Quote Originally Posted by kitten645 View Post
Hey Cindy! I work right across the street in the Blackhawk Plaza! The event should be lots of fun! I know by the time you see this you'll already know that! No need to be nervous...volunteers are great people and usually very grateful for any help anyone is willing to give. Good luck!
I meant to post earlier that I would be out there, but I forgot. Sorry.

Anyway, when I first got there I was so uncomfortable. Especially since I had on the volunteer shirt people were asking me questions I couldn't answer. The guy I was supposed to check in with was busy with cat adoptions (3 kitties were adopted today!! Woo Hoo!!), so I stood with another volunteer and started learning the ropes. Then when the "boss" got there she put me on the merchandise table. It wasn't very busy, so that was good. But I was actually starting to answer peoples questions.
Then the weird thing happened. ARF people were making a huge deal out of the fact that I just had orientation last Saturday. I was like . And then it was explained to me that usually volunteers have to go through a training session and put in "x" amount of time (I think she said 6 months) before being put on an event.
Well, I guess it pays off to sorta know someone in the company. LOL But I do plan on going through the training. It's just that most of the training sessions were only offered during my regular work hours. I'll have to see what I can do about that. I don't want people thinking I don't have to follow rules.
OMG, I could sit here and type all night about things that happened in the 2 1/2 hours I was there. LOL But I don't want anyone falling asleep on their keyboards. That would hurt. So I'll end by saying that next Saturday I'm going to go learn how to work the boutique at the center.

Thanks for putting up with my babbling.