24 March, 2006 (Friday)
End of season job rush
Work, work, work: The mantra of my past few weeks. In the last week I've managed to crack 60 hours mark, hitting 65 hours (combined) between tickets and my job with Services@Big White. I worked 7-days, exceeding 12-hours on the time sheet on two of them. A good effort. Hopefully it will translate into some decent money in the bank. We can hope. It is expensive traveling.
Services@Big White: As far as the crew goes, they’re not bad.
Sometimes a bit chummy, but also amusing and good natured. They do have an annoying habit of ignoring their cell phones at crucial times, but toward the end of the season it’s kind of hard to change that. (Picture: Services @ Big White staff Karl, Stewart and Dan in their work gear - Sam's dress-up night)
We have a few Australians, more than a few Poms, and a Kiwi or two. They do hot tub maintenance for most of the privately owned chalets on the mountain, as well as more general maintenance, chalet arrivals and departures. I’m their office support – looking after invoicing, dispatch and rostering since Kelly went off to work for Oxfam in Africa for a while. Because I'm juggling two jobs I'm sharing office duties with Alex (the Pom).
This week has been a bit lighter. I’ll be lucky to break 50 hours. A bit more time off, and three nights on the slopes – the last week of night skiing. I’m trying to squeeze as much out of this staff ski pass as possible. I’m not doing too badly – I’ve had 50-something days where I have been scanned at the lifts, and probably another ten where I’ve been through without.
Night ski no more
I did back-to-back shifts today. First my 11am at Services @ Big White, then at 4pm straight into $5 Friday.
Being the last $5 Friday it was madness. Tim and I were on together and worked through customers for two hours straight. I found out the next day that between the two of us we’d made over 300 transactions between us. While it isn’t a huge amount of money (compared to what we charge for a day ticket up here – close to $CAD70) it’s a lot of tickets.
It’s funny the diversity you get of a cheap-ass Friday. There’s a lot of neophyte skiers, arrogant locals and blow-ins who are surprised but happy to get a discounted ski deal (Canadians love discounts). The last one for the season - Make the most of it cos the Friday Night special is gone!
Work, work, work: The mantra of my past few weeks. In the last week I've managed to crack 60 hours mark, hitting 65 hours (combined) between tickets and my job with Services@Big White. I worked 7-days, exceeding 12-hours on the time sheet on two of them. A good effort. Hopefully it will translate into some decent money in the bank. We can hope. It is expensive traveling.
Services@Big White: As far as the crew goes, they’re not bad.
Sometimes a bit chummy, but also amusing and good natured. They do have an annoying habit of ignoring their cell phones at crucial times, but toward the end of the season it’s kind of hard to change that. (Picture: Services @ Big White staff Karl, Stewart and Dan in their work gear - Sam's dress-up night)We have a few Australians, more than a few Poms, and a Kiwi or two. They do hot tub maintenance for most of the privately owned chalets on the mountain, as well as more general maintenance, chalet arrivals and departures. I’m their office support – looking after invoicing, dispatch and rostering since Kelly went off to work for Oxfam in Africa for a while. Because I'm juggling two jobs I'm sharing office duties with Alex (the Pom).
This week has been a bit lighter. I’ll be lucky to break 50 hours. A bit more time off, and three nights on the slopes – the last week of night skiing. I’m trying to squeeze as much out of this staff ski pass as possible. I’m not doing too badly – I’ve had 50-something days where I have been scanned at the lifts, and probably another ten where I’ve been through without.
Night ski no more
I did back-to-back shifts today. First my 11am at Services @ Big White, then at 4pm straight into $5 Friday.
Being the last $5 Friday it was madness. Tim and I were on together and worked through customers for two hours straight. I found out the next day that between the two of us we’d made over 300 transactions between us. While it isn’t a huge amount of money (compared to what we charge for a day ticket up here – close to $CAD70) it’s a lot of tickets.It’s funny the diversity you get of a cheap-ass Friday. There’s a lot of neophyte skiers, arrogant locals and blow-ins who are surprised but happy to get a discounted ski deal (Canadians love discounts). The last one for the season - Make the most of it cos the Friday Night special is gone!
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