Unplugged Chit Chat Thread

[wilkeliza]

I think I'm crazy but if my job does go away in Q1 of next year like all hints are pointing to (was bought earlier this year by a bigger company) I'm seriously considering making a career jump to being a travel agent. I found a decent travel agency that might work while I learn the trade and isn't a big umbrella company but I seem to be everyone's go to person for Disneyland and WDW trips. I have planned several for friend and friends of friend or "approved" plans of friends and not a single person has come back unhappy. I'm highly detail oriented at work and really like to listen to each person and plan a vacation they would enjoy. I also just genuinely like working in an environment where my soul job is to make others happy. I have years of customer service experience having worked for Disney and Starbucks and now have some financial know how after working in billing and receivables for a couple of years now.

The only part that scares me is I've never worked on commission before. I don't know if my inner circle is big enough to make it work at first.

 

[samsteele]

Well I'm moved in... It's hot and small and there's a lot of new people....

Good luck, Ryan! But you won't really need luck. Just be yourself

 

[rteetz]

Glad you're moved in, sorry it's hot, hope that "evens out" soon. And see - lots of newbies like you! Hope it starts feeling like "home" in no time!!

I'm sure it will. I have a nice view of Milwaukee from my room.

Glad to hear you are moved in. I'm sure it'll feel like home in no time. Hopefully it cools down and you get to meet a few people on your dorm floor.

Thanks! It should cool down soon. I'm probably hot too from moving everything around.

Congrats

And this is good practice as that likely describes your first apartment after college as well

Thanks! That's probably true.

Good luck, Ryan! But you won't really need luck. Just be yourself

Thanks! I'll try my best.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think I'm crazy but if my job does go away in Q1 of next year like all hints are pointing to (was bought earlier this year by a bigger company) I'm seriously considering making a career jump to being a travel agent. I found a decent travel agency that might work while I learn the trade and isn't a big umbrella company but I seem to be everyone's go to person for Disneyland and WDW trips. I have planned several for friend and friends of friend or "approved" plans of friends and not a single person has come back unhappy. I'm highly detail oriented at work and really like to listen to each person and plan a vacation they would enjoy. I also just genuinely like working in an environment where mys soul job is to make others happy. I have years of customer service experience having worked for Disney and Starbucks and now have some financial know how after working in billing and receivables for a couple of years now.

The only part that scares me is I've never worked on commission before. I don't know if my inner circle is big enough to make it work at first.

I hear you as if I was ever let go or whatever I think I would look to do something completely different ... definitely hard to get started at a place that is based on commissions but if you could stick it out a bit I bet it could work out!

 

[Aerin75]

Well I'm moved in... It's hot and small and there's a lot of new people....

Brings back memories....no air conditioning!

 

[SorcererHeidi]

Brings back memories....no air conditioning!

Was wondering about that - I know "back in my day" (you know - before the earth cooled and the dinosaurs came) a lot of educational institutions didn't have a.c, but when Ryan said it was hot, I thought to myself "surely that's changed by now".

 

[samsteele]

No AC in my dorms 25 yrs ago. Many are old, century plus buildings and the wiring would be $$ and freaky difficult. Also, many buildings may be listed & not possible to play with them. Basic electric fans can work wonders. Chances are there is a run on them already in all the nearby department & hardware stores.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Brings back memories....no air conditioning!

So basically just like Pete's House and the Poly bungalows

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Was wondering about that - I know "back in my day" (you know - before the earth cooled and the dinosaurs came) a lot of educational institutions didn't have a.c, but when Ryan said it was hot, I thought to myself "surely that's changed by now".

My school had one dorm that had AC and you had to write an essay to get in there. My now wife wrote said essay and I may have frequented her room

 

[disneysteve]

I had no AC freshmen or sophomore year. Freshmen year I was in a corner room which was nice as it had two windows so there was usually some airflow.

 

[disneysteve]

In other news, I volunteered to work at Urgent Care tomorrow night in addition to the shift I already had booked for Friday night. The monthly provider meeting is tomorrow and all FT and PT docs are supposed to attend. I'm per diem so I don't need to be there but somebody has to mind the store. It will be my first time working 2 nights in a row so we'll see how that goes. It's a 5pm-9pm shift each night. Of course, I'm well compensated for my time there and final payment for the Podcast cruise is due shortly so I won't be upset when my paycheck comes with a few hundred extra dollars.

 

[wilkeliza]

I'm so glad I had A/C at both colleges. Of course my freshman year of my second college I lived at the 92nd Street JCC so we had to sign contracts saying we would try to keep the fridges kosher. We weren't allowes to keep things pork products or shellfish in the community fridge. I guess we could have gotten a mini fridge if it was super important and it was the honor code on the dorm floors. My college no longer contracts the dorms there so freshmen have less rules now.

 

[rteetz]

My school had one dorm that had AC and you had to write an essay to get in there. My now wife wrote said essay and I may have frequented her room

Way to go Phil! Lol

 

[Alicenwonderment]

Congrats on the weight loss Heidi!

Ditto Heidi!!! I feel like I've always struggled with my weight. The thing that happens to me is I gain weight from exercising. Not sure how since I don't eat more calories. I've actually been told I need to eat more calories to speed up metabolism. Sigh. I have a hard time believing it though.

 

[Alicenwonderment]

Ryan I hope you are busy meeting new people. I didn't realize schools have curfews. I just thought curfews were something that happened during my mom's generation (I think she went to college in early 60s.) Her school was a Baptist School and the women curfew was 10 while males curfew was midnight. On Sundays they had to sign out to attend church. My mom told me she knew the names of all the churches not because she attended by was using it so she would get caught by the Profs.

My school at none of those rules. I can't imagine that working at my old college. I was in the only dorm where all residents agreed they would not come back to the dorm if they had a drink. That was my choice. I do have to say during the freshmen days someone fell off the roof at Acacia (don't think that is spelled right) and died. Even though that Frat was not on campus the school cracked down on drinking. The town did the same. The local bars had a policy where they would not serve you on your 21 birthday but would give you a free drink to be used at another time. The bars didn't want people to get smashed.

 

[catycatcat4]

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[Jonas_Swe]

Good day awesome peeps!

I'm on the commute train going in to work downtown.

Have had a few busy days and not being able to check in here as often as I would like to.

Stupid grownups making me do grownup things too... Like work and paying bills...

All I want to do is to be at Walt Disney World!

Thank DIS that I have you all to hang out with.

 

[Vernie822]

Good luck, @rteetz !!

 

[disneysteve]

Stupid grownups making me do grownup things too... Like work and paying bills...

All I want to do is to be at Walt Disney World!

I'm with you there. Of course, we have to work to pay for Disney, so I suppose that makes it okay.

 

[Jonas_Swe]

I'm with you there. Of course, we have to work to pay for Disney, so I suppose that makes it okay.

LOL!

Yeah, you do have a valid point there.