Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Slaving Away


So today was my first day working at Sunset Market Ranch in the Disney-MGM Studios. I started off the day by meeting my trainer for the day, Maria, and working the condiment bar. This is one of the most chill jobs at my workplace. It basically involves checking the condiment bars (there are two of them) and making sure they are stocked, and if they are not, then you stock them. Plus you get to interact with guests a lot more, which I like. I spent the rest of my day in Rosies serving up hamburgers and french fries. It's also not too bad of a place to work, time goes by really quick and you don't have to do much. I do, however, feel like I am the master of fast food at this point. Since I have pretty much mastered the system of quick service food and beverage distribution.
Tomorrow I start off my day with two hours of online classes, so I shouldn't really be doing too much. Plus, I spend the second half of my day at Taluca Turkey Legs, which my roomate Randy says is the easiest job in the world. Tomorrow night is extra magic hours at Disney-MGM Studios, which means we stay open an extra three hours until 10PM, so hopefully it's only the rides and not the food places. Even if it is, though, I get off work at 9PM, so I won't have to stay the whole time.
One thing that really irked me today, though, was the bus ride home from work. A couple of fellow Disney College Program cast members were talking about other cast members in the entertainment division and their sexuality. Apparently one of these two cast members who were talking on the bus had some good insight into the entertainment division and decided that many of the performers were homosexuals. It didn't stop with the frivolous labeling either. The two continued to use traditional homosexual stereotypes to mock these cast members in the entertainment division, and it really irked me. Now don't get me wrong. I don't blame any of this on Disney. I think they do a pretty decent job of encouraging diversity and tolerance both in the workplace and in the parks. For instance, I worked with people from pretty much all corners of the globe and two deaf people today. That hasn't happened to me EVER. I just wish that people would get their heads out of the sand and learn that sexuality is not something that we should consider when we consider a person's worth.

1 comment:

Peach Tea said...

lookin' good! those clothes are quite fantastic.

ps. there is supposed to be a seige on the marvin mall soon, come help defend!