So I decided I was tired of being out of shape and round. Oddly enough, all of my extra padding goes straight to my stomach and makes me look like something I'd rather not be, that starts with a "P" and signed up for a club/gym here in town. There's no free weights, no treadmills or elipticals, just classes. Yoga, Pilates, Stability Ball, Russian Kettlebells, Raquetball, and Step Aerobics. So far, Stability ball and Kettlebells are my favorites, but man, they kick my butt hardcore.
I did Kettlebells for the first time on Saturday morning, and by Sunday, I could barely move my legs, walk down stairs, or sit down in a chair without being in a great deal of pain. Sitting on the toilet was a ton of fun! It's the kind of seat that you can't just flop down on. Ouch! But I did the Kettlebells again tonight and it was much easier, and I could walk down the stairs without fear of falling down them due to my legs giving out on me.
I have no idea how much I weigh right now, or what my waist size is, and that's not really what I'm going to focus on. I'm just going to focus on feeling better, fitting into old clothes that I can't fit into any more, and just doing something better for myself for once. The only reason I never started working out earlier is because of school and being busy and too tired to do anything after 5 days of school and 4 days of work and no days off! Now that I'm out of school and only working 5 days a week, I have a TON more free time and ME time to do something good for myself!
Wish me luck in my goals of self-improvement!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
jackpot!
Usually after I get off work on the weekends, I pop a little money into a slot machine before I go home, just in case I'll get lucky. Lately, it's been the Wheel of Fortune machine. But I haven't been very fortunate when I've played it.
Tonight, I went to the cashier's cage to trade in some old bills for some crisper ones. I told Jerry the slot tech I was going to go win some money on the Wheel, and he said, "Good luck, it just paid out $900 last night." Well crap. Now what? He says if he knew what machines to play, he'd be a rich man. True, very true, I think.
In my moments of indecision, I hang out at the three card poker table for a while and watch a guy play a few hands. I'm not allowed to play cards at the casino I work in, so I just watch and talk to him and the dealer. Then Jerry comes back. "Go ahead and play the first machine you think of. It has something to do with luckiness." Well good, I wanted to play the Wheel, anyway.
So I head on over to the Wheel of Fortune, stick in the last $15 I have, and spin.
First reel: Wheel of Fortune. Good.
Second reel: 5x. Good.
Third reel: Triple bar. Great!
But it's not doing anything! There's no credits wracking up or anything! I turn around, and there's Jerry again. I tell him, "Shouldn't I get at least SOMETHING for this combo?" He points back at the machine, and I see on the little screen: "Jackpot! $375"
WOW! I know that's not a lot of money compared to what I could have won, but that's my first jackpot ever, so I was pretty darn excited!
And that's my story!
Tonight, I went to the cashier's cage to trade in some old bills for some crisper ones. I told Jerry the slot tech I was going to go win some money on the Wheel, and he said, "Good luck, it just paid out $900 last night." Well crap. Now what? He says if he knew what machines to play, he'd be a rich man. True, very true, I think.
In my moments of indecision, I hang out at the three card poker table for a while and watch a guy play a few hands. I'm not allowed to play cards at the casino I work in, so I just watch and talk to him and the dealer. Then Jerry comes back. "Go ahead and play the first machine you think of. It has something to do with luckiness." Well good, I wanted to play the Wheel, anyway.
So I head on over to the Wheel of Fortune, stick in the last $15 I have, and spin.
First reel: Wheel of Fortune. Good.
Second reel: 5x. Good.
Third reel: Triple bar. Great!
But it's not doing anything! There's no credits wracking up or anything! I turn around, and there's Jerry again. I tell him, "Shouldn't I get at least SOMETHING for this combo?" He points back at the machine, and I see on the little screen: "Jackpot! $375"
WOW! I know that's not a lot of money compared to what I could have won, but that's my first jackpot ever, so I was pretty darn excited!
And that's my story!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
amnesia
I was going to write about something, but by the time I got here, I forgot what it was...
I'm thinking it had something to do with work, and how tired I am of explaining to senior citizens how our slot machines work over and over again. I don't mind explaining it to anyone, no matter how many people, just one time. But it's when I have to tell the same people over and over again how it works, when there are clearly slot techs, floor supervisors, and GIANT billboards all over the casino that tell them how to do it, THAT'S when I get irritated.
This new system is cool. It's high tech. It's got security features on it. We're trying to make life easier for people. Before, if you wanted to get cash back on your card, you had to have at least 20,000 points on your card to get $100 back. And you had to come up to the player's club desk to have it done. Now, anyone can get cash back, and they can do it for themselves, right on their slot machines! All you need is a PIN number and a few menu options to get you there on your slot machine. It's really quite simple. If you leave your card behind, have no fear, no one can get to your points/cash because you have a PIN number! If you (or someone else) enters a PIN in too many times that is wrong, it locks it! You don't have to worry about people getting your cash now.
