Well dang, that was fast! One day I am working in hospitality thinking I'm going to be there for a while, and the next day I'm in dining room. The day before yesterday I was handed a transfer sheet and told that Mary Lou, my new boss, needed to sign it. Then I find out later that day that I start in the dining room at 6am the next day.
So, yesterday was my first day! It went well. The job is very different. It is pretty labor intensive at times. I have learned how to make the coffee, drinks, put out spreads, use the bread slicer machine, and use the dish washers.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
I am so bad at this. Blogging. You all obviously have realized this by now. I am very sorry. I have now been on the ship for 2 months and 5 days. Christmas has passed, my family and Will came to the ship to visit and left, my 20th birthday has come and gone, and our time in Tenerife is coming to a close. We are sailing to Togo, West Africa on Sunday, Jan. 31st. Less than a week now!
After we arrived to Tenerife about a month ago many of the crew members left for holiday, so the ship crew was much smaller than usual. Also, work was much more difficult. Because the head hostess in hospitality left for her holiday, I took her place for about a month. It wasn't too difficult until Kathy went on vacation too, and then I was supposed to be in charge. Not really "in charge" though, because the other hostesses don't need to be told what to do, but when other crew members from other departments had questions or problems they would walk into the office, look at me in confusion and ask where Kathy was, then when hearing she was on holiday would inquire who was taking her place in hospitality, I would smile/grimace and say, "Me?". I think they were usually pretty disappointed, but I answered their questions as west I could. :-) I tried. I was very very glad when Kathy, my wonderful boss, returned.
Now that Roses and Kathy are both here again, and I have my new team that I love very much, things are going very well. The hospitality team had an almost complete turnover after we got to Tenerife. Four of the team left, so it was just me, Lyndsay, and Kathy for awhile. But we got three new wonderful and sweet girls on the team. I am so happy with the team! Unfortunately, my time in that team may not be long. Because of my allergies to teh chemicals in the cleaners, I am not very useful. It's been decided that it would just be better overall, for my health and for the team, that I be transferred to another department. That was decided about a month ago and nothing has come of it yet because of transferring complications, but we shall see.
So there we go. That is my update to you on work for now. I could say much more, but I don't want to overwhelm you with information. I don't blog very often and then when I do the blog is like seven pages long. Not good. Hopefully I can piece it up a bit for you guys.
After we arrived to Tenerife about a month ago many of the crew members left for holiday, so the ship crew was much smaller than usual. Also, work was much more difficult. Because the head hostess in hospitality left for her holiday, I took her place for about a month. It wasn't too difficult until Kathy went on vacation too, and then I was supposed to be in charge. Not really "in charge" though, because the other hostesses don't need to be told what to do, but when other crew members from other departments had questions or problems they would walk into the office, look at me in confusion and ask where Kathy was, then when hearing she was on holiday would inquire who was taking her place in hospitality, I would smile/grimace and say, "Me?". I think they were usually pretty disappointed, but I answered their questions as west I could. :-) I tried. I was very very glad when Kathy, my wonderful boss, returned.
Now that Roses and Kathy are both here again, and I have my new team that I love very much, things are going very well. The hospitality team had an almost complete turnover after we got to Tenerife. Four of the team left, so it was just me, Lyndsay, and Kathy for awhile. But we got three new wonderful and sweet girls on the team. I am so happy with the team! Unfortunately, my time in that team may not be long. Because of my allergies to teh chemicals in the cleaners, I am not very useful. It's been decided that it would just be better overall, for my health and for the team, that I be transferred to another department. That was decided about a month ago and nothing has come of it yet because of transferring complications, but we shall see.
So there we go. That is my update to you on work for now. I could say much more, but I don't want to overwhelm you with information. I don't blog very often and then when I do the blog is like seven pages long. Not good. Hopefully I can piece it up a bit for you guys.
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