For months you struggle to find your place within a new company only to find that thanks to the idiot you replaced your boss has lost all faith in humanity and has no interest in letting you learn anything but the bare minimum. And just becuase it’s a temporary contract you’re even less likely to be trusted with anything other than just enough for you to do your job. You’ll be assumed to be an idiot unless by some miracle you can prove otherwise and everyone will explain to you every little thing you need to do whether you know it or not. The only escape is death…. or another job I suppose….
Day after day, thousands of twatty penniless kids descend on the cinemas of the world and lock themselves in an endless battle with staff and security. Where I work there are two weak points- the two exit doors on each side.
Every screen hopper goes through the same stages before attempting to sneak in: Standing innocently beside the games machines, picking up a listings leaflet, going to the toilet, checking out both doors, standing and looking over the railings at the stairs and finally trying to sneak in.
Tips for sneaking into the cinema:
1. Come when it’s busy and not when you’re the only people in the foyer.
2. Buy popcorn… or anything for that matter
3. Don’t dress like a market stall threw up on you
I get obsessed with stuff fairly easily, and my friend Dave gave me this handy guide so save me from myself if it became necessary:
5 is no obvious obsession, 4 is stirrings of obsession but nothing to worry about, 3 is high likely hood of major obsession but possibly avoidable. 2 is either good major obsession or unavoidable bad major obsession, 1 is bad major obsession where you may kill if distracted from obsession.
Today I spent the whole day popping popcorn in the closed concessions counter which was very clearly closed. There was a closed sign and a barrier the whole way round the counter, yet people still crawled under it to come as ask if it was open! It’s amusing that people think we would make them go to so much effort to buy some popcorn!
People are nice though! A woman said I made her day just because I helped her out on the phone! Plus, the manager asked me for advice about food and drink deals! How fun?
When Star Wars was released four people were on to closing time in one concessions counter on a friday night after 2 hours with minimal customers and we were still getting out of work half an hour later than normal. Now, 3 years on from Star Wars there is a new owner, new managers, new closing procedures and an extra concessions counter. This is why I’m so angry about the fact that last night I closed a concessions counter on my own on the first Tuesday of the Dark Knight when nearly every screen sold out. As well as that, there was one girl closing the other counter while two guys cleared the crap out of 12 screens on their own. Shockingly enough it took us 2 and a half hours longer than it should have! The new manager is generally fantastic (like the polar opposite of our ex-manager!) but when it comes to making a rota, she really hasn’t a clue what she’s doing. Tuesday night is now the busiest night of the week and the morning after there were twice as many staff and less than 1% of the customers. It’s so unnecessary and it adds so much stress to the job. The company won’t lose any extra money because we’d be finished in half the time and we’d be happier to start with!
On the plus side, new hot guy in work! Yay
Blog Posts | Vicki | 
09/02/2009 2:50 pm | 
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