But do people see it that way? No. They see it as an inconvenience to them that they have to remember yet ANOTHER PIN number! Oh jeez, use one you've used before! We tell you to make sure it's something you remember! We'll even demonstrate for you on a slot machine how it works! It's really that simple!
Also, the entire month of February (thank God it's the shortest month of the year), if you turn in your old player's club card for a new one and a PIN number, you get five free dollars of slot play. The first weekend of February was jam packed full of people who you never see in the casino, but only came to get their five free dollars. Then they bitched at you 'cause they couldn't cash it out, and that they had to play it on the machine. Boo hoo. Go home then.
Well, it looks as though I've remembered what I wanted to talk about. Cheerio!
I'm thinking it had something to do with work, and how tired I am of explaining to senior citizens how our slot machines work over and over again. I don't mind explaining it to anyone, no matter how many people, just one time. But it's when I have to tell the same people over and over again how it works, when there are clearly slot techs, floor supervisors, and GIANT billboards all over the casino that tell them how to do it, THAT'S when I get irritated.
This new system is cool. It's high tech. It's got security features on it. We're trying to make life easier for people. Before, if you wanted to get cash back on your card, you had to have at least 20,000 points on your card to get $100 back. And you had to come up to the player's club desk to have it done. Now, anyone can get cash back, and they can do it for themselves, right on their slot machines! All you need is a PIN number and a few menu options to get you there on your slot machine. It's really quite simple. If you leave your card behind, have no fear, no one can get to your points/cash because you have a PIN number! If you (or someone else) enters a PIN in too many times that is wrong, it locks it! You don't have to worry about people getting your cash now.
But do people see it that way? No. They see it as an inconvenience to them that they have to remember yet ANOTHER PIN number! Oh jeez, use one you've used before! We tell you to make sure it's something you remember! We'll even demonstrate for you on a slot machine how it works! It's really that simple!
Also, the entire month of February (thank God it's the shortest month of the year), if you turn in your old player's club card for a new one and a PIN number, you get five free dollars of slot play. The first weekend of February was jam packed full of people who you never see in the casino, but only came to get their five free dollars. Then they bitched at you 'cause they couldn't cash it out, and that they had to play it on the machine. Boo hoo. Go home then.
Well, it looks as though I've remembered what I wanted to talk about. Cheerio!
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Dirty Laundry
Have you ever been doing laundry in your apartment building or dorm building, waiting for the dryer to open up because someone's stuff is drying in it? And have you ever come back and hour later, to find their belongings STILL in the dryer? This has been a recurring theme for my laundry day the last month. I always do laundry on a certain day of the week, just because it seemed at the time that I wasn't running into problems with other tenants of the building doing laundry at the same time. This all changed recently.
Every time I go up to put my clothes in the washer, there is a basket sitting on the floor, empty, and a dryer full of clothes (that isn't even running anymore, btw). Twenty minutes later I come back to put my clothes in the dryer, and guess what? That dryer is still full of clothes! So I put one load in the one open dryer, and leave the other load in the washer. I come back 50 minutes later to get my first load out of the dryer, and believe it or not, the other person's clothes are STILL IN THE STUPID DRYER! They're not even warm anymore!!!
How hard is it to keep an eye on the clock to make sure your clothes are done? It's not even an hour wait to get your clothes dried, and yet here they sit, week after week, in the dryer, not even warm anymore, for hours!
Sometimes I want to leave a note: "Please be more considerate of your fellow tenants in the building who also want their clothes dried. The dryer cycle is only 50 minutes. Thank you."
Would that be rude? Would I risk having my clothes thrown in the garbage because the person got mad at me for leaving a note? Maybe they would spill something all over my clothes. Or steal my socks. Who knows. I have had my clothes moved from a dryer back into a washer before, which sucked.
It's just irritating, mostly. And rude of the other person, and judging by the clothes that are in the dryer, it is a girl, and it is the same girl each week. Maybe I DO need to put a note, so she realizes what she's doing. Maybe she thinks the dryer takes longer than it does. Or maybe she decides it's time to go grocery shopping while her clothes dry. Maybe there was a family emergency or something weird like that. Who knows what it is. I don't want to step on anyone's toes, but for Pete's sake, keep an eye on your laundry!
