ok, i've been meaning to do this for a while. Think of this as like personality profiles of my co-workers...they are listed alphabetically, but then I changed the names to fake ones, so now, its not really in any particular order.
Tippi--she is 20 years old, worked in alaska last summer season, and worked at a ski resort during the winter season. she has already started a cake decorating business before she did all that, i use the term business loosely, but still she has more ambition than me for sure. She tries way too hard to be everyone's best friend and hands out strings of compliments to our supervisors. She does this with the guests also. She will type up notes for them and then send the notes with coffee vouchers to their rooms, which i guess could just be being nice, but then she tells the rest of us repeatedly that she does this because she wants credit for it, which i find smarmy. She was sick the other day, and instead of asking to go home, she just sighed deeply and made a miserable face and waited for everyone to ask if she was ok...no one asked.
Cherry--a 50ish year old woman who works the overnight shift. i don't see her too much since training ended. she is really short and petite. She started dating an alaskan the first couple of weeks of being here, and on their first actual date she met his family (gross). she was previously a flight attendant, despite her name, she isn't a bimbo, but she does get off on the younger guys giving her any attention, and she hits the bars a lot, i don't go out here, so i don't know what they are like or what she is like there, but she is definitely trying to regain her youth (like i'm one to talk on that front, ha!)
Amanda--this is my best friend here. she worked at a hotel front desk for 6 years before alaska. her sister is here too, but in a different department, and her sister has been here four or five seasons. she is 29 and turning 30 in june, which also makes me like her. the only down side...she is mormon, so she doesn't drink. one night i had her and another friend (Cindy) over and we played scrabble, and i had some macklemore playing (and we danced) and she asked if we could change the song. she was very nice about it, and i felt really guilty, but she didn't make a fuss or act super offended. and there was alcohol in my room, and the other people were teasing me about only having booze and fruit in my room and she told them not to judge me, so that was cool. she is still my favourite here.
Cindy--she is 24 and short and chubby and has a lisp, and just seems like a cute little girl because of all those features. this is her first season here and she came with her best friend who is 19 and they both worked at a library before this. she is really funny and random and says whatever comes to mind, and will make these jokes and comments that are so out in left field you have to laugh out of confusion if nothing else. we got drunk together one night, and she doesn't really drink that much, but she was slamming these beers down, and these were good micro brew alaska beers, meant to be enjoyed, i forgot a lot of what happened that night, but we went to a dinner show at the lodge and you sit family style at long tables, and there was a japanese woman at our table, so i tried to talk a lot of hong kong shit and at some point i ended up spilling an entire pitcher of water all over out table, but i don't think i made anyone hate me too much...
Elisa--she is late 50s i think. this is her second season here and her husband works here also, but in a different department. they have traveled all over and have no kids, i think they are both GREAT!!! and they drink liberally, which adds to my liking them. she is super nice to the guests, but then as soon as they walk away she always has a quip about them and she is so funny in a sassy way, and talks shit on everything and everyone, but in a jovial not mean and nasty way.
Grace--she is very funny and nice, but does this complete overshare thing where i know she has a brain tumor and gained 150 lbs once she got it but then lost all the weight about a year and a half ago, she came to alaska because her brother died and she wanted a change, and she told everyone this in a group setting on the first day. She previously worked in the medical field in a management capacity, is really sarcastic and jokey and the guests LOVE her for that, and because she knows some medical stuff and all our guests are crazy old, so i think they find that comforting
Mike--the lone guy, we do have a guy supervisor, so he's not totally the only guy. he is 27 and worked for the railroad last summer as a supervisor, which was a good job, but there was a merger and because of that they cut down on the over time, so he switched to front desk for this season. he looks like the guy in 101 dalmatians, the owner guy, who is tall and skinny with glasses. he hates Tippi and has to work with her almost every day. its funny, but also awkward because there are so few of us, we really HAVE to like each other. he is totally on the prowl for chicks, so i try to be his wing man sometimes and find out information about girls in other departments and i make jokes about jesus being the ultimate cock block. because i make crude statements like this i think he likes me, i want to infiltrate his friend group and make them my drinking buddies, but that is going to take some time.
