OrlandoMike
<font color=red>all I can say is beer hurts when i
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In all of my days with my current employer, I have never witnessed what I did tonight!
I picked up a shift at one of the better resorts. (Fancy Schmancy for you Rick)
Well about 9:00 pm a rather large entourage of security guards arrived, evacuated the middle of the lobby, taped it off with "Do not cross" tape, and cleared a path to the loading dock! Crowds started to gather, people were literally hanging off of the baloneys with cameras! I asked "What? Is Hanna Montana checking in?"
"Oh no Mike, tonight the elves arrive with our decorations and the tree!"
"Oh, are they here already?"
"No, they don't even arrive till 10:00!"
"And these people are gonna stand around and wait?"
"Oh yes, those are the best seats!"
They were six deep on the lobby floor with cameras!
At first I laughed, but it was really something to watch!
By 10:00 three semis, yes semi trucks arrived chock full of decorations, by 10:30 every truck was empty and the pallets were clearly marked. "Restaurant" "Lobby" "Pool" etc. By 11:30 half of the elves were delivering the decor, and the other half were installing.
I finally left at 12:30 and at that time the huge tree was half way up in the lobby, the garland had been strung, and most of the wreaths had been placed! It was amazing to watch!
On my way to the parking lot, I noticed landscaping was out ripping out the gold marigolds, and plopping in red poinsettias!
WOW, sometimes this company even amazes me!
It must be Christmas!
I picked up a shift at one of the better resorts. (Fancy Schmancy for you Rick)
Well about 9:00 pm a rather large entourage of security guards arrived, evacuated the middle of the lobby, taped it off with "Do not cross" tape, and cleared a path to the loading dock! Crowds started to gather, people were literally hanging off of the baloneys with cameras! I asked "What? Is Hanna Montana checking in?"
"Oh no Mike, tonight the elves arrive with our decorations and the tree!"
"Oh, are they here already?"
"No, they don't even arrive till 10:00!"
"And these people are gonna stand around and wait?"
"Oh yes, those are the best seats!"
They were six deep on the lobby floor with cameras!
At first I laughed, but it was really something to watch!
By 10:00 three semis, yes semi trucks arrived chock full of decorations, by 10:30 every truck was empty and the pallets were clearly marked. "Restaurant" "Lobby" "Pool" etc. By 11:30 half of the elves were delivering the decor, and the other half were installing.
I finally left at 12:30 and at that time the huge tree was half way up in the lobby, the garland had been strung, and most of the wreaths had been placed! It was amazing to watch!
On my way to the parking lot, I noticed landscaping was out ripping out the gold marigolds, and plopping in red poinsettias!
WOW, sometimes this company even amazes me!
It must be Christmas!
) - I was there for the Fall semester. We stayed up late one night to watch them decorate one of the resorts. Then we went over to the Swan and Dolphin for a different kind of adventure (silly college pranks which I'll divulge at some other time). Anyway, we got distracted when we arrived and stayed to watch the Pastry Chefs build their Gingerbread Christmas Village - there only 3 of us there, as it was 3am. They let us sample all of the goodies and answered all kinds of questions about how they did all the work. VERY cool! 
