So, There's Been A Break In Posts

I've been quite busy lately, thus no new posts. I have a side job and that job is doing tech support for a local Subway restaurant franchisee. I also do some accounting (profit & loss statements, checkbook balancing, just basic stuff). It's actually grown into more of than just a side job since this franchisee now has 16 restaurants.

The good news...this franchisee also owns my grocery store. So it allows me more flexibility.

During the past week I have been setting up registers and a network for two new Subway locations inside Cedar Point amusement park. These restaurants will be out of control once the park opens this weekend. So there is an even greater need to make sure everything is running at an optimal level.

Because I have to be able to get in the park at a moments notice, I was given a free pass. Yeah, I know...AWESOME! But, the ordeal in getting this pass was ridiculous. Now on with the story.

I've been sick for a while, and I started a new medication Sunday night. This medication kept me awake ALL night. I finally fell asleep around 4am. I had to get up at 6am to be at Cedar Point by 8am. I arrive at 8am and go to Human Resources to process in for my pass. Little did I know this was also the last day for ALL Cedar Point employees to process in. The result was a huge line.

I realized at 8:30am I was not going to be processed before 9am. At 9am I had to go to an orientation on park policies. This lasted until 10am. I got back in line to process and stood there FOR 4 HOURS!!!! I finally get to the counter, fill out the paperwork, and get ready for my ID when I was told I couldn't get my ID until I shave. Everyone who works in the park has to be clean shaven, with the exception of a mustache. I had shaved that morning, but stood in line so long I had stubble.

So now I had to drive 30 minutes home, shave, then drive 30 minutes back. As I am sure you can relate, I was extremely salty. Had I known at the beginning of the day I would have to go through all this, I would've paid the $109 and skipped the hassle.

So I go back,  I don't have to wait in line again, I am able to go through a different door for ID's.I walk up to the counter, tell the lady I'm there to get my ID. She has me write my name on a pad of paper so they can pull my file. A few minutes later this older woman comes up behind the counter to assist. She has this look of bewilderment on her face and I'm not entirely sure she wasn't an alien.

Another person had the same issue as I, and stated he too, needed an ID. This alien woman rips off the sheet of paper with my name, crumples it up, and throws it away. My first thought was to jump over the counter at her, but then I thought, maybe she read it and will go pull my file.

I should've went with option 1. I wait, and wait, and wait. Finally, I tell the other lady that the alien lady threw my name in the garbage. She apologized and had me write my name down again. Fifteen minutes later, the ID printer breaks down. It's now 4:45pm, I had been waiting since 8am. It was in everyone's best interest that I left immediately.

I now understand why people go into places and shoot them up.

Tuesday I had to go back to Cedar Point to do some reprogramming. After I was done, I decided to attempt to get my ID again. This time, there was a whole five people waiting in line, I got my ID in 5 minutes, walked back into the park to food services to get the form for my parking pass, went out to the parking lot to get my pass and was done. The whole process took me 30 minutes, compared to the 8 hours 45 minutes the previous day.

I was there today, and will probably have to go back out Thursday. Then I'm done. Hopefully; I will never have to go back.