The Good the Bad and the Cheap at Cinemark

As my 3 week expedition down under draws nearer and nearer, I'm finding it harder and harder to be at work. I know...nobody like a spoiled complainer. Trust me I know. However, tonight as I sat alone in box office while my best friend Raeane enjoyed her break, I couldn't help but contemplate the things I will NOT miss about Cinemark for the next 3 weeks, and seeing as no manager follows my blog, I feel at liberty to express the top 10:

1. Upselling. Nobody enjoys this interaction between customer and employee except for the crazy Cinemark execs. The customers just get annoyed, and we feel stupid doing it...and sometimes guilty when we upsell to the already large--excuse me--calorically challenged customers. We should be downselling these individuals for their own good.
2. Customers who seem to believe (while somewhat flattering) that I am all knowing and have the power to read their minds. This is an erroneous assumption, one that makes my life difficult in countless ways. I think people have just forgotten how to communicate all together (thank you internet).
3. Smelling like popcorn ALL the time, and having dreams about it when I'm too lazy to shower before bed.
4. The spotty mics in box office that require me to be both a mind and lip reader. "I'm sorry sir could you please repeat that?" "No...I'm sorry could you please repeat that into the mic?" "Sir, the mic is not up in the marquee nor in your date's cleavage..." "Sir, if you don't speak up, you will be getting Monte Carlo tickets--no refunds or exchanges allowed."
5. Self-serve. For those of you I work with, these needs no explanation. I mean really whoever thought that this set up was a good idea has clearly not observed humans for very long. People just don't know how to handle the stress of filing up their own drink with so many flavors and cups to choose from. It never ceases to be messy, and is always a burden.
   
   

   

   This is self seve on any given day...bane of my existence.

6. Customers who complain about prices. Do I feel bad that Cinemark is robbing you? Yes, but don't complain to me at the register when all the while you could have looked up and added up the total in your head, and the fact that you now owe $40,000 would not be such a shock. Also, I don't make the prices. I just deal with idiots like you. Sorry.
7. In relation to #6 comes this lovely bit known as douchey customers. "Sir, I'm sorry that you are embarrassed that you couldn't read the clearly marked label that reads LARGE ICEE CUP, and I'm sure you probably had a bad day at work, and your girlfriend dumped you, but I do not get paid enough to deal with your crazy, so please just pay and leave. Also, I am downsizing you because you are fat and do not need that much soda. Enjoy your show!"
8. People who talk on their phones while trying to make a purchase at the same time. It makes me feel unimportant, and lowers my self esteem.
9. The commercials that play on an endless 15 minute loop, including, but not limited to, some of the most annoying songs ever devised by man that will stay in your head for the rest of eternity.
10. My CRAZY general manager who did not, until about 7 months ago, officially know my name, who cares only about his audit score and nothing else, and who loves buying cheap crap that breaks which forces him to buy new crap only a few weeks later...

On a more positive note, I work with some pretty freaking awesome people who are the only reason I don't stick my head in the pizza oven each and every day...thanks to those of you who keep me alive and sane. You are all fabulous. One day we will all find new jobs that appreciate us and have NOTHING to do with popcorn.

Oh, I have sooo been there penguins.

Fathers Day

10 Things I love about my dad:

1. He is the only other person I know who loves BYU football as much as I do...probably because he made me that way.

2. I can tell him anything.

3. He has a strong sense of integrity and exemplifies to me a worthy Preisthood holder.

4. He still plays with his food.

5. He's always taught me how to work hard and appreciate the things I have by making me work for them.

6. He's letting me go to Australia in 2 1/2 weeks.

7. Being a very funny man, his jokes are usually

pretty good, but even when they're not, he tells them with no hesitation or shame.

8. He counsels me on important decisions in my life, but is always supportive of what I choose.

9. He's one of the hardest working people I know with 2 jobs (sometimes 3 or 4 if you include callings), and he often cooks and does the laundry in the house.

10. He makes fun of me ALL the time, which I know means that he loves me.

Happy Father's Day Dad! And please forgive me for posting these pictures :P

ABORT

So....remember that one time when I told you that Prison Break was the greatest thing ever?? If you took my advice and began watching it, I'm sorry to say that you are stuck. For those of you who have not because you have lives and better things to do...you should perhaps reconsider my advice. Just finished the series and um...either don't watch it at all, or refrain from watching the last 10 minutes or so. That is all. Goodbye.

I am in love...

with Michael Scofield. If you're wondering where I have been the last little bit, it would be safe to bet that I've been in front of my television screen succumbing to my latest obsession.

This one time my manager said to me: lately the only interaction me and my boyfriend have is when I come home and we watch Prison Break together.

Says I to said manager: Oh I remember when that show was on, I never got into it. It really didn't interest me very much (oh how the tides have changed.)

Let's just say this: PRISON BREAK IS AMAZING. The end. I have watched two and a half seasons in the last two and a half weeks. Are there better things I could be doing with my time? Absolutely. To name a few: Homework, cleaning my room, scholarship searching, job searching, or social interaction. But, no. Instead, I have chosen to have a love affair with the dangerous and brilliant men who are nothing short of gorgeous.

Now as this all sounds amazing, let me just warn you. If you begin watching this show, you WILL be up at odd hours of the night thinking that you can just squeeze in one more episode. Suddenly, the sun will rise, and you will be confused, but will continue to watch until your eyes or your brain falls out. And you will then think...totally worth it.