Howdy hi ho dere. You all thought I had disappeared off the face of the earth, didn't you? WELL THINK AGAIN. In all honesty, though, I've just been at a camp where I have no free time and no effort to get on my laptop. Like, ever. Also because there's lots of cool people around.
Anyways. There's no possible way I can update you on everything exciting that's happened this summer. I've been here since June 1 (maybe it was a few days before; I don't remember, that was two months ago now :P). So I guess I'll just make a numbered list of some of the highlights of this summer. (Apparently numbered lists are the expected format around here). Okay, hold onto your hats....
1a. So I guess I'll start off by trying to describe what it is I do here at Sky Lodge Christian Camp. Our summer staff program is called The Zone, and it is structured to be a discipleship program for high schoolers (in addition to running camp, obviously). That means there are foremen (college age folks) who lead each service area with a crew of high schoolers. Every week we have different crew members - some are only here for 2 weeks, and others stay all summer. The foremen, however, are here all summer.
There are 10 foremen this year. I am the Hitching Post foremen. It's called that because one of my main responsibilities is running the snack shop, which is called the Hitching Post. (It has nothing to do with horses). But mostly, I just clean all day. In addition to cleaning and making snacks, I also fold laundry, go shopping, and keep track of kids' money. Yes, I've been called a housewife. I'm aware.
1b. More than my responsibilities as a worker, however, I also get to be a leader and participant in the awesome community we have here. Like, my job is to build relationships with people and talk about Jesus. YES PLEASE. Yeah. The community is very much a bubble (there's lots of rules...we don't get out much, or listen to secular music, or watch movies, or use the Internet much, and there's a strict curfew), but it's the best kind of bubble. It's a bubble meant to help people forget about the distractions and stresses of their home/school life for a short time and focus on hearing God's voice and focus on working hard and focus on loving people. And no, you can't force anybody to do those things. But with the leadership we have (the head honchos, above all the crew and foremen), there's a great example to follow and I've seen so much spiritual growth in people this summer.
Anyways. That's my spiel trying to explain the Zone. It's hard to explain something that is completely rooted in experience. The important part is that I absolutely love everything I do here. Except for the fact that it leaves me with zero time. But oh well.
2. Another really cool thing is that I get to help lead worship every Thursday night for the staff. I like that a lot. There's some really talented musicians here too.
3. Instead of writing a novel of all the good times we've had this summer, let me just say that one of the reasons I love this experience is because this is where people make lifelong friends. And I've loved being able to spend the summer around some of my best friends, and that I've been able to make new ones. Megan's been teaching me sign language; that's been awesome. Long, heartfelt conversations with Beth have been great. Road trips with Ethen, Rachel and Beth are prime. Any time spent with Matt is great. If I had the time, I could probably have 1,000 word posts everyday about all the great times we have.
4. The guys have been dominating in Honor Cabin this year. You see, every week the guy and girl staff clean their cabins, and whoever does a better job wins Honor Cabin. At the end of the summer, whoever has the most wins is named champion. Well, from 1997 - 2012, the girls won every single summer. There were some close ones, but they always came up on top. Last year, however, the guys had had enough and won the summer for the first time ever. And this year, it looks like that's going to happen again. So yay for guys winning things.
Well, that's probably enough update for now. The only reason I wrote this is because I'm sick today, which means no work. But yeah. Maybe I'll update some more later. There's only two more weeks before I go home...and only a month until school starts! (Whaaaaaat.) So, that's all for now. Deuces.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Adventures in Subtlety: Turkeyville - Post 7
Ok! So, sorry I haven’t blogged in a while – my internet’s
been shotty again. Alright… I have about
five days worth of notes, so bear with me.
1.
So I have
the words “Nick” and “butt” written down on a scrap of paper, and I’m not even
going to pretend I have any idea what either of them mean, so…. Oops.
2.
So whatever day I have these one notes for, was
clearly not an interesting day. I only
have a couple things down, the main one being that my boss was interviewed by
some fishing show – at least that’s what it looked like based on the getup the
interviewer was wearing. So that was
funny watching her bs how great we are.
3.
Alright, so Saturday was Emily Hency’s last day –
moment of silence – so that was terribly sad.. I went to her open house on Sunday
with Rachel and made her card entirely composed of pictures of One Direction
and wrote her a heartfelt letter. Her
open house was fun, but awkward, like most open houses hahaha. She introduced me to her one friend that I
girl crushed on… She introduced us by saying, “umm…let’s see… you’re both Louis
girls!” and we shared a knowing look haha.
Afterwards, we went to Turkyville to get ice cream from Emily – my cousin
– and then we went down to the restaurant and one of my cowokers informed me
that Weston quit! #HALLELUJAHPRAISESAMEN.
Unfortunately, as I was celebrating he walked out. Mi mal.
So yeah. God is good.
4.
I next worked Monday and I worked with Morgan
and Kaitlyn, two pretty great corowkrers. The main moral of that day is that I
got a loooottt of free food hahaha. I
worked 10-9 and ended up getting two free pieces of pie, two free tacos, and
cookies haha. Also, I had a reuben
burger at lunch and it was prime.
Turkeyville makes good burgers.
5.
At one point on Monday Morgan went to clear a
table that was completely obliterated and she came up and said “so I think I
have AIDs.” Apparently on this tables
was also bandaids and new bandages and bloody napkins…. Who just leaves that
there for the waitstaff to clean up?!
#comeonnow #ew #germs #commonsense #hygiene #kendhashtagrent
6.
On the way home on Monday a car with a Quebec
license plate passes me and I thought of Sam haha.
7.
Ok so Wednesday was pretty interesting I
guess. So one of the first things that
happened was Nick – formally known as an alias of “Mick” (The one who stared at
my boobs)– was rounding the corner to go into the kitchen right as I was doing
the same but to go up front and we about collided. We both stopped and instrad of passing each
other and moving on, he poked me in the cheek.
