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It's a Great Adventure!

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Wow. My first “real” job was Six Flags Great Adventure. I think I started working there when I was 16. I couldn’t drive yet, because the driving age in New Jersey was 17 (it could still be, who knows). I started working there in food service, and wow, was I in for an incredible experience.

Working food service at an amusement park is busy. It’s HARD. I’m sure people who work in McD’s or Burger King have it tough. I’m sure they have rushes and it’s gotta suck a lot. But I Really don’t know if it can compare to my experience. First of all, as a cashier, you have to deal with guests to the park. They’ve been waiting in line for a LONG time. It’s like this constantly. It’s crazy!

If you work as the one doing the cooking, it’s like taking a break. You never want to be cashier. I remember we actually had people who preferred it over cooking.

I worked in a stand which I’m not sure is still there. It was called “International Food Fair” and it had 5 different rooms with different types of food. Spaghetti room (Italian), Gyro room (greek), Funnel Cakes (Sweden?), Sausage Room (German), and the Roast Beef room (I think this was USA LOL).

That was my first food stand I worked at. When I got promoted to assistant manager, I was assistant manager there, and later moved to Employee Dining. I eventually became Manager of a Waffle cone, which was basically Ice cream with fresh waffle cones. Yes, we made those ourselves. My fingertips are still recovering to this day. It was horrible because it was right across from kiddie land. You guessed it, we were BUSY. Good times.

I think I worked there for nearly 5 years. When I first started, I believe I made 5 bucks an hour. That was a lot of money back then in 1985. Wow. Maybe I’ll blog more about this experience. Not sure. It was a long time ago, I don’t know if I can remember everything. LOL

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My soundtrack: Pop Song 89…

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I Totally remember the GREEN tour. We all went to this concert, “the gang” and we had a blast. I remember a bunch of us going to this concert, and I think it was when I first met Kate (at least I think so). I don’t know why I remember it like this.

I remember we were dancing in the aisles of the Spectrum, which is no longer called the spectrum, I believe. I’m sure old school philly-ites still call it the Spectrum, but it’s known as the Wachovia Center I think? Perhaps someone from Philly can set me straight since I live on the opposite side of the states now. Anyways, we were in the aisles dancing just like in the video. I Totally remember that and I remember I didn’t feel like a dork at all. Which was a change.

I think this concert may have been my first “real” concert. I say “real” because I had seen a number of concerts at Six Flags Great Adventure when I worked there. I heard Bon Jovi at GA too. I say “heard” because I was working and the concert stadium was very close.  But I digress.

I don’t remember if I knew what to expect from my first concert in a real concert stadium, but I was reluctant to have any fun I think. I remember that much. But in the end, I had a blast. I think that might have been one of the best times I ever had, and that’s saying something because I’ve had a lot of fun in my life.

It just wouldn’t be a soundtrack for my life if I didn’t at least include the video for the song. I remember there was a lot of controversy about this song, something about the nipples and Michael Stipe just had to show his. It was pretty damn funny I think.  Enjoy. (yes, there is an ad before the video – live with it, you can wait to see the video) Video after the bump.

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