marciadanielle

I had my first day at Madame Tussauds today. It went pretty well! It seemed to be a more positive start than Marks and Spencers - of course, I had a more positive attitude. People seemed friendlier on a whole, managers seemed a lot more interested in you. We met the General Manager too and he chatted with is. I was impressed by the Operations Manager (who is the manager of my manager) because he came in and knew where everyone was going to be working (ie. he actually knew who everyone was and cared enough to put a face to a name) and seemed to want to get to know us. I have my first real shift on Monday, I think for till training. I have to work 6 days next week, but then the following week I only work 4...I don't have that schedule yet, but I confirmed that the norm is NOT working 6 days a week (I wasn't super worried, but just wanted to make sure!) I have to work every other weekend. But meh, I don't have much of a life anyways! And I like getting weekdays off, easier to do things! Oh, and I will get a paycheque at the end of January (we get paid on the 26th every month) so phew! I'll be able to pay February's rent! I won't have any money for February, but I might get some birthday money (hopefully anyways!!) so that should be fine. And when my parents are here, I won't be spending much money. Oh, and I get 28 days holiday, not 27. Oh! And even more important! My crush was in the same induction class as me! He's going to be in attractions though, while I'm in retail. We were in the same assessment (it's funny cause 4 out of 5 of the people at my assessment (me being one of them) were at the induction today) and he was really nice during that. He was even nicer today! Then we walked back to the tube together and chatted. I don't think anything will come of this, but it's nice to crush on someone! This afternoon we went through the attractions and they made me go through Screams. Which is a haunted house thing where people jump out at you. I screamed throughout the whole thing. It was not fun. I hate anything scary. But whatever, now I know what it's like and don't need to go back there! We got to see where they make the figures. Well, they don't make any of them there any more, there's a studio place in Acton (wherever that is). But they do repairs, and they do all the hair and make-up on site. Oh, and wardrobe, so we had a tour of it all. Oh! And at the end of the day we had to pick someone (out of the 6 of us who were there for induction) who was helpful, etc. and the winner got a prize. And I had the most votes! I didn't vote for myself obviously, so it means other people did! Yay! I get to have a wax hand thing made of my hand. Oh, and after 6 weeks I get my free passes to Madame Tussauds and other attractions owned by the same group (The Merlin Group) and it includes amusement parks in England! So at some point I'm so going to go to Alton Towers (or one of the others). I can also get £50 hotel rooms at Alton Towers, so maybe I'll make a night of it. Should be fun!!