'm such a sponge, especially when it comes to work, but I've been thrown in the ocean. This is a lot. The Pin Event leader decides to let me stay since I've already been working and it'd be more of a hassle to get me changed and transferred. Whew? I don't know. I was a little relieved, but I felt terrible! And Penny had picked up the complete wrong costume as well. Luckily, she found out in time and knew exactly where she was expected to be.
The rest of the day was pretty simple. Warm, but I was right in front of the fountain <3 And I learned about a lot of pins...traded a lot of pins...was helpful to some...was called sweetheart :)...and CHRIS way too many times. Ugh, Chris, remember me?! Thanks, Chris! I'M NOT CHRIS! ahhhh! I love that people have to glance at my name 2 or 3 times to get it right! :D And lastly, and most thankfully, they let me go home at 6. Which TOTALLY made my day! On top of their graciousness and point removal.
So, not to bad after all, but quite the adventure!
Have a magical weekend (:3
(ps- roommate updates really are coming soon.)
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