RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS......YEP

MONDAYS....YECH!!  Well, worked a full weekend at Dollywood - and boy was it hot!!!!  Gee I love the people I work with.  Everyone is just super to work with.  When I got to work on Sunday I found out I was PIC (Person In Charge) that day.  The PIC is responsible for seeing that the ride runs smoothly, lunches and breaks are scheduled and rotation happens every hour.  Sunday we ran 20 boats on the river which means we had 9 active positions, 7 on the dock (Load 1, Load 2, Load 3, Unload 1, Unload 2, Unload 3 and Dispatch) 1 person in Tower 1 and one person in Tower 2 which are located along the river.  Then at 11 a.m 3 more people come in and these 3 people are the breakers who go from one position to another giving people their lunch breaks and afternoon breaks.   Every hour we "rotate our positions like this:  A breaker comes in, goes to Unload 3, takes Unload 3's position and rotates that person to Unload 2. Unload 2 rotates to Unload 1. Unload 1 rotates into Dispatch.  Dispatch rotates to Load 3, Load 3 goes to Load 2, Load 2 goes to Load 1 and Load 1 goes to Tower 1, and Tower 1 goes to Tower 2 and Tower 2 rotates in on the dock to Unload 3, freeing up the breaker to go about lunches and breaks.  Sounds complicated?  It really isn't. THEN every two hours one of our people actually RIDES in a boat to determine that the ride is functioning normally and that there are no hazards along the river bank that could potentially hurt a guest in one of the boats.  The PIC also handles any problems with guests, but can call upon "Unit 400" (PIC for the whole park) if he or she feels that they haven't handled something to the guest's satisfaction.

We are super safety conscious at Dollywood.  We are all empowered to stop something if we think that a guest might get hurt.  Our maintenance guys at the Rampage are the best.  They go over everything with a "fine tooth comb" to make sure that our ride is safe at all times. 

I have to work Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend also, so no day off for me.  Oh well....I'll make it.  Don't know about my laundry though.  The pile is getting bigger - and it's starting to talk to me....

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