I love my job! I work at the Pavilion, which is an ice skating rink in Greenville. I cannot figure skate, but I can skate well enough to be a skate guard. The skate guard is the person who skates around on the ice and makes sure no one gets hurt. My favorite part of work is doing birthday parties, or concessions. During a birthday party, they can bounce or skate for an hour and a half. Then, they eat the pizza we order for them. After the pizza, I light the candles for the birthday boy or girl. After blowing out the candles, I cut and serve the cake. I have seen some pretty extravagant cakes after working there for almost a year! Concessions are pretty laid back. I get to make popcorn, pretzels, corndogs, ramen noodles, and macaroni and cheese. Almost everything else is already prepared. There are downtimes in concessions when there are not a lot of people there. Another thing I do at work is managing “the bounce house”. This is a room of inflatables. On busy days, I make sure the children are following the rules, and no one is getting hurt. Altogether, the Pavilion is pretty laid back and a fun atmosphere to work in.
