THE Orientation

Yes, that is supposed to be all caps. :O

I went to my McDonald's job orientation yesterday.

And yes, it did mean I got the job, because they said that was our first day,

and we got payed. We watched these really funny interactive cartoon videos on

hospitality and food safety. hehe.And we read, signed and dated a lot of

paperwork. We also just sat at the table talking to each

other, or just "exploring with our eyes",

as one guy put it. We were all wondering when we were

going to actually learn how to do the stuff we were hired to do. Oh, and

during the hospitality video and while we were reading through this book on how to

treat customers, and deal with complaints, and look for 'golden moments',

it was kind of funny to me, cuz i kept thinking of McDonald's

in Romania. And how the lady orienting

us would shudder at the lack of "Listen, Apologize..."and so

on, not to mention smiles and immecable quality of service. but anyway.

We received our McDonald's hats, which can also unzip so that instead of a baseball

cap, it's a visor. Which is cool. I should try wearing JUST the top part one

day. :D hehe. It looks like a jewish cap. I also got my tie, and

got to order my shoes, which they'll buy

for us. Cuz they have to be black, and have traction or some-

thing. They also are going to buy us our shirts. I got a "welcome aboard" pin,

too. :) AND my nametag, which is all official and magnetic. :D Yah. it'spretty exciting.

I'm supposed to call my manager today somtime after three-o'clock. That's

when we'll talk about what my schedule is going to be. I expect

that i'll get actually really trained in what

I'm going to do once i actually know what that is. makes sense.

Welllll, what else is happening? oh well, sinch my mom's gone, and my dad

and brother are going to a cabin with cam's friend and his dad, Emily and I will be the

only one's home this weekend. Basically from today at three-ish till Sunday

afternoon. And yah, we'll have a car, but it's a slight problem that

Emily doesn't take her driver's test till June 28.