What even. I don’t even know with
that kid. Later that day, he was coming
up from the freezer and he put his hand straight out – idk I thought to high
five me or something – and I had two beer bottles in my hands, so I didn’t do
anything, so he puts his hand on my face.
WHYYYYYYYYYY !!!!. I don’t get
this kid. He’s probably going into his
junior year or something too of high school.
#stahp.
8.
So then, Mel – British Melanie who’s great –
comes in and we exchanged pleasantries and then she goes “you’re always
laughing. Whenever I see you, you’re
always laughing. It’s a good thing
though, in case anyone’s having a bad day or anything.” Which that made me happy. Because in high school people frequently told
me that I was always smiling and looked so happy, and I had just hoped that I
hadn’t lost that happiness over this past year, so wooh for happiness J
9.
Then at one point there were these ginger twin
girls and they were just the cutest thing.
They were really polite and good kids and it was really cute –despite the
hair.
10.
Ok so later that night, one of my coworkers was
talking about bringing a hooker home for her boyfriend bc she didn’t feel like
sleeping with him….. #awkward So then my other coworker was like “that’s when
you just roll over and pretend to sleep.” And she was like “that doesn’t work” And the other goes “what does he do? Rape
you?” And she was like “No….” hahahahha Then she ran her hand up the other girl
and asked if that was he did to her haha…. And then they just went on about
their sex lives and I left the conversation haha. #funtimes
11.
Ok, so I worked Thursday from 11-4, but a good
amount of things happened in that five hour period. First, a lady from my (old) church and her
three kids came in, and we talked, so that was nice. They were sitting outside and after they were
outside for a little while, Brayden, her three year old opened the door and he
was peeking in. I made a silly face at
him and he did it back and it was just about the cutest thing ever. #ReasonsILoveKids
12.
So then these two guys came through and the
black guy sees his friend’s noodle dinner come out and he goes “Sheesh!! That
looks good!” And it basically made my day, bc sheesh.
13.
Later, I was talking to my manager and a
coworker – who’s the owner’s older sister – and I look down through the dining
room and I see Elizabeth and Julie!! (My sister’s old best friend that got
married the day after school ended). Which,
Julie works in the bakery at Turkeyville, so I get to see her a lot, so
Elizabeth came to visit on Julie’s break. So they got a gouda and reuben – good
choices – and then later Elizabeth came back and we talked for a while, so that
was really nice because I haven’t seen her since the wedding. Also, my friend Emily Hency is a loooootttt
like Elizabeth, which Rachel always said, but I never really got until I came
back to work and had seen Elizabeth again.
So, sadly, Elizabeth didn’t get to meet her twin, but I got to talk to
her about her haha.
14.
So my manager, Jolene, was saying how she’s
never made no-bakes because she always thought bad moms made them because they
didn’t know how to bake… To which I was all like “Dude! The best moms make no-bakes!!” And she goes “No!!! Wait… did you just call
me dude?” hahaha so that’s the story of
the time I called my manager dude.
15.
Near the end of my shift this sketchy lookin guy
came in wondering about his booth for the upcoming flea market. Then he looked at the pies and goes “your
peanut butter pie is to die for.” (Which
it is) “I’m addicted to peanut butter!!” So, moral of the story: I found Ben a new best friend. After that he was talking to Vicki about his
spot and he goes “well.. I just want to make sure it’s close to parking because
I’ve got my mom…well now she’s my aunt… with me and she’s about 180 years old
and doesn’t get around well” hahahahahaha WhAt???
16.
Also, these straight-to-the-point couple of
people came in and the lady had on one of those shirts with wolves all across
the front that those women who nurse their children until they’re five then let
them run around without clothes on wear.
Ya know, the one’s that then encourage them to pick out their own names,
yet good hygiene is usually not mandatory (baths are weekly, teeth brushing is
monthly). Anyways, she was wearing one
of those shirts. So on the order ticket,
I put “dances with wolves”. Ryan, the
crew leader of the kitchen was laughing as I walked past and goes “Dance with
wolves??” So, I made Ryan laugh, which is a goal of mine, so wooh. Unfortunately, they paid with a card, meaning
they could see the name I put their order as.
#oops.
17.
Well. That’s
about it. Sorry for the length.
Currently, I’m on my way up to Mackinaw, so YAY! J
Have a marvelous weekend!
18.
Oh, and at one point yesterday I was bored and
in the corner just singing one of Ed’s new songs and I was walking past the
window into kitchen and Brenden – Vicki’s grandson who’s really nice – was standing
there and could probably hear me.
#sorrybud
19.
K! That’s it!! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Adventures in Subtlety: Turkeyville - Post 6 (Civil War Reenactment Weekend)
Hello, all. =) I trust that you're all doing splendidly. Well, this weekend - Father's Day weekend - is exciting at the magical land of Turkeyville. You see, they have the Battle of Turkeyville this weekend. A gigantic civil war reenactment ensues with many many many a person fully decked out in civil war attire. They have camps set up in the field and they sleep there every night the whole weekend. It's quite the shindig. So I worked 10-9 today. I was only supposed to work until 7, but a coworker called in with poison ivy, so yay I got to stay haha. We get paid by the hour though, and I was working with Emily Hency, so I was okay with it. Okay, so run down of cool things that happened.
1. A troop of boy scouts came in right away. And later I saw one that was ginger. And it was hilarious. Because boycouts.
2. I was on register the whole day - I sold almost $5,000!!! - and as I was ringing someone up, I glanced up and realized it was Abe Lincoln. Seriously was SO dead on. Very very very convincing. I almost told him his face looked pretty good, all things considered, but figured that was insensitive.
3. A Canadian came through and he showed me Canadian money and it was purple and like holographic and awesome and didn't look real. Then we talked about Canada and I told him we all talk about Canada a lot. That's funny. A Canadian was participating in a civil war reenactment. Huh. hahaha oh well.
