Saturday was a big day for the company; it was called division day. The entire Fairbanks division was out and mobile. We had about eight groups of four coaches each that drove all around town getting us familiarized with routs and duties at each station. I got to drive my own bus by my self and follow our little group around. The exercise was to get us used to the locations with other motor coaches so it would be more like the circumstances during the season with lots of motor coach traffic. It also allowed a crew to get into the “yard” the motor coach parking lot behind our offices and sweep all the gravel out from the winter. The best part of the day was that we worked many hours and got overtime on the clock.
During the week we had lots of tour practice. We were each given parts of the city tour that we had to learn and then present to our co-workers and we gave each other tips on how to improve our manner and style. The most beneficial aspect was the practice we got from actually having to do it.
On a public speaking note, Travis and I were asked to give talks for Mothers day. Our talks went very well and we were very pleased with how the turned out. It gave Travis and I an opportunity to be known in the ward and for people to get to know our names. This was probably the most free time we would have all season so it was the best time for us to give talks. Besides it gave me the opportunity to get some girls’ phone numbers, there does happen to be some BYU girls home for the summer, so we should have lots of fun.
Today we had mechanical training. We learned how to change tires on a bus, how to work some of the more obscure controls we have on the bus. How to trouble shoot simple items and how to address very detailed items we could find in our daily vehicle inspections. We also learned how to change belts on our engines and how to fuel the coaches in our facilities and what to do incase of leaks and spills.
This evening we had vendor night. All the vendors we work with came and gave presentations of what their company does for the tourists and the gave us all kinds of food, free bees and hand outs. They all encourage us to come on free excursions during the beginning of the summer on trips when they have free room so that we get to know what they do and can help them promote their trips to the guests. The trick now is coordinating our schedules and fitting in an excursion that they will have room for us to do.
Things are really fun and I have my studying cut out for me. It is easy to miss out on sleep since it doesn’t get dark till 12 and it gets light at about 5 right now, and the problem is only getting worse. But in another light, it is always bright out side so you can go to sleep when ever you want because conditions won’t get much better no matter how long you wait.
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