“Eww, that is so disgusting! Bre you’re the
new employee. You grab it!” Being a staff member at eagle canyon hideaway I
have many roles. First off, I have the role of being a maid. Also, I have the
role of being a cook, and a cashier. Lastly, my favorite role is the role of
being part of the family. The job may seem like you have a lot to do, but
mainly I spend my time cleaning and helping out campers.
The role of being a maid is very time
consuming. I have to clean any of the
seventeen cabins when they get dirty. There are eight small sleeper cabins.
Then there is the Butterfly, Turtle, Lily Pad, Turkey, Whitetail, Eagle, Bear,
Timber Wolf, and the Moose. Once in a while, when I’m cleaning, I will most
likely find something. It was my first week of work, and I had to go clean the
turkey cabin. I went in and went to the bedrooms to strip the beds and get the
bedding in the wash. Well, once Sam, an employee, and I pulled back the sheets,
we found two used condoms. We both argued on who was going to throw them away.
She said, “Eww, that is so disgusting! Bre you’re the new employee. You grab
it!” I remember being so mad and refusing
to do it. However, every now and then we find leftover alcohol. Sometimes the
girls I work with drink it, or they’ll throw it out.
Another role I have to fulfill is the role of
a cook. Whenever we are not busy cleaning cabins, we have to cook for the
customers. A main thing people ask for is our pizzas and burritos. With our
menu people are very satisfied, but the least popular food would have to be our
Mac Bites. It’s macaroni with little pieces of bacon bits and jalapenos. If we
have reunions staying at the camp ground, we are almost always swamped in the
kitchen. We are normally running into each other trying to get the food
prepared and out as soon as we possibly can. Almost every time I cooked, I
burned my arm on the grill. One time, one of the employees, Lynn, was carrying
dishes down stairs. Her arms were full, so she was unable to hold the railing,
and she fell down a flight of stairs, and ended up breaking her nose and her
arm. She was unable to work the rest of that summer.
The role of being a cashier comes with many
responsibilities. I need to, of course, be able to work the cash register. But
also, I have to stock shelves, sort items, fill the pop machine with ice, clean
up the cafe room, and help campers with anything they need, and check in and
make reservations for customers. Every day people will call and ask to set up a
reservation. I must make sure I do all the paper work correctly and that the
cabin they want is FOR SURE available. Many times this summer we had double
booking, because people were being careless when filling out the papers. When
that happens, we have to call back the people, and tell them that there has
been a mishap and the cabin is not open.
I once had to call back a, let’s just say,
very rude customer. I informed them that the cabin was already booked and that
is was not available the weekend they wanted, and she started yelling at me.
She told me that I was a dumb employee, who didn’t care about her job and that
I double booked it on purpose. I calmly told her that we had another cabin
available, but she didn’t want to hear it. Instead of listening, she hung up
the phone. So I went and told my boss what was happening, and she called the
lady back. However, the lady even yelled at my boss. Finally, after the lady
quit yelling, my boss informed her that is was a mistake and that she was no
longer allowed to come out to the camp ground ever again.
Whenever a camper needs assistance with
anything, I must try to help them. Over the years, I’ve help people with many
tasks. I helped set up a tent, hook-up a camper, show them how to start a
grill, turn on the TV, and many other random tasks. One day, I was out cleaning
the bathhouse, and a little girl came up to me crying, because there was a
snake in the road. However, with me, I am terrified of snakes. Even the thought
of a snake sends chills down my spine. But the little girl was very scared and
we don’t want rattlesnakes around, I went and grabbed a shovel. I followed her
to the spot where she saw the snake. Once I got to the spot, my heart was
pounding. It was one of the biggest rattlesnakes I’ve ever seen. I carefully
walked up to it and chopped its head off with the end of the shovel. The little
girl was so thankful and ended up bringing me a s’mores that night. Sometimes,
you even have to help reunions set up for their events. This summer we had one
of our normal reunions come that dress up in matching costumes. This year they
were cavemen. I ended up carrying clubs, spears, and rocks for them up to the
rec room. It was probably one of the funniest costumes they worn so far. Over
the years they’ve dressed as super heroes, fishermen, hunters, hippies,
Indians, and many others.
Since I lived two hours away from my work and
did not have a car, I had to live in the downstairs of the general store with
my bosses. While staying with them, I played the role of being part of the
family. I’ve know my bosses since I was in the third grade, and they have
always felt like family to me. When I stayed with them, I lived in the storage
room of the bathroom. It was a small room, but at least I didn’t have to sleep
on the couch. I remember the first day I moved in. I asked, “Where’s my room
at?” Julie, my boss, smiled at me and walked me into the bathroom and opened a
sliding door to reveal a small room with a tiny twin rolling bed. Also, knowing
that I had a fear of snake, Jimmy, Julie’s husband, had a dry snakeskin lying
on my bed. I was so furious I didn’t talk to Jimmy for the rest of the day. One
day, when I just got off work I went down stairs to go to bed. I walked into my
room and started to get into my pj’s and all a sudden I say something in the
corner of my eye. I looked over, and there was a rattlesnake crawling down from
the air vent. I screamed so loud and quickly ran out of the room. It turned out
one of the girls that worked at the store accidentally left the laundry door
open and a snake got in and crawled down into my room. I made sure there was a
sign on both sides of the door saying “CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU!” Everyone
teased me after that. Another thing with living with Jimmy and Julie, is that
you have to eat what they eat, or cook your own meals. And the thing is they
are vegetarians. All summer long I almost eating pizza or Roman Noodles every
night. Some of their meals are not too bad, for instance; the veggie
enchiladas, or even the vegetarian hotdogs. However, I’m not a fan of the
vegetarian bacon. Come on, who would want to eat vegetarian bacon or real
bacon?
So again, being a part of the Eagle Canyon
Hideaway staff, you’re going to be doing many roles. The role of a maid, cook,
cashier, and part of the family. You also shouldn’t be afraid of snakes, unless
you plan on getting Jimmy every time you see one. You need to know how to clean
cabins, cook food, and run a cash register. You need to familiar yourself with
the campground to know where everything is located. Be able to give directions
to the campground, in case the campers get lost. Even how to check the chlorine
and ph levels of the pool. It all many seem like a lot but it just depends on
the person. Everyone has their own opinion on work and what is easy. As long as
you love/like your job, that’s all that matters.
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