4. So at the end of the day, I was doing dishes with my home girl, Emily Hency and we were talking about if one direction worked at turkeyville and where each boy would be. We decided that Liam would work in the kitchen and be kind of like Jaden.... Who is who my doucheyness overpowers attractiveness tweet was about. Harry would work in the bakery for obvious reasons. Niall would work in the ice cream parlor bc of how sweet and adorable he is. Louis would be like Amy, a boss of ours, because he's basically exactly like Amy: sarcastic, hilarious, great, over everybody's crap, etc. Also, Louis doesn't do work. Which, Amy always works with us, but she's also a boss. Therefore, Louis is Amy. I don't think we determined where Zayn would be... Zayn would probably be in Restaurant.. But... He's really reserved, so.... idk. He doesn't really fit in anywhere there. No position is good enough for him haha.
5. Also, at one point Jaden was talking about all of his hickeys, lifting up his shirt and everything to point them out - hence the doucheyness. So I was back talking to Emily and we were talking about giving names to the different girls who gave them to him. Then Ronna was like "What are you talking about? Naming Jaden's hickeys?" And we decided to name them Desperate. All of them. Then we discussed how sad we were for these poor girls for thinking he was a good idea and how bad of a state of mind they must be in. hahaha... yup. Then when we were washing dishes Emily hit herself and she goes "oh! It looks like I have a hickey! Oh wait!! Maybe that's how Jaden got all of his!" haha.. yup.
6. We then had a singalong and had a ton of fun and scared some young civil war kid - well, he was prolly about 15. And also one of our managers got mad at us for having too much fun. #suckstosuck
Overall today was a really good day. And, Emily is leaving next Saturday and I'm basically going to cry when she leaves because I don't have nearly as much fun with anyone else when closing at work. The end =) AND I DON'T WORK UNTIL TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. A troop of boy scouts came in right away. And later I saw one that was ginger. And it was hilarious. Because boycouts.
2. I was on register the whole day - I sold almost $5,000!!! - and as I was ringing someone up, I glanced up and realized it was Abe Lincoln. Seriously was SO dead on. Very very very convincing. I almost told him his face looked pretty good, all things considered, but figured that was insensitive.
3. A Canadian came through and he showed me Canadian money and it was purple and like holographic and awesome and didn't look real. Then we talked about Canada and I told him we all talk about Canada a lot. That's funny. A Canadian was participating in a civil war reenactment. Huh. hahaha oh well.
4. So at the end of the day, I was doing dishes with my home girl, Emily Hency and we were talking about if one direction worked at turkeyville and where each boy would be. We decided that Liam would work in the kitchen and be kind of like Jaden.... Who is who my doucheyness overpowers attractiveness tweet was about. Harry would work in the bakery for obvious reasons. Niall would work in the ice cream parlor bc of how sweet and adorable he is. Louis would be like Amy, a boss of ours, because he's basically exactly like Amy: sarcastic, hilarious, great, over everybody's crap, etc. Also, Louis doesn't do work. Which, Amy always works with us, but she's also a boss. Therefore, Louis is Amy. I don't think we determined where Zayn would be... Zayn would probably be in Restaurant.. But... He's really reserved, so.... idk. He doesn't really fit in anywhere there. No position is good enough for him haha.
5. Also, at one point Jaden was talking about all of his hickeys, lifting up his shirt and everything to point them out - hence the doucheyness. So I was back talking to Emily and we were talking about giving names to the different girls who gave them to him. Then Ronna was like "What are you talking about? Naming Jaden's hickeys?" And we decided to name them Desperate. All of them. Then we discussed how sad we were for these poor girls for thinking he was a good idea and how bad of a state of mind they must be in. hahaha... yup. Then when we were washing dishes Emily hit herself and she goes "oh! It looks like I have a hickey! Oh wait!! Maybe that's how Jaden got all of his!" haha.. yup.
6. We then had a singalong and had a ton of fun and scared some young civil war kid - well, he was prolly about 15. And also one of our managers got mad at us for having too much fun. #suckstosuck
Overall today was a really good day. And, Emily is leaving next Saturday and I'm basically going to cry when she leaves because I don't have nearly as much fun with anyone else when closing at work. The end =) AND I DON'T WORK UNTIL TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Adventures in Subtlety: Turkeyville - Post 5 (The 9th-12th)
So, as we all know, I've worked the past six days, and not thaaaat
many interesting things have happened. But, I shall catch you up on the
past few and let you in on the curious happenings of the ville of
turkeys.
1. I got sent home early on Wednesday, so wooh for making less than $20 hahaha.
2. I got to hang out with Taylor and go see Maleficent and go to Applebees and sit and talk about the birds and the bees with her on the front porch of her sorority house, so that was a good time. OH!! And we went to the park and she got beat up by a fifth grader!!! It was great. I knew the kid, too. She's rotten to the core. But that was a good memory.
3. So at work today I was outside and I looked over and saw this elderly couple coming up the path holding hands and they were giggling like they were lovestruck teenagers and they stopped and he leaned down and kissed her then they kept walking and it was just the cutest thing ever because there was no one else around and they were just so cute and I felt kind of creepy watching them but that's okay and usually I'm opposed to PDA especially from the elderly but now I find it endearing and I haven't used any punctuation so I hope you've read this entire thing with one breath in your mind and that your mind is now tired and needs to take a breath and rest hahahaha.
