WoRking At SubiaCo Oval.. the GooD and the Bad

I pretty much started getting the hang of things at work. I'm assigned to the same bar stall every time I work there.

My supervisor's pretty nice. She's like probably the same age or me or a bit older. She's cool and nice to talk to. All my colleagues are aussies, which is a good thing as I get to talk to them.
Well, some are just like acquaintences. Like this guy Alex, I noticed he practically talks to my supervisor, Brownyn and Jennifer, but he doesnt really talk to me much. I got a chance to talk to him when I was working in the tills (ie being a cashier) for the first time. My till's right next to him. He was teaching me the ropes, but we dont really talk. there were awkard silences between us. Strange.

Then came jennifer, a third year nursing student at Curtin. She's really cool. I like her a lot. We started chatting when I was working yesterday at the bar with her. And then today, she changed roles with Alex, ie she works on the till while Alex works at the bar. It was really good. We bascially chatted the whole time. We talked about alcohol, DAylight savings, footie. It was good fun.

Haha, I think everyone's kinda blur about what I do. There are basically 2 roles. Working at the bar serving beer, spirits and wine, or working at the till (cashier) which is seperate from the bar. There are 2 ppl working behind the tills (ie 2 cashiers) and usually 4 ppl at the bar. We rotate from time to time, according to Brownyn. Today's my first time working at the till. Its fun yet draining at the same time. Pressing the numbers and giving change.

Yesterday was a rubgy match, and there was a constant stream of ppl buying drinks.

Today's the first time I'm working in a footy match. Footy is the national sports of aus. Its similar to soccer, yet not so much because players are allowed to use their hands. I am not too sure of the game because I never really watch those games, but I tell you, aussies are crazy over footy. There were lots of fremantle dockers supporters today. They were clad in all sorts of purple, from hats, to scarves, to t-shirts, to socks, to purple wigs. Purple is the colour of the fremantle jersery, so everyone wears purple. YES, 90% of ppl who turned up in the matches wear freo accessories. You can buy them at shopping centres, or at subi oval.

Working at a footy match is so different. peeps come down and buy drinks during half time. The crowd is horrendously long during break times. There i was frantically pressing away at my cashier machine. I could hear simultaneous "teet teets" signalling the speed of pressing all the buttons. When match starts again, the crowd lessens, by like a lot, and sometimes we dont get a single customer.


ITs interesting meeting all sorts of people at the till. People who are v. meticulous about their money. I did make some mistakes (undercharge i think, but I'm excused cos its my first day doing this! heeeee). Some peeps who were really nice, some really cheeky ones. I remember i was working with Alex for the first half of the match and this buy brought his beer up to me and said" oh, i go to your till cos you're the more good looking one." And I'm like okie. ( I was thinking in my head, i'm the only girl there, for god's sake!) haa. I've seen the same faces at my till at least 4 times. Aussies. They can really drink.

So far, work's alright. I take the train to work. And I hate going back to work after a match. I gotta squeeze in with all the spectators. like the mad rush in mrts. It was so funny yesterday. The train was so crowded that my friend bernice was under a man's armpit and people were grabbing around for support. There was this poor guy who was stuck in the middle and he couldnt move. And then he shouted in the train "Whoever's grabbing my arse, could you please grab it a little to the left?" Bernice and I were giggling so hard. That poor dude must have felt so uncomfortable with that spot that the person is grabbing (okie, this sounds a little wrong but its what I felt anyways. Hahaha).



On a side note, I can forsee being busier with ISS stuff after a long early social meeting. But the idea of helping to organise a ball sounds enticing. Dont you think?