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| What a way to run a railroad... |
| 07.24.06 (12:24 am) [edit] |
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or a movie theatre...
Jeremy called at the request of the theatre's General Manager two hours before I had to come in. First off, there was absolutely no where to park and all of the usual garage entrances were blocked. I quickly ended up across the street at Tower Records. I couldn't help wondering what it says about our society that when it's hot and the power is out, everyone runs to where else but, the mall. When I got there, I took my post at the "satallite" (little mini side snack bar) it was totally busy, with long lines that had been consistently long for over 2 hours. We couldn't make popcorn fast enough because we kept running out (it was totally bullshit, jeremy wants me to write. It was, but anyway). One lady came up and was paying in mostly change, realized she couldn't afford a big popcorn, had to get the next size down which brought business to a complete halt and the customers loved that! "Are you still in business or what?" "I've missed the first 10 minutes of my movie!" Then something happened, rumor has it a transformer exploded, which might have caught a car on fire? But there was definetely an explosion. I didn't see it. Apparently, the evacuated almost the entire mall before they evacuated the theatre (niiiiice!) So then we had to evacuate people which of course went over really well as one might imagine. I cleared out the arcade. These guys on the DDR (looked a little...not stoned...) when I had to clear them out tried to say I was the one that planted the bomb to which I said "probably" since I, and everyone else had plenty of motivation to want to blow the place up. Then once everyone was out, we started cleaning hurriedly under the impression that any minute police were going to come and say, "You guys have got to go now!" And strangely, that never happened. Every other customer, and mall employee can leave, but not us. The theatre was almost completely shut down. We kept getting more and more clues, freeways being shut down, PG&E not being able to come examine the problem until after they took care of a problem in San Francisco, it seemed highly unlikely we were going to reopen. That's what I get for getting my hopes up. They decided at 7:00 or so they would reopen by 7:45. I was not happy. I don't think anyone was. After all the effort to shut down the same fucked up corporate powers who create the business model wherein they don't actually schedule people, but call them in at the absolute last minute and can't predict a big movie from a little one, decided to reopen! We didn't open up entirely. And we were only moderately busy when we did open. Then I was about to take my break, and I slipped and fell on a wet floor, hurt my tailbone, and later my right shoulder and side. That was very painful. As it was getting more towards the end of my shift, the power went out at which time after all that happened it just seemed pathetically funny. Mall security tried to get us to evacuate. But I guess they got whatever the problem was figured out because we didn't evacuate. (Not even explosions can stop us!) Then I got my second break, and 5 minutes after coming back from that I was off. So it made for quite a night. Lately, I find I tell myself out loud, "This is only temporary, better times are ahead." Jeremy's scaring me! It's probably good to just keep reminding myself that things are going to get better sooner than later. I really really hope that Nob Hill is much more organized than Century. I guess Century is organized but to the extent that their system of organization is to appear disorganized to the common onlooker. Current Mood:  tired
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posted by: dre (reply)
post date: 07.24.06 (7:01 am)
exciting!!! hmm, this heat has got to go!!!
Something else will go here soon KSJS Radio Promotion
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