4. Ok. So, this guy comes in with his daughter. She's probably about seven and was really cute. I glance at his shirt and see that his shirt proudly boasts of Hot's Gentlemen's Club(the one my cousin works at/is the manager of), complete with an outline of a woman on a pole and everything. With every order, we have to give it a name so that the cashier knows whose order is whose. Rightfully, I named the order "makin it rain." Which Ronna and Emily appreciated. The only potential downside is that if someone pays with a credit card, the name will show up on the receipt. Thankfully, he didn't. But I have had some that I could probably lose my job over. So you just gotta be careful. So aside from the name thing, it just made me really really sad. We joke about stripping a lot, but it's actually really serious, and it broke my heart to see a man promoting that kind of degradation in front of his young, impressionable daughter. Like, would he want to see her up there? He's saying it's okay...so what's stopping her, when she gets older, from doing that? He couldn't object, because he thinks it's okay for another man's daughter to do. On top of that, what kind of mindset is he giving his daughter about the way men view women? Is she going to grow up thinking women are sexual objects that are only here for men to salivate over? It just breaks my heart to think about the future of this child. She should grow up knowing the value and worth she has, that which is of so much more than just her body. I realize that it's just a t-shirt. I get that this could be an overreaction. But if you're bold enough to wear something like that on your body, what does that mean about how you feel internally and how you speak and act at home? Are you raising your little girl to think that she has a purpose and has beauty and intelligence and that her body is a temple? Or are you raising her so she thinks that all she is in life is a play thing for men? Every little girl deserves a dad that makes her know how loved she is and should respect her and make sure other men respect her as well. He oughtta protect her from the bad guys, not feed her to them - or imply that he would. And even if he does cherish his daughter and love her and make her feel like she has worth, what is he saying about all of those other girls who are daughters? If he put himself in their fathers' positions, would he approve of their life choices? And if he didn't, why would he approve of the place as whole to begin with? It's just a giant, depressing circle that never seems to run into a corner. Ok. End rant.
5. When I went to BP I ran into my little Asian friend, Josh, and caught up with him. So yay for Asians. Also, Olivet is still in school until the 18th. haha #suckstosuckforhavingsomanysnowdays
1. I got sent home early on Wednesday, so wooh for making less than $20 hahaha.
2. I got to hang out with Taylor and go see Maleficent and go to Applebees and sit and talk about the birds and the bees with her on the front porch of her sorority house, so that was a good time. OH!! And we went to the park and she got beat up by a fifth grader!!! It was great. I knew the kid, too. She's rotten to the core. But that was a good memory.
3. So at work today I was outside and I looked over and saw this elderly couple coming up the path holding hands and they were giggling like they were lovestruck teenagers and they stopped and he leaned down and kissed her then they kept walking and it was just the cutest thing ever because there was no one else around and they were just so cute and I felt kind of creepy watching them but that's okay and usually I'm opposed to PDA especially from the elderly but now I find it endearing and I haven't used any punctuation so I hope you've read this entire thing with one breath in your mind and that your mind is now tired and needs to take a breath and rest hahahaha.
4. Ok. So, this guy comes in with his daughter. She's probably about seven and was really cute. I glance at his shirt and see that his shirt proudly boasts of Hot's Gentlemen's Club(the one my cousin works at/is the manager of), complete with an outline of a woman on a pole and everything. With every order, we have to give it a name so that the cashier knows whose order is whose. Rightfully, I named the order "makin it rain." Which Ronna and Emily appreciated. The only potential downside is that if someone pays with a credit card, the name will show up on the receipt. Thankfully, he didn't. But I have had some that I could probably lose my job over. So you just gotta be careful. So aside from the name thing, it just made me really really sad. We joke about stripping a lot, but it's actually really serious, and it broke my heart to see a man promoting that kind of degradation in front of his young, impressionable daughter. Like, would he want to see her up there? He's saying it's okay...so what's stopping her, when she gets older, from doing that? He couldn't object, because he thinks it's okay for another man's daughter to do. On top of that, what kind of mindset is he giving his daughter about the way men view women? Is she going to grow up thinking women are sexual objects that are only here for men to salivate over? It just breaks my heart to think about the future of this child. She should grow up knowing the value and worth she has, that which is of so much more than just her body. I realize that it's just a t-shirt. I get that this could be an overreaction. But if you're bold enough to wear something like that on your body, what does that mean about how you feel internally and how you speak and act at home? Are you raising your little girl to think that she has a purpose and has beauty and intelligence and that her body is a temple? Or are you raising her so she thinks that all she is in life is a play thing for men? Every little girl deserves a dad that makes her know how loved she is and should respect her and make sure other men respect her as well. He oughtta protect her from the bad guys, not feed her to them - or imply that he would. And even if he does cherish his daughter and love her and make her feel like she has worth, what is he saying about all of those other girls who are daughters? If he put himself in their fathers' positions, would he approve of their life choices? And if he didn't, why would he approve of the place as whole to begin with? It's just a giant, depressing circle that never seems to run into a corner. Ok. End rant.
5. When I went to BP I ran into my little Asian friend, Josh, and caught up with him. So yay for Asians. Also, Olivet is still in school until the 18th. haha #suckstosuckforhavingsomanysnowdays
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Adventures in subtlety: Turkeyville - Post 4 (the week of June 1-8th)
Soooooo my computer was being dumb this entire week and I've just now regained access to the internet. Ok! So! There's quite a few interesting things that have happened this week. I trust that you've all had an excellent week as well :)
1. There was a little girl with long ginger hair and her mother had long hair drawn up into a bun. When they moved past the counters, I could see that they were both wearing long denim skirts. Pretty sure they're Pentecostals. #preach
2. My one coworker's family came in and I contemplated how awkward it would be if I told her her dad was attractive. I then decided it would be very awkward and didn't do it.
3. During closing Emily Peters walked past saying "so hot in here", so, naturally, Emily Hency and I went on to harmonize "I am gettin' so hot, I'm gonna take my clothes off." Thus, a hot in herre sing-a-long commenced. It was fabulous.
