Only the few who have worked at AMC know the feelings you receive while you're behind that counter. I've come to love the place I call work, and work has come to be called my second home from the amount of time that I spend there. It will truly be a sad day when I stop working there.
The day starts with me walking up to the front doors of AMC. I knock on the door and wait for the manager to let me in. A gust of wind blows past cutting right through my fleece jacket making me flinch. One of my managers opens the door and I retreat into the warmth of the theater. I go to the back of concessions, then to the break room and wait till five minutes before I'm scheduled to work to clock on. I clock on and put on my AMC hat. I'm working concessions
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The popper goes off again and I dump it, then load another batch. I go back to my register and lean against the counter. I listen, I can hear the poppers sizzling, I can feel the heat and I can smell the popcorn. I hear the same commercials in the lobby for the hundredth time, yet I still don’t mind. These sights, sounds and smells are familiar to me, they make me feel at home. As time goes by, more concession workers come in, we talk, we laugh and we wait for the rushes, the first to come is the one o'clock rush. The rush comes out of nowhere, like usual. One second the lobby is dead, the next you hear poppers going, people talking everywhere, you hear the indistinguishable scratchy voice on the walkie. It seems like chaos but I love it. Its organized chaos, Ill walk back to get a popcorn and if anyone else needs popcorn they fall in line behind me like a well oiled machine. Were brushing past each other, asking if we can grab thing for each other. Then it's over and before I know it, one of the supervisors is telling me that I can go home for the day because my shift ended. Then I walk back into the break room that I began in and clock off. I go home until I have to come back the next day, maybe in box office, maybe as an usher, or maybe in concessions again. I don’t know, I just show up and love my
At work I write down orders, type the order in a computer, and also read off food tickets making sure the right food goes to the right table. I enjoy my job and it is very important to me because working there is a family tradition. All three of my sisters and my brother have worked at Old Chicago. So for the past ten years we have always had at least one member of my family working at the restaurant. Unfortunately, Old Chicago will be shutting down next week. It is so sad to see such a restaurant that has been a big part of my life since I was eight go. Every single person that works at the restaurant is important to me so it will be very difficult to part ways with great
I’m late. The Starbucks line was long and the coffee stain is still splattered on my black skirt. I check my calendar, September 11. The city’s smog is killing me. If it wasn’t for this meeting, I’d be at my allergist getting new medication to deal with it. I take another sip of my coffee. The heat and the splash of mint I had them add, helps open up my sinuses.
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Sprinting with my shoulders sagged from the weight of my backpack that was virtually bursting with books and the worries about an upcoming Macbeth paper, I quietly pushed open the doorways of my parents' Chinese restaurant and bolted to the kitchen. I was late. I quickly plopped my backpack next to a bag of frozen chicken, changed into my uniform, and manned the front counter. For the next seven hours, my customers will be greeted with a zealous "Taipei Tokyo, how can I help you" while I simultaneously try to count the syllables of Macbeth's soliloquy with my fingers.
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So the pretty lady behind the counter go’s and bagged me some popcorn up and hands it to me I take a cornel and eat it and its filled full of the salty buttery goodness that you would expect out of a good bag of popcorn then she hands me the coca cola and says 7.50 please so I pull out my wallet and pay her for the goods I then take a sip of the coke with its sweet pumpkin spice flavor with a hint of cinnamon and its slightly syrupy texture and think man that hits the spot then proceed back the the theater room.
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It wasn’t until the end of the day that Susan pulled me aside and gave me some good advice. In her words, “People in the store are going to drive you mad. They are the pickiest, finickiest folks I’ve ever seen. But if you keep a smile on your face, keep calm and do a good job, you’ll survive the day, and we’ll get along just fine.” Even though it wasn’t exactly the greatest advice ever, it was what helped me keep my sanity the whole season I was there. I made some good friends, good money and I realized that working isn’t as easy as it seems. But all in all, it was a good job, and a good
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Crash. One, two, no, three plates hit the floor. I could for all intents and purposes feel my spirit drain from my body as that sound rung throughout the restaurant. I paused for a moment to recollect my thoughts, looking up to see a collection of dirty plates, bowls, and pans stacked nearly a foot high on the shelf and beginning to collect around my feet as there was nowhere else to put them. With a stack of plates so tall, the grease had allowed a plate to slip and take several others with it to crash onto the stone floor. Ah yes, this was dinner hour, the busiest hour of the night, on Friday, the busiest day of the week in general, and it was my first week on the job. Straightaway came the manager, Rachel, as well as a few of my coworkers. She looked to see glass scattered
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