Last Minute Changes

I hope none of you hate me for this, but I've decided to start this "No Pop" thing on April 1(no fooling). So yeah, my birthday is in March and I wanna have a party with my friends... staying up late and drinking Mountain Dew... like a lot of Mountain Dew! I understand that this does sound pretty stupid, but hey, it's my life.

So April 1 I'll be ready for this!

Wish me luck.

Remembering Ten Years Ago Today...

CP Memory: Directing Traffic

Towards the end of an operating season, when college kids start to go back to school, Cedar Point will take employees out of certain departments and place them other departments to help out. This happened to me in 2003. In this case, the traffic department needed some help and I was asked... well not really asked... I was just scheduled to direct a week a traffic. So basically all I had to do is stand straight down from the toll booths and point which way the car should go. Simple? Yes, that location was.

However, there this one location that was very frustrating. You basically had to watch like 30 directions and help pedestrians cross and stop the road traffic and the four different entrances and exits of the parking lot and also the motor home/bus parking lot. They kind of want people to gain experience, before tackling that station. Was that the case for me? NO! They placed me there like everyday that week! It SUCKED! Drivers started to tick me off! AHHH! I get very frustrated just thinking about it. I almost caused several minor accidents. That would have been horrible.

I guess my only question is... Why did they place me, a sweep, that was just there to fill in for a week, with not traffic training at all, at the hardest station to direct traffic? Hmm...

So there you have it... a Cedar Point memory that wasn't a good one.

No Pop: Round 2

So... I've been thinking and maybe it's time to start another round of "no pop". Last time, my goal was from Oct. 1, 2008 - Jan. 1, 2009... with the bigger goal being one year. However, I did complete the first goal, which was three months(which is still pretty impressive for me).

This time around, I wanna see how long I can last without pop. I guess there is really no specific goal, but I would like to last longer than three months. I plan to start this on March 1. Lets just see what happens.

Wish me luck.

CP Memories: Group Sales Pizza

This one is pretty fun. During the 2003 season, whenever Pat(one of my friends) was left in charge, he would usually order some pizza for about 3 or 4 of us. Now, we never wanted to eat the pizza in the break area, because that would mean others would want some. So we had to have a hiding place to eat pizza and what better place than the Season Pass/Group Sales, right outside the park.(if you aren't sure what I'm talking about, it's the building to your left before you enter the park.)

Well The Chief(nickname I gave Pat) was friends with some team leaders that worked in that building, so all he had to do was ask them. But it would depend on which of their supervisors were working. We didn't wanna get any of them or us in trouble. So basically we would just go in there and hangout, eat pizza, and talk. I might also want to add that it was never really our break and sometimes we would sit in there for almost an hour. We shared a lot of good times in that Group Sales building. Pizza Night was done right!

So thanks to the Chief, Marcos Pizza, and the team leaders of Group sales, for making some of my longer nights, worth it.

The Effect

I'm getting more involved now and I think I should share a little about it...

but later...

CP Memories: Take 2

So like awhile back I started this segment or something called, Cedar Point Memories. Basically it's just me sharing some of my fondest memories of working at Cedar Point back in 2003 and 2004. I actually started sharing a memory but I cut if off only to just give up on it. I should have continued. I apologize for any inconvenience that I might have caused.

Well... I've been thinking and... well, I think I'm gonna fire this thing up again and actually try to write out some memories. So.. yeah, I'm just giving you something to look forward to, because I know how this blog is and it's just getting boring and it's just begging for content. So yeah...

Have fun!

Prayer

Please join with with me in prayer for Derry Prenkert's father and his family.

Thanks.

Check It Out

Thoughts from my good friend, Martin Ufkin.