I got a job at a camp/hotel resort place? Hard to describe... Not as nice as a resort, but better than a normal camp. We clean up after you all and stuff-- like a normal hotel. But, you are surrounded by nature and active stuff, like squirrels and lakes and all that good stuff. If all that makes sense, cool.
The job is Guest services/House Keeping.
This post will get longer and longer as I update and clean up any mistakes or add to some stories. It will also involve some gross subjects and clean ups.
I’m gonna tell you some interesting things that have happened since I started to when Summer ends. BUT FIRST ground rules that I wanna let people know. So I can rant about some boundaries about this job.
What makes me frustrated(*) and what makes me relieved(~) and what might/does happen(-).
* PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON’T TRY TO DO THE PEE RING AROUND THE TOILET. THAT SHTICK IS NASTY *ahem*
Now that that’s out of the way. More serious notes.
-If you leave stuff behind from your stay and don’t claim or put in a notice. Usually, someone will take it. Like me. I got a smiley star eraser, a full bag of apples, slightly bent slinky, and some other goodies. Others kept fidget spinners, money, and checker pieces, and Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh cards. So be wary. We might keep them.
~The people who leave us tips I solute you and thank you.
~People who makes their beds or clean up their rooms and keep it tidy.
*Clogged toilets and try flushing it to the point it over flows
* Why is it okay to leave underwear/bras/used tampons/condoms/etc etc everywhere? Especially when it obstructs our clean up
-Basic code words we use are over-turn, which is cleaning the whole room top to bottom. Servicing which is making the bed, taking out trash, restocking soap and toilet paper, and cleaning toilets. As well as a couple other words that I don’t remember.
~People who don’t leave hair everywhere
~People who don’t walk in the middle of the road in a long strip and move when we come down
~Common courtesy like “please” and “thank you”.
-We got through the trash can if we feel like there is something sketchy looking
Some interesting things I’ve taken note of, have done, have seen, or have heard stories of.
-First day on the job I see a squirrel carrying a regular biscuit up a tree. (Like Pillsbury sized). A few days later another/or same carrying a slice of bread up a tree
-I scared ducks and geese away just by staring at them
- Saw some person drive their car to the dumpster, but they put their trash on their windshield????
-Discovered they served breakfast
-Today on June 22nd a lot of my co-workers saw me with my first sugar high. Let’s say it was magical. Sugar high made me do some dumb shiz, like stick my leg out a moving van... And getting a bruise by putting my leg on the ground and it zoomed back into the door. (This van has the sliding doors)
-Have an interesting boss to say the least.
-Hair was cut more than 12 inches and it took 7 hours for someone to actually notice it was cut
-Made friends with caterpillar and a bee. Named the caterpillar Fuzzle and the bee Buzz Buzz or Buzz Lightyear. I’ll post pictures of them in a future update.
-We use golf carts as our main transportation. So a co-worker and I have had out golf carts “stolen” about 8 times in 2 weeks. And someone took my water bottle along with it. I was salty. My “I HATE RUNNING” water bottle is my life.
- My first major war with the overturning of the whole place happened a week ago (June 17th) and within the first hour of work we got 7 clogged toilets. (Doesn’t count the dozen and a half clogs from earlier in the week)
- The week of the 17th also had the yearly Horizon event with middle schoolers. Dang... It was super gross the whole time. Also found 2 rooms with some form of tobacco products in them.
-Shoutout to that one/two high schooler(s) who brought and switched out for their own lamp here! Night design I must say.
- All this junk food... And why we provide you food in the mess hall?
-Shoutout to that other room who had junk food sorted in rows from different brands! You got a lot of Grips...
-To that one kid who shouted out “GOOD MYTHICAL MORNING” To a co-worker and I at 2 PM. I might not have responded but I know that reference.
-Found out that a co-worker had my brother as a teacher. And they didn’t realize it since we aren’t blood related. So understandable they didn’t know.
-Most of the people I work with are taller than me. All the people around my age working there are taller.
-The week for that one camp of high schoolers... Why are almost all of you taller than me?? Stop proving that I’m short!
-I can jump higher than some of the tallest co-workers...?
-Chair heck has befallen me before... *shudders* 400+ chairs in neat rows
-I forgot Shadow (my cat) clawed me the night before and when I went to sanitize my hands for work my hands stung for a good few minutes
- I’ve resorted to doodling crappy doodles on the white-board in the staff room.*might post pictures*
-One of my bosses have two REALLY FLUFFY and REALLY BIG cats. One is named Diesel (black fluff cat)
- 6/24 was war with the filth, high school edition!! The gym was bad... So REC staff had to help. Not so bad of toilets, but stinky shoe smell and humidity worse than outside made it really bad to clean the rooms. There was a lot of junk food to be expected and seemed like a lot of the girls had a bad week.
- 6/24 Was also the day that a few kids would come, but the bus broke down. But they were sure as heck lucky they didn’t break down on the highway! They broke down right before they had to be dropped off the bus. Like... 500 feet away? So good on them. Then I made a running of a bull reference since these kids were all running down a giant hill to the gym... Didn’t know that many kids could fit on a charter bus?
- Made a new friend. Named the little moth Marzipan. Marzipan has so far stay with me the longest... Also it wouldn’t get off my finger when I wanted it to. But it had a Mohawk, so it is forgiven. Marzipan will be missed...
!-Been catching fish and I found and named a fish, a stick, and turtle. Fish is Jeramiah, Stick is Jefferey, and turtle is Sammy. Caught Sammy with my bare hands, Stick likes to poke people and has a naturally pointed tip, and Jeramiah was found on the edge of the lake’s shore almost dead. Jeramiah was still breathing but on their said. I tried feeding them worms, but they could barely swim. I relocated him to the nearby stream where they’ll have fresh water in a constant stream. Hopefully they’ll live. RIP Jeramiah if I can’t find them tomorrow.
!- I caught a fish and named her Heath (like the heath bar you can buy). Only problem with Heath is when I fished her out she was too big for my hand and the hook was in a bad place. So I had to see help from the nearby REC people, one had a pocket knife to help slit a bigger tear to safely get the hook out, without having to tear off the jaw. I put the worm in her mouth so she has food for being a trooper and not dying on us.
**All that’ll be added for now**