work is hard
i am completely and utterly exhausted right now. not in a tired, want to fall asleep way, but in a don't ever want to leave my bed ever again sort of way. the type of exhausted where it's too much effort to take off my work clothes, not even my shoes. my house could catch fire right now and i don't think i'd leave. it's not really cuz i haven't gotten enough sleep, cuz i have; or from working too much. yes, i've worked 6-7 hour shifts the past three days, but i've done that before. i mean, i went 20+ days in a row at the beginning of the summer, so three is nothing. the problem is how busy work is now. it actually seems like work. i guess it's the attraction of seeing the new theater that's causing everyone to come to a movie. and i mean everyone. friday, i worked the box office, selling tickets, and there was always a line of customers. usually, on the busiest days, there will still be pauses between rushes, if only for a few minutes. now, there is constantly someone wanting to buy a ticket. and then concessions is even worse. having been open only a week, we haven't really worked out the best system yet, where to put things, etc. so it's just a madhouse. as one of the other supervisors said, it doesn't flow. at the old theater, it could get busy, yeah, but everyone knew what they were doing. at times, it could almost seem like ballet or something, the way everyone did exactly what they had too, getting popcorn, soda, whatever. it was beautiful to watch, if you could appreciate what was happening. now, it just doesn't work. i'm sure it will get better, but for now, it's hell. and did i mention how busy we are? yesterday, we did over $50,000 worth of business. the first 5 hours, they sold $15,000 worth of tickets, and $10,ooo of concessions. that's far and away the busiest day we've ever had. the busiest i've been there, i'd say it was maybe $20,000. and the amazing thing was, yesterday, even with all that money changing hands, there was less than two dollars difference between the actual money taken in and the inventory. that's just about a miracle, considering that if someone accidentally gives out a large popcorn instead of a medium, we're about a dollar short already. basically, that means we were perfect yesterday. stuff like that is the reason i still work there.
and then tomorrow's payday. yay! plus, i got a raise. i don't know how much, but anything is nice.
and then tomorrow's payday. yay! plus, i got a raise. i don't know how much, but anything is nice.
1 Comments:
yay money
more you can support me with when i'm living in a box on the side of the street after college
By Jaya, at 11:18 PM CST
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