4. Throughout the day there was an event, and during this event they had some music playing on loop. This music included somewhere over the rainbow, which is my happy song, so it was great :)
5. So, this is one of my favorites. We were trying to figure out how to spell the word barbecue - hold your laughter - and so a woman who works there, probably around 40, took out her phone to look it up. Well, as she pulled up the magical interweb, she went to type in the search bar and her most recent search history came up. As this happened, I looked down to see the words "anal porn." Yup.
6. An entire ginger family came in. Need I say more?
7. Emily Peters and Emily Hency and I were having a "say my name" sing off, and I then heard a customer go, "Abby." I turn and was like "Yes?" He then goes, "You said 'say my name.'" ahahaha props.
8. A really really really adorable little Asian girl ran behind the counters and went back into the kitchen and I thought about stealing her. Oops.
9. There was a gentleman who looked to be about 60-70 and he looked EXACTLY like what Noah Calhoun(Notebook RyGos) would look like in the future. I debated about telling him, but figured I shouldn't. Ya know, gentrophilia and all. But really though. Just like him - bearded version. Ugh.
10. After I told my friend Morgan about it, she shared in my love for him and she informed me that he HAS A BAND that's just super underground and everything and it's called Dead Man's Bones and it's pretty much just another reason to love him.
11. A customer had a credit card that was entirely the American flag. #merica
12. My manager told me I'd be a great Walmart greeter because of how friendly I am when a person enters the building hahahaha. So that was fun.
13. Apparently my bosses are firm believers in the supernatural. The swings were swinging in opposite directions for an extended period of time and they all agreed that it must have been grandpa. So that was fun.
14. Ok, last one. And this one's fun. So, there's this one kid I work with - we'll call him Mick for privacy's sake. So Mick since I first met him has always had this flirtacious, smooth, player type persona. I've generally tried to steer clear of him. Anyway, so tonight I was working with two 50+ year old women. This is just being said to show for the record that I was the only female in his general age range which is most likely why he did the actions that he did. Anyway, wow that's building this up so much more than it's worth, oh well. Ok, so he was making a togo for someone and he was getting frustrated because he kept ripping bags. It was quite entertaining so I was joking around with him and we were just being friendly, no big deal. (This was near the end of the night, btw) But as the night wore on, he was being more and more forthcoming. I don't mean this to sound self absorbed, because boys don't do this to me haha, but he was paying more attention to me than usual. At one point I was walking past the window into the kitchen and glanced in and he was standing there. He then held eye contact with me and then winked. I was like .... ok? haha. Soo then later we were passing each other and we made eye contact, and then he looked down at my boobs for a good 2-3 seconds or so - long enough to make it clear to me what he was doing - and then back up at my eyes. 1), I'm wearing our uniform which includes an apron - my boobs are covered up. 2) Excuse me?! After that, I realized I totally should have done Sam's whole stare at his junk and maybe squint a little. Would have made it so much better. He then continued to taunt me the rest of the night and I felt like I'd been raped. So, yeah. We'll see how the rest of that goes this summer. Like I said, I'm sure it was only because I was the girl under the age of 50 and he was bored, but it might provide for a bit of entertainment.... or sexual harassment. I guess you'll have to stay tuned to find out what happens!
1. There was a little girl with long ginger hair and her mother had long hair drawn up into a bun. When they moved past the counters, I could see that they were both wearing long denim skirts. Pretty sure they're Pentecostals. #preach
2. My one coworker's family came in and I contemplated how awkward it would be if I told her her dad was attractive. I then decided it would be very awkward and didn't do it.
3. During closing Emily Peters walked past saying "so hot in here", so, naturally, Emily Hency and I went on to harmonize "I am gettin' so hot, I'm gonna take my clothes off." Thus, a hot in herre sing-a-long commenced. It was fabulous.
4. Throughout the day there was an event, and during this event they had some music playing on loop. This music included somewhere over the rainbow, which is my happy song, so it was great :)
5. So, this is one of my favorites. We were trying to figure out how to spell the word barbecue - hold your laughter - and so a woman who works there, probably around 40, took out her phone to look it up. Well, as she pulled up the magical interweb, she went to type in the search bar and her most recent search history came up. As this happened, I looked down to see the words "anal porn." Yup.
6. An entire ginger family came in. Need I say more?
7. Emily Peters and Emily Hency and I were having a "say my name" sing off, and I then heard a customer go, "Abby." I turn and was like "Yes?" He then goes, "You said 'say my name.'" ahahaha props.
8. A really really really adorable little Asian girl ran behind the counters and went back into the kitchen and I thought about stealing her. Oops.
9. There was a gentleman who looked to be about 60-70 and he looked EXACTLY like what Noah Calhoun(Notebook RyGos) would look like in the future. I debated about telling him, but figured I shouldn't. Ya know, gentrophilia and all. But really though. Just like him - bearded version. Ugh.
10. After I told my friend Morgan about it, she shared in my love for him and she informed me that he HAS A BAND that's just super underground and everything and it's called Dead Man's Bones and it's pretty much just another reason to love him.
11. A customer had a credit card that was entirely the American flag. #merica
12. My manager told me I'd be a great Walmart greeter because of how friendly I am when a person enters the building hahahaha. So that was fun.
13. Apparently my bosses are firm believers in the supernatural. The swings were swinging in opposite directions for an extended period of time and they all agreed that it must have been grandpa. So that was fun.
