So I completed training! Happy day :). The last day was Thursday on which I trained trash duty or as Disney terms "Dining Room". I must admit, it really isnt that bad. I take a cart with two empty trash cans, find a full one onstage, switch out, go backstage, empty them into the A Vac and repeat. It's clean up that is disgusting, and I'm not going to say why because I might throw up after recalling what I had to do. Anyhoo my trainer Anthony was surprised that none of us trainee threw up. He said that there is always one. Oh I should probably explain what the A Vac is; it's a huge pipe coming up into the trash room, it sucks the trash from Pecos and takes it away from the Magic Kingom. I dont know where it ends up and I dont want to, I'm just glad that I'm not the person at the other end of the pipe. Ew.
Now that I've ended training, I've worked filler, drinks and busser. I think busing tables is the best, even though the broom tried to eat my hand. Filler is easy too, I just take the trays from the kitchen's bridge thingy and fill in the rest of the order. So I put the chicken food on, the drinks, cookies, cakes and sour cream packets on. Yesterday while on filler duty, I had order 185 and I couldn't find them anywhere! I walked to each counter and shouted out "185! Your order is here! Order 1-8-5!". No such luck. Luiz has a loud projecting voice, so I got him to bellow out the order, still nothing. We looked at each, and Luiz went to throw out the food. This girl at the front of the line cried out "No!!". Luiz asked her if the food was hers, I thought " You've been standing there the whole time, watching us go up and down the counters and now you realise you're order 185?!!!" She showed us her receipt, she wasn't. Luiz threw out the food and she threw up her hands in exasperation- someone could have eaten that food. About 15 minutes, no joke, later a very angry man comes up, he's been waiting 15 minutes for his food and he wants to know where it is and why it has taken this long. I asked to see his receipt, yup the absentee Order 185 showed up. Luiz explained what happened and promptly got food for him. The man calmed down as I explained that it was me who had called the number. He laughed and said that my voice is very quiet, and he's partially deaf so no wonder why he didn't hear. My voice is quiet?
Filler position is never dull! One of my fellow cast members noticed that my name tag said BYU ID, so he started asking me about Joseph Smith and his gold Bible, he wanted to know the whole story. So in between trays I managed to give the 1st discussion. He also asked me several questions about the New Testament, like why did the Jews not accept Christ when he lived among them, and which apostle was a tax collector who later became Paul. It felt like I was taking a test but I think I passed!
This lady came up and wanted an extra iced water, so I got that for her and then she put her hand to her forehead and looked ill. She quickly explained she was diabetic and that could I get her some carbs? I started to say yes when she said that she needed bread right now and fast or she was going to pass out. I scrambled over to the kitchen bridge thingy and braved the kitchen people's wrath as I yelled that I needed a bun really fast. The kitchen people are surly, their favourite thing to to is to shoot the messangers (the fillers) and to move real slow. The only time they move fast is when the managers get annoyed and work along side of them; you really can't slack off with your managers at your side. Luckily the managers had them going so I got the bun pronto and scurried back to the lady. She said thanks and moved off while eating the bun. Whew, close call.
Drinks is easy too- I scoop ice into a cup and push a certain button, cap the lid on and voila! The order is done. It's not my favourite because it's extremely fast paced, and surprisingly lots of people are picky about how much ice goes into their drink. At the end of a drinks day, my hands smell like Cola; the machine is automatic, I push a button and it knows how much soda to distribute, usually. Sometimes it gives too much and then it spills onto my hands or when I put the lid on, the soda overflows, onto my hands so my hands are always very sticky. And since its so fast paced, I dont have enough time to wash them off. Nasty nasty nasty.
Last night I did busing tables, first time too! People are more nice I think in the dining room, they've just eaten or have their food so they've had a chance to calm down. Oh story time! I was going around the Siesta Room washing all the tables when I noticed this little girl watching me. More like scrutinizing me actually, I smiled and waved at her but she just stared. I figured that she was trying to figure out the pattern on my apron and went back to washing. When I turned around again, she had taken her napkin and was 'washing' the tables too! Her parents were laughing as she went up on tiptoe to carefully polish the tabletops.
