Rock Star Wednesday

This morning there were a lot of veteran elves, so many that we started calling it Rock Star Wednesday. We had Sprinkles and Periwinkle and Fuzzy Mittens and Figgy and Spritz and Bobble and Merrimint and Snowball and Teddy Bear and Fa La La and Pine Tree and Moonbeam. Hot Chocolate and Tippy Toe joined us later. It would have been an extremely efficient morning, had there been people to move quickly. Shortcake was Gatekeeper at the beginning of the day, and in one hour there were 123 people. That's not very many. For the first 40 minutes, we were averaging a person a minute. During the second hour, more people came, but that meant Shortcake's left arm became stiff from keeping it behind her back constantly.

After a short break, Shortcake headed out to the front line to man the headset. She got to hang with Figgy for a whopping 5 minutes before he switched out with Little Star. Shortcake didn't have the best day on headset - she missed the manager's call a few times because the headset slipped off her ear. But there were school groups today. School groups are always fun.

Lunch involved another gingerbread man cookie. Gingerbread men cookies are quite good, but the buttons are made of raisins instead of gumdrops or M&Ms. Clearly, there is room for improvement.

Shortcake Photoed after lunch. It was slow, so she spent some time talking to Santa in the lulls. A lot of Germans came through today. And North Carolinians.

She was sent to the front line, not on headset, for a bit, where the most exciting event of the day happened. Shortcake was talking to two girls, and started smelling something. She figured one of the girls had farted, and Shortcake was too polite to mention it. Then she heard someone say "EW" and "look out for that," whereupon Shortcake turned around and saw poop on the floor. And someone had stepped in it and smeared it all over. And it smelled. Housekeeping was called, and they cleaned it up, but it does beg the question "who pooped on the floor?" There were no pets. Pinetree seemed to think it was an old lady. Shortcake's response was a very grossed out "EW."

Shortcake finished the day working the Main Exit, thanking people for visiting Santaland, and encouraging them to see the Puppet Theater.

After her shift she went to her very first Hannukah party and had klugel and latkes and some red wine and delicious chicken. Happy Hannukah!