Personal Narrative: Excitement Gone Downhill

Excitement Gone Downhill March 25th, 2016, that day was the day I started working at my first job at Great America. It was also the first day of the season, which was exciting to think about since most people will be newcomers to the park. I was scheduled to come to work at 10 A.M, as I was about to go through the Employee entrance, where I would be told where go. Once reached the entrance the security guard at the front told me to walk straight ahead into the Human Resources and wait in line to take my picture. I proceeded into HR and wait in a line for an ID Card. Once I was first in line. I leaned against the wall and was eager to have my picture taken. For the first time, I admitted a responsibility that I had never had before. From there, I was told to go into the next room to see my new supervisor while the card was printing out. …show more content…
Inside, was a man in a white shirt with black pants with “Supervisor” on the back of his shirt. “Hi, welcome to Great America!” he stated “My name is Wilbur, and I 'll be your new supervisor, lets take you to your game where you will be working at.” We then left HR and started to walk out of the office. It seemed odd that my supervisor didn 't even ask for my name or how I was doing, but it was just a miniscule detail that I overlooked. As we walked down the road to the games, you could hear and see everyone going on the rides, walking around and just enjoying themselves. You could even see people going down the drop tower. After a few minutes, we entered the park and went straight towards the basketball games next to the drop tower. “Ok, so this is the area where you will be working at for most of the time, which includes the four games that stretch from the drop tower to the food court.” I look around real quick to see what games I would be at. Two basketball games, one free throw shot and one Three point shot. A bowling game, and a hammer game, one that you would see at a carnival. We arrived at the free throw shot, which was called “Nothing But Net” where there were two other people there. Wilbur started to talk to all of us about what was going to happen, “Alright, so this is Justin, Justin, this is Salvador and Jaevon, they’ll be one of the couple of co-workers you have. They will help you out in learning the game, and how to deal with guest.” From then Wilbur Left and went towards the front of the park. Once Wilbur left, we just messed around since not that many people were in the park yet, since most people were in school. We also had a conversation about ourselves. It turns out they were in a similar position as me, they were both seventeen, and they were both happy that they got the job. Once the day was over, I was eager to go back to work again tomorrow. The next day, I was scheduled for a morning shift of 9 to 5 schedule. I clocked in and Wilbur told me that we were going to set up the hammer game, and that he will teach me how to run it. As we enter the game, and start taking out the prizes from the back to put on display, I notice something almost immediately: the prizes look terrible. Not only are they absolutely generic, but they were dirty from collecting dirt and dust for who knows how long. Heck, the prizes could have been here for a few years, maybe more. Once Wilbur and I set up the game, things went downhill. “So the game is called Hi Striker, its $5 for three swings, all the guest needs to do is hit that giant red button on the floor, get a score of 90 or above to get one of the prizes.” Wilbur stopped for a moment, “Also, just to give you a heads up, this game is rigged, you can almost never get a score of 90 at this game.” That brought my excitement down, as I know I can’t just cheer people saying they can win when