SkyDome

This year I have worked at the Walkup SkyDome here at NAU. At first it sounded like such a neat job....now, I am so glad to be almost done. It has taught me a lot and I have met many friends, but really it is in many ways a no fun job. I get paid to watch sporting events, take tickets and check bags, act as security, sit at a desk and answer phones, watch kids who have parents that dont pay attention, stand in one spot for 6 hours or more straight, and finally clean up after the many slobs that eaves disastrous messes in the stands. First of all, I am a girl and many people will look at me, sometimes not even listen to me, and automatically decide that what I say the rules are do not matter. This upsets me because if a male SkyDome worker says the same exact thing, they will listen. Then, I cant stand being bored and not doing anything. At the dome, thats all we really do.....a whole lot of hurry up and wait, and just stand there watching people. Then after trying oh so hard not to fall asleep, we have to hurry up and pick up all the trash, then sweep every row, and then finally mop all the spills and stairs. This takes so much time, especially when it would be so easy for people to just throw their own trash away and be careful not to spill. Long hours at the dome are just not incredibly fun. Especially during 3A basketball when the whole Reservation is closed so they can all come watch basketball and trash the dome, so not fun. And then Home Show, we spend hours upon hours between classes and late into the night dealing with cranky people loading in random items again making a mess of the stadium and complaining to us over stuff we have absolutely no control over. These long hours just do not seem worth the pay. But I do love the friends I have made and I have learned to be extra careful to not spill or make messes in public areas in order to make workers jobs easier. And I have learned to work better with lazy people....drives me crazy yet I can tolerate it because, some days I too feel lazy at the dome.
But I am almost done forever! I just finished Home Show, I don't work all of April, then I have to work Graduation and then I will be done!!!!! I cant wait!