Today is likely to be a REALLY long day. I have a normal lunch shift at work, then we have a special event at work tonight. Someone is hosting a party for"400 of his closest friends" at the club...with a 1950's theme, so I get to tend bar wearing a poodle skirt.
Actually, the party sounds fun...but considering that the host scheduled the party to be the night of the full moon (a Blue moon), outside, to be able to have people see the sunset and the moon come up...I expect this to run late. When I asked my boss how late he expected it to run, he'd said "oh, not that late". Yeah. Sure.
I started questioning how late this party was going to run when I first heard about it.
The restaurant usually closes at 8pm. A "late" night at work is getting out at 11pm after cleaning up.
It's not dark yet at 8pm. The sunset has been happening at around 7:30, so it's not full dark until after 10...and I'm not really expecting the guy hosting the party to be shutting down the bar(s) until there has been a good viewing of the moon. Then we'll have clean-up.
Definitely going to be a late night...
...but I'm actually looking forward to it.
We had a couple days last week where we had one or more events going at the club, and one of the days, toward the end of one of the events, when we were about to start cleaning up to set for the next one (actually, I think that's when we had less than an hour to clean up from an event and set for dinner), the bartender looked at me and said "how are you always smiling?"
The question actually made me giggle inside a bit. The answer I gave her was "practice"...but I think that's only part of it.
I like working events. I like working at the club, most of the time. I can honestly say I'm smiling because I'm having fun.
I also smile, though, when things go wrong. Oh, not always...but little things...or at least things without emotional impact...I'll smile at them. When things go wonky at work, or with the house or car, I've gotten to the point that my first reaction is to smile. The more the problem grows, the bigger the smile gets. It seems like an odd response...but it seems to work, at least for a while.
Conditioned responses are wonderful, sometimes.
Amusement is a better emotional reaction to share than frustration or pissy-ness. It confuses people, sometimes, but it doesn't eat away at me like the more negative emotions would. No, I can't always do it, but when I can, it does make life easier. It goes along with the idea of "don't sweat the small stuff."
Attitudes are contagious. I'd rather spread one that I'd want to receive.
So...while I may be exhausted by the end of the night, chances are, I'll still be smiling.
Actually, the party sounds fun...but considering that the host scheduled the party to be the night of the full moon (a Blue moon), outside, to be able to have people see the sunset and the moon come up...I expect this to run late. When I asked my boss how late he expected it to run, he'd said "oh, not that late". Yeah. Sure.
I started questioning how late this party was going to run when I first heard about it.
The restaurant usually closes at 8pm. A "late" night at work is getting out at 11pm after cleaning up.
It's not dark yet at 8pm. The sunset has been happening at around 7:30, so it's not full dark until after 10...and I'm not really expecting the guy hosting the party to be shutting down the bar(s) until there has been a good viewing of the moon. Then we'll have clean-up.
Definitely going to be a late night...
...but I'm actually looking forward to it.
We had a couple days last week where we had one or more events going at the club, and one of the days, toward the end of one of the events, when we were about to start cleaning up to set for the next one (actually, I think that's when we had less than an hour to clean up from an event and set for dinner), the bartender looked at me and said "how are you always smiling?"
The question actually made me giggle inside a bit. The answer I gave her was "practice"...but I think that's only part of it.
I like working events. I like working at the club, most of the time. I can honestly say I'm smiling because I'm having fun.
I also smile, though, when things go wrong. Oh, not always...but little things...or at least things without emotional impact...I'll smile at them. When things go wonky at work, or with the house or car, I've gotten to the point that my first reaction is to smile. The more the problem grows, the bigger the smile gets. It seems like an odd response...but it seems to work, at least for a while.
Conditioned responses are wonderful, sometimes.
Amusement is a better emotional reaction to share than frustration or pissy-ness. It confuses people, sometimes, but it doesn't eat away at me like the more negative emotions would. No, I can't always do it, but when I can, it does make life easier. It goes along with the idea of "don't sweat the small stuff."
Attitudes are contagious. I'd rather spread one that I'd want to receive.
So...while I may be exhausted by the end of the night, chances are, I'll still be smiling.
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