Every time I go up to put my clothes in the washer, there is a basket sitting on the floor, empty, and a dryer full of clothes (that isn't even running anymore, btw). Twenty minutes later I come back to put my clothes in the dryer, and guess what? That dryer is still full of clothes! So I put one load in the one open dryer, and leave the other load in the washer. I come back 50 minutes later to get my first load out of the dryer, and believe it or not, the other person's clothes are STILL IN THE STUPID DRYER! They're not even warm anymore!!!
How hard is it to keep an eye on the clock to make sure your clothes are done? It's not even an hour wait to get your clothes dried, and yet here they sit, week after week, in the dryer, not even warm anymore, for hours!
Sometimes I want to leave a note: "Please be more considerate of your fellow tenants in the building who also want their clothes dried. The dryer cycle is only 50 minutes. Thank you."
Would that be rude? Would I risk having my clothes thrown in the garbage because the person got mad at me for leaving a note? Maybe they would spill something all over my clothes. Or steal my socks. Who knows. I have had my clothes moved from a dryer back into a washer before, which sucked.
It's just irritating, mostly. And rude of the other person, and judging by the clothes that are in the dryer, it is a girl, and it is the same girl each week. Maybe I DO need to put a note, so she realizes what she's doing. Maybe she thinks the dryer takes longer than it does. Or maybe she decides it's time to go grocery shopping while her clothes dry. Maybe there was a family emergency or something weird like that. Who knows what it is. I don't want to step on anyone's toes, but for Pete's sake, keep an eye on your laundry!
Saturday, February 03, 2007
oofta
On Monday the casino started getting its upgraded system put into order. First off, all the slot machines were fitted with new touch screens and card readers so that players can access the points on their cards and turn them directly into cash, along with being able to put cash prizes directly on their card for play on the machines. That took about three days (a day longer than it should have).
Secondly, the cashier's cage, black jack pit, and poker rooms were fitted with new touch screen computers for their gaming needs, and the player's club desk was set up with a new patron management system. We had our training on the new system last week, and our "go live" date was February first, Thursday.
Things are going pretty OK. We have new player's club card designs, and when a player turns in their old card for a new one (and a PIN number), they get $5 in credits to play on the machines that gets added directly to their cards. If someone wins a Hot Seat drawing or a spin of the wheel prize, we add that money to their card instead of giving them a voucher or cash (this ensures they will play the money, since it cannot be cashed out and walk out the door), also, this prize money has an expiration date of a week, so use it or lose it, I tell 'em when they win it.
Everything is pretty cool, and I think the customers are liking it, but everything is just so time intensive! We are explaining things to EVERY customer, not just new sign ups. I was jogging up and down the casino floor all night to try to fix problems people were having with their machines or their cards. Before work today, I had a handful of cashews to munch on, thinking I was going to eat dinner at work. No such luck. Already it was 11:30pm and I hadn't eaten anything, nor did I have the desire to eat so late at night. Nor was I really that hungry, anyway, for some reason. Oh well.
Plus, they've been having me on the schedule as working 3pm to 11pm, but I end up staying until midnight or later due to everything that's going on with the new system. I guess that's good 'cause I'll be getting some over time and bigger paychecks, but I also don't get to sit down at all in a 9 hour period. My legs are killing me!
And that's about it for me tonight. I'm pooped and need to go pass out in bed.
Until next time!
Secondly, the cashier's cage, black jack pit, and poker rooms were fitted with new touch screen computers for their gaming needs, and the player's club desk was set up with a new patron management system. We had our training on the new system last week, and our "go live" date was February first, Thursday.
Things are going pretty OK. We have new player's club card designs, and when a player turns in their old card for a new one (and a PIN number), they get $5 in credits to play on the machines that gets added directly to their cards. If someone wins a Hot Seat drawing or a spin of the wheel prize, we add that money to their card instead of giving them a voucher or cash (this ensures they will play the money, since it cannot be cashed out and walk out the door), also, this prize money has an expiration date of a week, so use it or lose it, I tell 'em when they win it.
Everything is pretty cool, and I think the customers are liking it, but everything is just so time intensive! We are explaining things to EVERY customer, not just new sign ups. I was jogging up and down the casino floor all night to try to fix problems people were having with their machines or their cards. Before work today, I had a handful of cashews to munch on, thinking I was going to eat dinner at work. No such luck. Already it was 11:30pm and I hadn't eaten anything, nor did I have the desire to eat so late at night. Nor was I really that hungry, anyway, for some reason. Oh well.
Plus, they've been having me on the schedule as working 3pm to 11pm, but I end up staying until midnight or later due to everything that's going on with the new system. I guess that's good 'cause I'll be getting some over time and bigger paychecks, but I also don't get to sit down at all in a 9 hour period. My legs are killing me!
And that's about it for me tonight. I'm pooped and need to go pass out in bed.
Until next time!
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