Um...I didn't Sign Up for This

[Hobbs]

Okay, so this is mainly an AFROTC story, but with a bonus story from today.

You're welcome


Ushering

Okay, so I volunteered to usher one of my uni's graduations this weekend. First mistake was signing up for the one where I had to be there @ 7 am. Second was seeing Star Trek the night before @ the 10:20 showing. Anyway, so I'm tired, in full service dress, tie and all...and we're short 3 ppl. Great, thanks guys.

So I end up on one end of the gym, with my other partner in crime, Cadet J on the other side. Our job; keep people from leaning/standing at the rails. They can take one picture, or if they have a camcorder, 20-30 seconds to film. I don't make the rules, I just enforce them.

The processional begins and the rail is friggin' MOBBED. I mean, literally dozens glue themselves to the rail. I'm out there immediately, stopping every foot to tell some other person, "Please return to your seat." I go down the whole railway and the uni-cop is there, telling me the same instructions, "You gotta keep 'em off the rail." Looking back, I see that the people I shooed away were replaced by more. Grrrr

What makes it worse is that, prior to the ceremony beginning, I addressed each section with the same address;

"Excuse me ladies and gentlemen. Once the ceremony begins, you will not be allowed to stand at the rails. You may take one picture, or if you have a camcorder, 20-30 seconds. After that, you will be asked to take your seat. Thank you."

Then there was the doodle-twit who misinterpreted me.

me: Sir, please return to your seat.
sc: (with still camera) I've got my 20-30 seconds, though.
me: (erm...no, no you don't)

Oh, and one guy that just grr...

me: sir, please return to your seat
sc: ok, i'm going...you gonna ask them (points to random couple)
me: yes, sir (they were at the rail, so i had to anyway) *says spiel*
sc: and them? (another random couple)
me: (wtf? get backin your seat already, douche!) yes, sir *says spiel*
sc: and them too?
me: (if you tell me one more time...) yes, sir.

All in all, I hate the families of my former classmates


Buh-bye

So, I was working CS today, and my CW, S, was working the adjacent cs-line with me to kill the line. Her customer got into a hissy over something really trivial about our return system (really, it's how the system's set up...sometimes it has weird ways). Lady begins to mutter about calling corporate and blah blah.

SC: Where's the number?!
S: It's on the back of the receipt ma'am.
SC: Don't be a smart-ass w/ me. (walks off, muttering about calling corporate)
me: (gets a little thought as she heads out the door)
(super-cheery) Buh-bye ma'am. Have a nice day! (as she is about to cross from the sidewalk to parking lot, I cup my hands around my mouth) HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

[Bramblerose]

I hate graduation. the EWs tend to be out in force to ruin what wasn't ruined by the speakers.

[dalesys]

... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

Nah, correct pronunciation would be: "HAPPY MUTHA'S DAY!"

[karma_gypsy]

Our job; keep people from leaning/standing at the rails.

This just pisses me off to no end ...

Completely Off-Topic

When we went to see the demolition derby last year at the fair, my family and I arrived super early to get front row seats (general admission for everyone). We waited probably an hour and a half on those stupid hard benches through a horrible remix CD that only had three songs on it that they kept playing over the PA system.

ANYWAY, after yelling at a few kids not to sit on the rail, near the rail, under the rail (where they dangle their legs over the edge) etc. we had a mostly enjoyable time. UNTIL, the fun part - where it's a free for all and all the cars go after each other. That's when this HUGE family decided to come and watch the derby, almost two hours after it started, so of course there were no seats left , so they decided to stay where? At the damn railing right in front of us. So, basically we missed the best part. We were yelling at them to find a seat, sit down, get out of the way, even the people behind us were getting pissed. The family just stood there and gave us dirty looks and continued to watch the derby inhibited.

Sad thing was, was there were volunteers to make sure this didn't happen. The volunteers were present at the beginning of the derby, but once it started, they were no where to be found.

We're not going back this year ....



Sorry for the threadjack ... but really, it seems like a lot of people don't have consideration for others when it comes to big events like this.

[ottid]

Then there was the doodle-twit who misinterpreted me.

me: Sir, please return to your seat.
sc: (with still camera) I've got my 20-30 seconds, though.
me: (erm...no, no you don't)

Are you positive it was a still camera, ie with film? They may have had a digital and took one photo and were in the process of filming it as well? Just a thought, but they weren't very nice about it by the sounds of it.

[Hobbs]

Are you positive it was a still camera, ie with film? They may have had a digital and took one photo and were in the process of filming it as well? Just a thought, but they weren't very nice about it by the sounds of it.

i saw the flash.

[ottid]

But my digital camera also has a flash, and takes bursts of film footage. I could be wrong, and I am sorry if I am, but she could have switched between the two functions.

[Hobbs]

But my digital camera also has a flash, and takes bursts of film footage. I could be wrong, and I am sorry if I am, but she could have switched between the two functions.

Whatever the case was, I had said, "Return to your seat."

I DO NOT make polite suggestions.

[Ben_Who]

Voice of authority: All witnesses must remain standing during the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Set the WABAC Machine to 1983. The Changing of the Guard has begun. A tourist drops to one knee, presumably to get a better photo, though I'm not sure why the same shot two feet lower would have been more impressive.

One of the guards snaps, without moving a single muscle more than necessary, "It was requested that everyone REMAIN! STANDING!"

Zoop. The guy was on his feet so fast you would have thought the ground was on fire. He didn't even raise his camera for the rest of it. Half the crowd snapped to attention at once. The rest were a combination of and . Even I went "Eep," though I was at the back of the crowd and hadn't done anything.

Gotta respect the uniform.

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