A little bit of WORK...

11-20-12

Work…

Everyone reading this blog is probably starting to think that I am a resident on the ship rather than crew! So… I figured I’d let you guys in on a little bit of my daily stuff and the people I work with.  Turns out…that eventually, you find people, that slowly become “your people” everywhere-all different kinds, and people that hold a different purpose in your life…but nevertheless, I’ve found a few of them ;) (if you have no idea what I’m talking about, refer back to the “my people” post)

I work mostly in F&B (food and Beverage) Administration….with 3 extremely entertaining bosses- Ludovic the F&B Manager from France, Executive Chef Peter from Germany and Bruno Senior Restaurant Manager from Portugal…along with them I semi report to the Beverage Manager Marinela from Bulgaria and Hotel Stores Manager Mateo from England/South Africa- so as you can see there is a pretty wide cultural range here. It’s been quite interesting getting to understand the different cultural quirks and personalities…morning meetings are sometimes very entertaining. My job-along with Kari who is a former Auburn grad as well (War Eagle!) is basically organizing, communicating and running the F&B show lol. No-but seriously, anything and everything that goes on behind the scenes in our department goes through the F&B Admin-so that’s all restaurant reservations, special restaurant events, private events, last minute orders (which we get a lot of), monthly onboard calendar-this is my “baby”-I am in charge of making sure this it is always correct and updated for all events going on in the ship whether that be in enrichment, conferences, f&b, bars, youth, spa, port of call-you name it. I handle a lot of the planning that goes on before these events can ever happen or be approved to happen…and then I’m in charge or creating all special menu designs. I also work alongside the editors on all the daily, weekly and monthly newsletters that go out to the guests…so I get to do a little creative writing too J It may not sound like a lot-but somehow your days fly by full of things to do-and my bosses, well I also do whatever they ask/tell/want/need for that day at that time-which can also change at the drop of a hat. A really fun part of my job is food tastings J before all new menus or interviews with a chef-I get to taste food that I could never afford…I’m just sayinJ

One morning before work... 

Me & my roomie after morning meeting! (It was a little sunny) 

After a food tasting in Tides on Deck 12 

I’m loving work, it’s extremely detail oriented and I get to make lists! Some of you know my obsession with making and crossing off items on a list. So that’s it…in a nutshell, there’s a lot more, but I don’t want to bore you. but yes-besides all my adventures which I literally squeeze into my day, I am working, jussstt incase you were wondering.