Reflection I: My Nonexistent Job

Howdy again all, I hope you all are having a fantastic time indeed.

Well as it says this is my first reflection on my time so far. At the start of this hole ordeal sometime early this year I think I was fond of thinking of my Disney job as something stupid, dumb, and lame. I saw me a college graduate working on a cart selling mess which a high school student could do as a mild slap with a green glove covered in olives.

Now it has been a bit over a week since I landed here in Orlando. This is the first week that I was actually in the park working though I am still in training I was behind the register and in front of it doing what I was assigned to do. All I really have to say is that since I started I don't really want to stop at least not soon. I am part of something amazing and I can now see just what it is. When I'm on-stage I'm not at some sort of job. I don't come in there to with the idea of this is what I need to do to get this done. When I'm on-stage I'm not me. I'm merchantainment man Robert from Kansas State Universiy. I am both a show man and a character on a very grand stage. And what is this so called "job" well it is to follow the basics and to bring out the smiles of those adorable children. Everytime I'm out on-stage my smiles is ready something that definitely isn't a norm for me or at least I don't think it is that normal. It is great to be like an actor and to walk out on stage and be acknowledged as well as to stop a child from crying with simple talk and pins.

It is priceless to be able to give a person with a birthday a phone call from Goofy, to be able to see when a child drops his/her ice cream cone and you just give them a new one. People show so much more appreciation for you when you actually count back their money rather than hand them a wad of bills and coins. It is also exceptional to call a person by their first name during a simple transaction and to see just how much joy it brings them. The guests here feel a lot more important than a customer in a store and I'm glad to be able to bring them that level of happiness. The way that we "work" is so different from the way I've seen and invisioned work. And basically I've come to one conclusion.

I have no job. What I do have is a chance to make a small difference at least in a person's day. A chance to make a child smile and in turn make their parents/guardians happy as well. A chance to go above and beyond and bring service with the utmost pleasure and happiness possible. That is my day and I'm very happy about it and all that I can do for my guests.

Enjoy all that you have before you,

Robert