Monday, November 29, 2010

Check, check, double check:

Interior Crocodile Alligator vs. The Reward is Cheese? Check

Worked Invesco Field yesterday? Check

Met the girl of my dreams? Double Check

Invesco Field (First Day):

Yeah! Everyone's getting pumped for the big game. There's so much faith put in for the broncos. Only problem? This was at least 4 hours afte we arrived. Those four hours were full of running around, freezing and taking inventory. Series of events are listed below:

- Arrive at north lot of Coors Field
- Catch shuttle heading to Invesco
- Get off, pass security pat-downs in less than a minute
- Sweet! Finally in...oh wait
- Scream. Now I have to wait 30 minutes for dad to get stuff from vault

Meanwhile, on Level 0 (my level)...
- Cheerleaders
- Cheerleaders
- MOAR cheerleaders.
...whoa. If only I had the guts to talk to one of them...

OH! BUT I DID!
- Casual conversation started by asking them who they are (yeah, durr) and feeling G.

Ok, dad's back. Heading back up to our stand
- Didn't get club concessions, but that's okay, we're working merch!
- Note of caution: Take the freight elevator. It's the law (apparently).
- Open up shop...it's cold....both the stand and colorado.

- Taking inventory!
- Two other people working our stand started inventory. Their dumbasses decided to leave because someone got 'sick'. Not only did this take away two of our employees, but also the only beerstand worker we had. THAT'S THE MAJOR SELLER. Figured out later that they just ditched the game. I'm never forgiving them.

- Re-taking inventory thanks to their stupidity.
- Open! By now, it's noon. Kickoff's in two hours. SONOFA....
- Nevertheless, we got customers...quite a bit
- Try 200 before kickoff. SCORE.

- Selling and living and fighting and falling and flying and growing and playing and praying and pushing and rising (I heart W.G.), finally it's kickoff!
- Due to some technical malfunction, the wireless card swipe machine logs off leaving the technical error "Ethernet connection failed". Yeah, someone's about to get their ass kicked.
- Our 'handy' supervisor informs us that glitch happens "every game due to broadband overload". Really, Invesco? You'd think 2001's technology would get an overhaul, especially when the machine's only at version 1.1....
- Still going good without being super cold or hungry.
- Other heartfelt employees at our stand tell me and dad to head off for a break.
- We disagree for a minute
- We fight over it for at least 5 minutes
- Okay, dad gives up. Nice thing is that meal vouchers are redeemable at club seating concessions. YES! Living in luxury :)

- Two burgers later, I'm full and ready to work.
- Time's about 3...just a few minutes before half time.
- No more foam hats? WHY? Apparently, people are getting mad over them. YES, mad over foam hats. Only in America..

- Halftime through the end of third quarter was sale after sale after sale. To imagine, if we had our beer cart open, we'd make at least FOUR times as much. DAMN :/

- End of third period; no more beer sales....figures.
- Broncos are down two touchdowns, by the end of fourth, they PULL IT BACK UP!
- Me: =D YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!! *jumping*
- Everyone else: ...who the hell is that kid?
- Fourth quarter and all drunkards aside, time to finish inventory. Yes, that means me counting everything AGAIN.

The time's 8:00. We're done, and so is the stadium. Everyone heads to the shuttle (freezing, but now the shuttle's warm and cozy), and we all head back to our cars in the Coors Field parking lot.

- Get off
- Greeted by old man, borderline mooch approach, but reassuring attitude.
- Drive off in a cold jeep to finish my essay paper (8 pages in 2 hours, BOO YEAH! Planning ahead FTW).

Key points:
- Employees there are NICE. Super nice; I would've never expected it.
- Streakers have it easy; north gates are just about as open as your mom's...yeah.
- Wireless transmissions just about run the whole facility. That's right. Culture jamming couldn't be easier over an aging 2001 system. Believe me...

That's it. Can't wait to see what happens next week...









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