December 27th 2014

December 27^th 2014: Yesterday, today, and God willing tomorrow I am posted at H.H.! Merry Christmas me! This time instead of focusing on handheld video games I’m focusing on writing. Like usual everyone else’s brains are turned off or running on overdrive. Unless you are writing down your thoughts, brain power is wasted here. Nothing ever has to be over thought at the museum. The best thing to do is have your brain run on auto-pilot. Unless you work in the Monitor Room, i.e. RUN the operations of other guards. In which case please have your brain run on overdrive. Not only does it keep things running smooth, but if they flub up it’s entertaining. We had to go on rounds today, since I’m posted at H.H. I decided to pick that. I mean what would be the point of covering the same place twice? I’ll be doing rounds when I unlock it anyway. Monti and Thompson always go to H.H., typically I go to the house because of the coffee maker.

The Marketing Department has launched a new mobile website for the museum. You know doing something that every other place does but except a few years late? In typical fashion, it doesn’t work but they want us to hand out cards (as if we work for Visitor Services) that “connect” guests to the website. Mismanagement is in charge of handing out the cards (and even made up a memory of “handing me cards already”. I was at H.H., she never walks two feet out of her office (unless there’s food), she definitely never comes to H.H. unless “boss man” Knucklehead calls her. Next up is the whole customer service thing. Even if the guests gives enough of a shit to ask about the website there are three issues. 1) The wifi and 3G are horrible within the galleries. 2) Most of the guests that come here do not have smart phones. 3)The cards we are suppose to pass out have vague instructions. That last thing really is not so bad since it goes along great with our customer service regime. Say-what-we-need-to-say-to-get-them-out-of-our-hair-then-walk-away technique. Not what Visitor Services would do, but it’s not Security’s job. Using that technique might seem harsh but consider the quality of person that comes into the museum, and what we have to deal with. Also today I learned that Jone has a website entirely devoted to the Chamber of Wonders. Not only is it well organized, but it cost nothing to make.

Today Mismanagement is doing evaluations. Yeah I know, she’s been “working” on them for like the last month and a half. Today it sounds like they are ready. When I get called to her office I’m going to take my time getting there and coming back! The evaluation went the same as last year. I got about 75% again. We might be getting raises this year but I doubt it. It all depends on if "it's in the budget".