Since it is still early in the season there are two things that are happening very often. One: New members constantly moving in and paying fees that they owe. Two: Members getting hurt. The two aren't very related but they are just things that are happening right now that won't be happening later in the season.
When a new member is brought here from the airport I have been in charge of checking them in. Which involves them first signing in on their instrument's sign in list, second filling out a form saying which room they are in and me giving them the key, third paying any money that they owe the corps. Alot of them do come in and owe money, they either know how much they owe or I can get on a site that has all their names and balances to see. They can pay with cash, check, or credit card and if it is credit card I have to then write down all of their card information. After they get a receipt from me they have been fully checked in and they can go to their room and then go out to rehearsal. It isn't really that exciting, but I like the OCDness of checking people in, having forms filled out, and getting things done.
Members are getting injured everyday. It isn't a matter of the staff or the instructors beating the kids and it's not a matter of the kids not getting enough to eat, they are just doing alot of hard, challenging work out in the sun. The reason this has to do with me is because if I'm bored I go fill up about 100 ice packs and put them in the freezer. I get calls all the time about taking so and so to urgent care because they tore their groin or because they won't stop having nose bleeds (I know.....awesome). We have to drive the special cases to the chiropractor or the sports medicine specialists. And these are alot of cases on top of what our on staff physical trainer can handle. I bring members to the pharmacy to get their prescriptions filled. One thing that has came full circle for me is this, when I was younger I hated filling out the HUGE emergency medical form packet to give to the school every year but now when someone gets hurt and I have to drive them somewhere really quick......I have to grab those packets and they end up being pretty useful.
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Hi Adam,
ReplyDeleteI sent an email to David Glasgow today and copied you on it. Take a look at the attachment about blogging topics. Start to address those in your posts. I'm already getting the picture that your job entails having to be highly organized and constantly on the move. Sounds like you are having fun however. So, take a look at the topic an start an analysis of the business aspects of Bluecoats.
Susan