There are four dining areas; Pairie, Siesta, Corral and Widow Maker which includes the actual Widow Maker room and the Jack Sparrow dining room. Almost all the names make sense, Pairie room is the outside dining area, Jack Sparrow dining room links to the Pirates area of Adventure etc but not Widow Maker. That one I don't get, why would anyone call a dining room that name?
Now that I've ended training, I've worked filler, drinks and busser. I think busing tables is the best, even though the broom tried to eat my hand. Filler is easy too, I just take the trays from the kitchen's bridge thingy and fill in the rest of the order. So I put the chicken food on, the drinks, cookies, cakes and sour cream packets on. Yesterday while on filler duty, I had order 185 and I couldn't find them anywhere! I walked to each counter and shouted out "185! Your order is here! Order 1-8-5!". No such luck. Luiz has a loud projecting voice, so I got him to bellow out the order, still nothing. We looked at each, and Luiz went to throw out the food. This girl at the front of the line cried out "No!!". Luiz asked her if the food was hers, I thought " You've been standing there the whole time, watching us go up and down the counters and now you realise you're order 185?!!!" She showed us her receipt, she wasn't. Luiz threw out the food and she threw up her hands in exasperation- someone could have eaten that food. About 15 minutes, no joke, later a very angry man comes up, he's been waiting 15 minutes for his food and he wants to know where it is and why it has taken this long. I asked to see his receipt, yup the absentee Order 185 showed up. Luiz explained what happened and promptly got food for him. The man calmed down as I explained that it was me who had called the number. He laughed and said that my voice is very quiet, and he's partially deaf so no wonder why he didn't hear. My voice is quiet?
Filler position is never dull! One of my fellow cast members noticed that my name tag said BYU ID, so he started asking me about Joseph Smith and his gold Bible, he wanted to know the whole story. So in between trays I managed to give the 1st discussion. He also asked me several questions about the New Testament, like why did the Jews not accept Christ when he lived among them, and which apostle was a tax collector who later became Paul. It felt like I was taking a test but I think I passed!
This lady came up and wanted an extra iced water, so I got that for her and then she put her hand to her forehead and looked ill. She quickly explained she was diabetic and that could I get her some carbs? I started to say yes when she said that she needed bread right now and fast or she was going to pass out. I scrambled over to the kitchen bridge thingy and braved the kitchen people's wrath as I yelled that I needed a bun really fast. The kitchen people are surly, their favourite thing to to is to shoot the messangers (the fillers) and to move real slow. The only time they move fast is when the managers get annoyed and work along side of them; you really can't slack off with your managers at your side. Luckily the managers had them going so I got the bun pronto and scurried back to the lady. She said thanks and moved off while eating the bun. Whew, close call.
Drinks is easy too- I scoop ice into a cup and push a certain button, cap the lid on and voila! The order is done. It's not my favourite because it's extremely fast paced, and surprisingly lots of people are picky about how much ice goes into their drink. At the end of a drinks day, my hands smell like Cola; the machine is automatic, I push a button and it knows how much soda to distribute, usually. Sometimes it gives too much and then it spills onto my hands or when I put the lid on, the soda overflows, onto my hands so my hands are always very sticky. And since its so fast paced, I dont have enough time to wash them off. Nasty nasty nasty.
Last night I did busing tables, first time too! People are more nice I think in the dining room, they've just eaten or have their food so they've had a chance to calm down. Oh story time! I was going around the Siesta Room washing all the tables when I noticed this little girl watching me. More like scrutinizing me actually, I smiled and waved at her but she just stared. I figured that she was trying to figure out the pattern on my apron and went back to washing. When I turned around again, she had taken her napkin and was 'washing' the tables too! Her parents were laughing as she went up on tiptoe to carefully polish the tabletops.
There are four dining areas; Pairie, Siesta, Corral and Widow Maker which includes the actual Widow Maker room and the Jack Sparrow dining room. Almost all the names make sense, Pairie room is the outside dining area, Jack Sparrow dining room links to the Pirates area of Adventure etc but not Widow Maker. That one I don't get, why would anyone call a dining room that name?
The widow maker is where the people eat the really fatty foods that are served. Ja!
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