14. Ok, last one. And this one's fun. So, there's this one kid I work with - we'll call him Mick for privacy's sake. So Mick since I first met him has always had this flirtacious, smooth, player type persona. I've generally tried to steer clear of him. Anyway, so tonight I was working with two 50+ year old women. This is just being said to show for the record that I was the only female in his general age range which is most likely why he did the actions that he did. Anyway, wow that's building this up so much more than it's worth, oh well. Ok, so he was making a togo for someone and he was getting frustrated because he kept ripping bags. It was quite entertaining so I was joking around with him and we were just being friendly, no big deal. (This was near the end of the night, btw) But as the night wore on, he was being more and more forthcoming. I don't mean this to sound self absorbed, because boys don't do this to me haha, but he was paying more attention to me than usual. At one point I was walking past the window into the kitchen and glanced in and he was standing there. He then held eye contact with me and then winked. I was like .... ok? haha. Soo then later we were passing each other and we made eye contact, and then he looked down at my boobs for a good 2-3 seconds or so - long enough to make it clear to me what he was doing - and then back up at my eyes. 1), I'm wearing our uniform which includes an apron - my boobs are covered up. 2) Excuse me?! After that, I realized I totally should have done Sam's whole stare at his junk and maybe squint a little. Would have made it so much better. He then continued to taunt me the rest of the night and I felt like I'd been raped. So, yeah. We'll see how the rest of that goes this summer. Like I said, I'm sure it was only because I was the girl under the age of 50 and he was bored, but it might provide for a bit of entertainment.... or sexual harassment. I guess you'll have to stay tuned to find out what happens!
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Adventures in Subtlety: Turkeyville - Post 3
Well, the past couple days have been very uneventful. But that's okay.
1. Yesterday (the 28th), I worked with really great people and work went by super duper fast. And I worked a 12-9, so I'm shocked at how fast it went.
2. I got to know Levi, a kitchen guy that was in the same orientation group as me last year, better, and he's not as douchey as he's always made himself seem, so that was really nice.
3. K, so Melanie is a woman who works in the kitchen/pie kitchen. Best thing about her? She's British. And, whenever her husband comes in he orders turkey tacos and a diet coke and when he says it I kind of melt inside. So that was beside the point; Chris didn't come in yesterday, but I just felt like that was necessary to mention. (Sad note, she has two kids and they don't have the accents. Sad day). So anyway, Mel was super sweet and made all of us pizza because it was dead and she loves us. So free pizza all around #turnup.
4. Rachel came in to visit and get her last paycheck, so it was fun killing a half hour with her.
5. Today (the 29th), I worked with my manager and a middle aged woman who is very very very very loquacious. So that was fun.
6. Rachel came in for lunch since she works at the bank in Marshall that's the exit after Turkeyville and I put her tag on the screen as "sexy beast"..... As I was finishing up her order, though, my manager came in to ring her up. Thankfully, she has a good sense of humor and thought I was funny. Fun note, it went back to the kitchen and just showed up as "sexy", so I enjoyed that a lot.
7. Right after Rachel came, a giant group we had no idea was coming came through and said they were all getting a sandwhich, pie, drink and chips and it was all going on some woman's tab. So that was fun. Especially since I was alone at the time haha.
8. I got $3 in tips, so that was nice.
9. The three worst employees were scheduled to work together tonight, so that oughtta be fun for them ha.
10. ****Most important part**** As I was getting on the off ramp I saw a semi pulled off to the side. The driver was standing next to it and looked as though he was about to enter the road. Something in the center of the off ramp. As I grow nearer, I see that it's a medium sized turtle. I straddle it and look in my rear view mirror to see another car behind me. (Fun fact: as I was getting on the on ramp this morning I had to straddle that one as well.) After that car passes the turtle I continue to look in the mirror and see the truck driver walking into the road with a stick. He then precedes to push the turtle until it's safely off the road and into the grass. A man pulled over his semi to save a turtle. Faith in humanity = restored. <3 :)
1. Yesterday (the 28th), I worked with really great people and work went by super duper fast. And I worked a 12-9, so I'm shocked at how fast it went.
2. I got to know Levi, a kitchen guy that was in the same orientation group as me last year, better, and he's not as douchey as he's always made himself seem, so that was really nice.
3. K, so Melanie is a woman who works in the kitchen/pie kitchen. Best thing about her? She's British. And, whenever her husband comes in he orders turkey tacos and a diet coke and when he says it I kind of melt inside. So that was beside the point; Chris didn't come in yesterday, but I just felt like that was necessary to mention. (Sad note, she has two kids and they don't have the accents. Sad day). So anyway, Mel was super sweet and made all of us pizza because it was dead and she loves us. So free pizza all around #turnup.
4. Rachel came in to visit and get her last paycheck, so it was fun killing a half hour with her.
5. Today (the 29th), I worked with my manager and a middle aged woman who is very very very very loquacious. So that was fun.
6. Rachel came in for lunch since she works at the bank in Marshall that's the exit after Turkeyville and I put her tag on the screen as "sexy beast"..... As I was finishing up her order, though, my manager came in to ring her up. Thankfully, she has a good sense of humor and thought I was funny. Fun note, it went back to the kitchen and just showed up as "sexy", so I enjoyed that a lot.
7. Right after Rachel came, a giant group we had no idea was coming came through and said they were all getting a sandwhich, pie, drink and chips and it was all going on some woman's tab. So that was fun. Especially since I was alone at the time haha.
8. I got $3 in tips, so that was nice.
9. The three worst employees were scheduled to work together tonight, so that oughtta be fun for them ha.
10. ****Most important part**** As I was getting on the off ramp I saw a semi pulled off to the side. The driver was standing next to it and looked as though he was about to enter the road. Something in the center of the off ramp. As I grow nearer, I see that it's a medium sized turtle. I straddle it and look in my rear view mirror to see another car behind me. (Fun fact: as I was getting on the on ramp this morning I had to straddle that one as well.) After that car passes the turtle I continue to look in the mirror and see the truck driver walking into the road with a stick. He then precedes to push the turtle until it's safely off the road and into the grass. A man pulled over his semi to save a turtle. Faith in humanity = restored. <3 :)
Monday, May 26, 2014
Adventures in Subtlety: Turkeyville - Post 2 (Memorial Day Weekend)
The past four days have all turned into a blur. After having Monday through Thursday off, I went back to work and worked Friday through Monday. Along with it being a holiday weekend, Turkeyville also had a flea market Saturday through Monday which brought in flocks of people. There were many things that happened this weekend, but I will only high light the important things.
