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I went back to work again today and I took the 6:04 bus, not even thinking about how training is still in full swing, and once again the buses were crammed full before even arriving at Vista. I honestly don’t understand why they don’t run a second A bus at the same time during training weeks, given the amount of people at Vista that can’t get on their bus.

I finally got a training partner, as she did her first two days on my days off, which was interesting. Observation: I have trouble working alongside others who do things better than I do, and I am too competitive for my own good.

I got to learn the positions of Beverage Island and Silver Stocker. For Beverage Island, there is a drinks bar along a wall in each dining room, and the BI person is responsible for keeping drinks made and cups/lids/straws/sugar packets stocked. They also do a lot of guest interaction, answering questions and directing guests. I like that position quite a bit, and I think I could be fairly good at it once I get the hang of it.

Silver Stocker is responsible for stocking drinks in the upstairs cooler for the fillers to grab and take out to guests with their orders, changing pop syrups downstairs, keeping ketchup/mayo/mustard/honey/butter/jelly fully stocked (which can involve ladling out insane amounts of little single-serving ketchup bowls), as well as filling the outside water pitchers.

Our trainer taught us how to brew all the drinks and made sure we knew how to change over pop syrups (it is exactly the same as at Subway, just infinitely larger/more boxes), then had us run silver stocker for an hour and a half.

When we took a break, our trainer got a call regarding a family emergency, and had to leave immediately, so we were entrusted to two other trainers to watch us for the afternoon. They reviewed concepts and got us out for a little bit more on the job training before we did an abbreviated and fast paced close of half of Beverage Island 2, as our two new trainers were scheduled off an hour before we were, so we had to make closing out fast (it’s just doing a few dishes and wiping down counters primarily). So were were dumped on two more other trainers, who each had a trainee already doing filler day.

I learned how to set up the place settings for the dinnertime TSR reservations and where/in which order to put the silverware. as well as the rose-folded napkins and plates.

I got home and two of my roommates were home already. We each ate dinner, then they headed off to the gym for a very brief stint (I want to go, but I have exactly zero exercise clothes and no interest in paying for any). I channel surfed all morning, and there’s not much for channel organization, so someday I may have to sit down and get it all out.