This was a long weekend for me. Not one of those wonderful three day affairs I used to dream about in high school, but rather one of those draining monstrosities which leaves you yearning for Monday to roll around.
Friday night I lost track of time and ended up playing LoL with friends until... 2am? 3am? Some ungodly hour of the morning. Then I woke up at 5:49am because I was antsy and didn't bother trying to go back to sleep because I needed to head over to the dining hall so I could shadow a current supervisor during the opening shift. I actually learned a few things and the extra hours will be a nice little bonus on my next paycheck. Towards the end of that shift, I noticed one of my friends had put his shifts on the sublist, and no one had claimed them. So instead of letting him get a call-no-show, I picked up his shifts...
When I eventually got back to my room sometime after 1pm, I was wired from too much tea and didn't feel like taking a nap. That would have been entirely too sane. Instead I 'studied' for my organic chemistry lab final. That is to say I stared sedately at old post-labs and probably ended up reading the same paragraph upwards of fifty times before I realized I needed to turn the page.
Saturday evening was my fraternity's formal. A mostly classy shindig which I was quite looking forward to. Now, I don't drink. I can't even stand the taste. But other people do, and drunk people tell the most entertaining stories. *evil grin* Of course, to kick off the night I got a phone call from my manager. He wanted to know if I could come in early on Sunday and open the dinning hall again. Argh.
I said yes, and arranged to pick up the keys from him upon my return, resigning myself to another near-sleepless night. What was I supposed to do? Say no? Heh, the thought passed through my mind, however I am but a fledgling supervisor and I feel the need to prove myself. Even if it means pretending not to be a zombie for a few more days.
The formal was... not a complete fiasco, as part of me wishes to call it, however the formal committee really dropped the ball. There wasn't enough seating, they picked an unreliable DJ (he canceled five hours before the event), they didn't have a clue what happened to the formal gifts, and the list goes on. BUT! Everyone still had fun, and since that's what counts, all was well. Due to an issue* with the taxi service, I didn't manage to get back to campus and pick up the keys until about 1:30am, by which time I was utterly knackered.
My phone also picked Sunday morning to start acting up. Again. My alarm didn't go off until I picked up my phone to check the time. Then it started blasting. Three minutes late. It's a good thing I can't sleep for more than a few hours in a row, otherwise I might have actually slept in. Hehehehehe... What a debacle that would have been. One of the more popular dining halls on campus, locked up tight right through breakfast. Not that anyone actually came to breakfast. I think we might have gotten three or four customers before 10:45am. That shift, my first time opening solo, (and actually only my second time opening) really reminded me why it's a good idea to be on excellent terms with all the commercial employees. I forgot to do a couple things in my haste, and unbeknownst to me the cook had gone through and fixed my 'mistakes'. She pointed them out to me later, once we had finished opening, gently reminding me that I need to turn on the Sbarro oven and I need to close the heating wells. Otherwise they don't fill and all the water just flushes out.
/facepalm
Needless to say, I was embarrassed and quite thankful. I will also never forget again. I do not make the same mistake twice. -_-
*We had arranged for a round trip service from taxi company. Pick ups at 7:40 and 11:30. When 11:30 rolled around and no taxis showed up, we called them. Apparently they had a two hour delay. TWO HOURS. So we said 'screw this' and arranged alternate means of transportation back to campus. Me being me though, I was the last person from our group to leave the building. One of the other guys and I made sure that everyone else had a way to get home before we ourselves left.
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