On Saturday, a few interesting things happened.
1. One of my best friends at work, Emily P. - there are a lot of them - decided that we would all be sailors, for some odd reason. Emily being Captain Blaze, Morgan being First Mate Morgan, Emily H. being Deck Hand Dino, and Me being Lookout Larry. We ride the S.S. Turkey. Our boss approved. Thankfully, we temporarily stopped off at a landing and I had to walk the plank an hour before docking ship - closing.
2. Also, not important at all but kind of interesting, a boy about five years older than me and his dad - a teacher I had in 7th grade - came to Turkeyville. Fun fact, I was obsessed with him when I was in 7th and 8th grade. He called me ma'am and asked where the bathroom was. #don'tcallmema'ami'myoungerthanyou. I then ran down to the ice cream parlour to tell Emily bc she was there when I liked him. Then when we were talking he walked past and him and I made eye contact in the mirror hahaha. #sexualtension #jk
3. There was an ADORABLE Asian child.
4. Emily P. found out about my love for Asians.
5. I said "but it's cool, like, whatevs" so Emily P. and she didn't get it.
On Sunday, I was stressed to the max.
1. I was on tables the whole time I was there, so that was exhausting.
2. I was on tables with the laziest employee ever and half thought about trying to get #FireWeston trending on twitter but figured that was too much work.
3. Nothing else very interesting happened that day. Well, it was a long time ago - all of yesterday - so I don't really remember.
On Monday, I worked a five hour shift and was on drinks the whole time, so it was pretty nice.
1. Considering it's Memorial Day, there was a lot of patriotism.
2. This particular family came through that was entirely decked out in Americana. A girl in that family had flag shorts, a blue and white striped shirt, and flag sunglasses.
3. A little girl came through wearing a fluttershy shirt and took all that was within me to not laugh. I highly considered complimenting her on it, but my coworkers would be concerned by that, so I didn't.
All in all, I'm glad I have tomorrow off.
On Saturday, a few interesting things happened.
1. One of my best friends at work, Emily P. - there are a lot of them - decided that we would all be sailors, for some odd reason. Emily being Captain Blaze, Morgan being First Mate Morgan, Emily H. being Deck Hand Dino, and Me being Lookout Larry. We ride the S.S. Turkey. Our boss approved. Thankfully, we temporarily stopped off at a landing and I had to walk the plank an hour before docking ship - closing.
2. Also, not important at all but kind of interesting, a boy about five years older than me and his dad - a teacher I had in 7th grade - came to Turkeyville. Fun fact, I was obsessed with him when I was in 7th and 8th grade. He called me ma'am and asked where the bathroom was. #don'tcallmema'ami'myoungerthanyou. I then ran down to the ice cream parlour to tell Emily bc she was there when I liked him. Then when we were talking he walked past and him and I made eye contact in the mirror hahaha. #sexualtension #jk
3. There was an ADORABLE Asian child.
4. Emily P. found out about my love for Asians.
5. I said "but it's cool, like, whatevs" so Emily P. and she didn't get it.
On Sunday, I was stressed to the max.
1. I was on tables the whole time I was there, so that was exhausting.
2. I was on tables with the laziest employee ever and half thought about trying to get #FireWeston trending on twitter but figured that was too much work.
3. Nothing else very interesting happened that day. Well, it was a long time ago - all of yesterday - so I don't really remember.
On Monday, I worked a five hour shift and was on drinks the whole time, so it was pretty nice.
1. Considering it's Memorial Day, there was a lot of patriotism.
2. This particular family came through that was entirely decked out in Americana. A girl in that family had flag shorts, a blue and white striped shirt, and flag sunglasses.
3. A little girl came through wearing a fluttershy shirt and took all that was within me to not laugh. I highly considered complimenting her on it, but my coworkers would be concerned by that, so I didn't.
All in all, I'm glad I have tomorrow off.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Adventures in Subtlety: Turkeyville - Post 1
Today on Adventures in Subtlety: Turkeyville, we will explore the average day of Abby in her natural habitat of Cornwell's Turkeyville. Abby's day at work began with her arriving at the beautiful land with her cousin and sister on her sister's last day. Upon arrival, Abby realized she was on tables - which she was thankful for, considering it had the potential of being a busy day. Abby saw many of her good friends working and was excited, for she missed them very much during college, but didn't realize it until their reunion. The previous day she was on pies and it was a splendid day for young Abigail. Today was a good day, too, and filled with many adventures.
Really, only a couple of slightly interesting things happened for Abby this day. The first being the coffee incident. This is a classic example of something Abby would do as an embarrassment to herself. Now, there was supposed to be a group coming through at 6 o'clock for an open house - why someone would have to have their open house at Turkeyville is beyond me but that's beside the point - so Abby and her fellow coworkers were manning the stations, preparing for battle. Abby was checking everything, and she noticed the coffee pot was almost empty. Being the good worker that she is, she decided that another pot should be ran through. She drew back the curtain and exposed the different packages of powders and packages. She saw the green coffee packet that was labeled "decaff" and grabbed the silver package next to it. She cut open the package, poured it into the filter and went on getting drinks for customers. Soon after pulling down the handle marked "Tomlinson" and handing the second customer in a row their piping hot glass of freshly made coffee, Abby heard her manager calling her name. She looked up and was met with a confusing gaze by both her manager and her coworker at the register. The manager asked Abby if she had just made coffee. Abby responded assuredly with a yes and then a bit more tentatively when the manager pulled the shiny bag out of the trash can and asked if that was what she had used to make it. It was then that it dawned on Abby that the regular coffee was in the black bags, not silver. But what was in the silver bags? Iced tea. To make matters worse for Abby and the customer was the fact that there was still some coffee left in the pot, so instead of serving her customer a smooth glass of joe, she'd served him a vile concoction of old, bitter coffee and hot iced tea - a contradiction, I know. Now, poor Abby was just about flooded with shame and remorse for what the customer must have tasted. Black coffee and iced tea are terrible on their own, so combined it must taste like Satan in a cup, she thought as she quickly hurried into first to get the customer a cup of 100% regular coffee. After a profuse amount of apologies to both the customer and her manager, Abby forced herself just to laugh off her mistake and carry on with her day.
