9/24/09 3 Day Wonder - Cruise Meets, and FEs, and Goombays oh my!

[jenny105]

They bumped you up to 20 hours a week? That's great Karen!

I'm tired just thinking of everything I have to do this week. I know I'll be able to get it all done, it's like this every year, but I hate thinking about it lol. Stresses me out!

I just had a refresher course for the different MYW packages and what's new for 2010. I already knew this stuff so it was boring. I had to take a quiz at the end and I got a perfect score haha.

 

[karentan]

i'm doing 20 hours a week at the mo, i was supposed to be going down to 8, but they're going to let me keep doing 20, plus overtime!! i'm sooo happy! i find out for definate on saturday what hours they can offer me!
yay for the perfect score! you're probably the best person there to ask for disney related stuff!

 

[karentan]

happy christmas!!!!!!

hope you're all having a great day

 

[jenny105]

That's awesome, Karen! Does this mean you're done with the theme park?

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Though it seems me and Karen are the only ones left on this board!

 

[karentan]

yeah i was even wondering where you'd gone!
how was your christmas? did you get anything good? i got some dvds, books, choccies, the new cruise (but i knew about that anyway), and gary got me one of those experience days, i'm going to get to drive a lamborghini gallardo round silverstone race track!! really looking forward to that, its a NICE car and i get to drive like a loony knowing i wont get a speeding ticket! 167mph top speed!

my boss at disney wasn't in today, i was supposed to have a word with her saturday to find out exactly what hours i'm being offered, but it was WAY too busy, and she wasnt in today, so should find out wednesday. gotta have a word with my theme park boss tomorrow. not looking forward to that, but i think she'll probably bring it up before i do.

 

[jenny105]

This week and weekend were incredibly busy for me! I didn't even want to look at a computer lol. But now I'm back at work so I have plenty of time to DIS. And my vacation time just got approved for February so WDW here I come! (again)

I'd be scared to drive a car that fast! I got some clothes, 3 pairs of boots lol, two jackets, Lady Gaga's CD, Twilight, a New Moon calendar, some New Kids stuff. Good haul this year! My SIL found one of these old teen magazines (tigerbeat, 16, bop, etc) in mint condition from Jan 1990 and got it for me. It has a picture of Jordan Knight on the cover and the center poster is of...you guessed it! New Kids on the Block. Love it! Johnny Depp is also in it as well. He hasn't changed a bit!

Good luck talking to your bosses!

 

[karentan]

yeah i'm dreading it, i'm not particularly looking forward to having that conversation

today was hell at work, it was SOOOO busy and we just couldnt keep up with stocking up and tidying. the store looked like a bomb hit it. plus i did delivery today, and unpacked 15 cages of stock so everything hurts right now.....

 

[karentan]

btw: in case anyone is wondering why my user title says washing the dog and making cheesecake, i got "tagged" by the tag fairy

 

[jenny105]

We were busy at work yesterday as well. I guess since we were closed for 3 1/2 days, people couldn't wait to get in here.

Does the tag fairy just randomly give people tags? I want one! lol

I can't post to my TR anymore. They moved it to the completed TR forum and I don't have posting access to it. I have 2 more days I want to post! I PM-ed the mod so hopefully it gets straightened out!

 

[karentan]

well that didnt go down well! told my boss at the theme park that i wasnt going back full time and she didnt take it very well. got bit annoyed, and left early. oh well, if she's going to be like that (and not realise that i've gotta do whats best for me) then i dont want to stay there.

disney was hell yesterday. been chatting on here to a CM from the oxford street store and its as bad there too apparently. they had a couple of guests having a big argument in the queue, we had a full on fight in our store on boxing day, whats with people! i missed our fight, but i got told all about it yesterday, the police were called, hair missing, black eyes. people need to get a grip....

about the tags, i was asking on the uk community board about how to change the tag myself, it used to say dis veteran and i couldnt find the right bit to change it, and by the time someone got round to answering, the tag fairy had changed it for me. apparently its only the fairy that can make tags in color, if you do it yourself it stays black. it was a quote from here too think it is random though.
thats wierd about your TR, how do they decide if its finished or not?

 

[jenny105]

Sorry it didn't go well with your boss. It's for the best though. You didn't really seem like you wanted to be there full time anyway and you'll probably enjoy Disney more.

Holidays make people CRAZY. That's all I can say about that.

I know how to change the tag, obviously I've done so lol, but I want a colored one!

I don't know if it's because I haven't updated in a couple weeks or because the title said Day 7 Complete. Maybe they thought I meant the whole TR was complete? I still have to add Days 8-10!

 

[karentan]

hopefully if you manage to get hold of the mods, you might be able to finish it?
back at disney today, wondering if its going to be as hectic as the last few days.....

 

[jenny105]

I PM-ed the mod a couple days ago but haven't heard anything yet...

 

[karentan]

yay for you being able to post again, just seen your TR.
well i've got my hours at disney confirmed now, i'm doing 20 hours a week still, same as what i'm doing there at the mo. i've got one late shift and 2 closes which kinda sucks, but jeanette said that she's going to train me to cash out, which means i'm obviously trusted enough, and they want to train me to do more stuff which is always good.
last day at the theme park tomorrow which is going to be a bit awkward. but its the last day, and the boss who threw a hissy fit yesterday isnt working tomorrow.
still gotta try and pick up some overtime or another part time job though, as i dont think i'll be able to survive well on 20 hours a week.....

 

[jenny105]

You can always look for something else to supplement the hours at Disney. It's better than being at the theme park. You obviously don't enjoy being there! Hope you're last day goes ok!

 

[karentan]

so do i!

 

[karentan]

hows the short new years eve shift going?
i got let out at 3pm, last day went quietly, my manager wasnt in today (good, that'd have been awkward) but my assistant manager was, and nothing was really mentioned til i left and i just said that i'd leave my keys/cards there, and bye. all good.
got tomorrow off, then back at disney saturday night.
have you got anything planned for tonight? i'm not up to anything, i cant really be bothered with new years anymore, its too expensive to go out, can never get back home if i've been drinking, too many queues, too many fights in pubs/clubs. god i sound old......

 

[karentan]

lainey, just got your christmas card! our postal service has sucked recently so only just got it this morning, thanks for the card!

hope you all had a good new year, we didnt really do much, it costs too much round here to get home if we go out (the 5 mile taxi ride back from town normally costs about $30, on new years they double it to $60 - thats just to get home!) so just had a quiet one in, plus its been baltic-ly cold here the last couple of weeks..... i'm getting old, would prefer to stay in the warm! lol
back to work today for my first day of my new contract at work. not working til 6pm so watching rules of engagement on comedy central at the mo

 

[jenny105]

My NYE was fun, pretty low-key though. We always have a family sleepover so we can ring in the new year with my nephews. We end up playing games on the Playstation and this year was no different. I got some pretty good footage of people singing karaoke. I barely slept though. My sister grinds her teeth LOUD and snores so...I was really cranky the next day!!

Happy New Year everyone!!

 

[karentan]

gary grinds his teeth too, i hate it, the noise goes right through me...

off to work in an hour or so, my new hours are 4 shifts a week, 2 of which are closes, which means i dont start work til 7pm, i'm knackered by the time i get there
hows your weekend been? me and gary had a really nice day yesterday, we went to whipsnade zoo, then went go karting on the way back (he bought me a voucher for my birthday in august which we still hadnt got round to using), then had a nice roast dinner in the evening!