Later on, after everything had calmed and the fabulous employees were winding things down, Abby happened to overhear a couple of employees discussing different names for each other. Each of the guys in the kitchen decided they needed a feminine version of their own name - Abby's favorite being Rihanna. While this was going on, one of the kitchen guys was telling a restaurant worker that her stripper name would be Cinnamon. Now, Abby found this very funny, but couldn't tell her coworkers why, so she just chuckled to herself and thought about how badly she wanted to tell her friends.
The day of work ended with Abby's parents arriving to pick her up - since she rode with her sister and her sister was leaving for a location other than home. Although the day of work was done, the largest act of subtlety had yet to ensue. However, this didn't come from Abby, but from her dad. After coming outside, Abby's dad happened to notice a large white pickup truck sitting directly adjacent to Abby's sister's navy blue Malibu. In this truck sat a figure of a man. Now, clearly, this was not how it should be. This white pickup must be there for unsavory intentions. Why else would it be sitting in the employee parking lot next to the only other car there? Aside from them being there to pick up an employee, because obviously that couldn't have been the case. Being the sly guy that Abby's dad is, he decided to sit in his car until his daughter left on the off chance the white pickup may be there to follow them and kill them. Unfortunately for an exhausted Abby, her sister didn't happen to leave for a good five minutes after entering her car. The second the Malibu was put into drive, so was the white Oldsmobile that Abby's parents had taken as a mode of transportation to pick her up. Also soon after the Malibu was put into drive, the mysterious pickup next to it followed suit. However, instead of following Abby's sister and cousin, the truck instead pulled up into the front of the parking to - low and behold - pick up an employee. Shocking! Abby brushed off her dad's paranoia and was happy to leave her place of employment - for now.
This concludes today's Adventures in Subtlety: Turkeyville. Stay tuned for more!
Really, only a couple of slightly interesting things happened for Abby this day. The first being the coffee incident. This is a classic example of something Abby would do as an embarrassment to herself. Now, there was supposed to be a group coming through at 6 o'clock for an open house - why someone would have to have their open house at Turkeyville is beyond me but that's beside the point - so Abby and her fellow coworkers were manning the stations, preparing for battle. Abby was checking everything, and she noticed the coffee pot was almost empty. Being the good worker that she is, she decided that another pot should be ran through. She drew back the curtain and exposed the different packages of powders and packages. She saw the green coffee packet that was labeled "decaff" and grabbed the silver package next to it. She cut open the package, poured it into the filter and went on getting drinks for customers. Soon after pulling down the handle marked "Tomlinson" and handing the second customer in a row their piping hot glass of freshly made coffee, Abby heard her manager calling her name. She looked up and was met with a confusing gaze by both her manager and her coworker at the register. The manager asked Abby if she had just made coffee. Abby responded assuredly with a yes and then a bit more tentatively when the manager pulled the shiny bag out of the trash can and asked if that was what she had used to make it. It was then that it dawned on Abby that the regular coffee was in the black bags, not silver. But what was in the silver bags? Iced tea. To make matters worse for Abby and the customer was the fact that there was still some coffee left in the pot, so instead of serving her customer a smooth glass of joe, she'd served him a vile concoction of old, bitter coffee and hot iced tea - a contradiction, I know. Now, poor Abby was just about flooded with shame and remorse for what the customer must have tasted. Black coffee and iced tea are terrible on their own, so combined it must taste like Satan in a cup, she thought as she quickly hurried into first to get the customer a cup of 100% regular coffee. After a profuse amount of apologies to both the customer and her manager, Abby forced herself just to laugh off her mistake and carry on with her day.
Later on, after everything had calmed and the fabulous employees were winding things down, Abby happened to overhear a couple of employees discussing different names for each other. Each of the guys in the kitchen decided they needed a feminine version of their own name - Abby's favorite being Rihanna. While this was going on, one of the kitchen guys was telling a restaurant worker that her stripper name would be Cinnamon. Now, Abby found this very funny, but couldn't tell her coworkers why, so she just chuckled to herself and thought about how badly she wanted to tell her friends.
The day of work ended with Abby's parents arriving to pick her up - since she rode with her sister and her sister was leaving for a location other than home. Although the day of work was done, the largest act of subtlety had yet to ensue. However, this didn't come from Abby, but from her dad. After coming outside, Abby's dad happened to notice a large white pickup truck sitting directly adjacent to Abby's sister's navy blue Malibu. In this truck sat a figure of a man. Now, clearly, this was not how it should be. This white pickup must be there for unsavory intentions. Why else would it be sitting in the employee parking lot next to the only other car there? Aside from them being there to pick up an employee, because obviously that couldn't have been the case. Being the sly guy that Abby's dad is, he decided to sit in his car until his daughter left on the off chance the white pickup may be there to follow them and kill them. Unfortunately for an exhausted Abby, her sister didn't happen to leave for a good five minutes after entering her car. The second the Malibu was put into drive, so was the white Oldsmobile that Abby's parents had taken as a mode of transportation to pick her up. Also soon after the Malibu was put into drive, the mysterious pickup next to it followed suit. However, instead of following Abby's sister and cousin, the truck instead pulled up into the front of the parking to - low and behold - pick up an employee. Shocking! Abby brushed off her dad's paranoia and was happy to leave her place of employment - for now.
This concludes today's Adventures in Subtlety: Turkeyville. Stay tuned for more!
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