The summer before I started as a student at Clemson, I worked as a lifeguard for a private company that supplied guards to various pools around the area that I live. About halfway through the summer my section of the company received a new supervisor.
One of the pools that I often was assigned to was an olympic size indoor pool at a k-12 grade school near my house. During the week we would have guards working alone covering different shifts throughout the various hours the pool was open for. During the weekend we would have 2 guards working together the whole day.
One weekend when the new supervisor was still new a lot of miscommunication must have occured because 3 guards showed up to work. We never quite found out why 3 guards were there that day, it was fun for us, but it certainly was not planned. We thought possibly that the supervisor got something mixed up but were not sure, so no one went home until we could contact the supervisor, which was several hours later.
When the supervisor realized what had happened he was a little upset because the boss was not to happy with him since they had to pay an extra person that weekend. He wondered why we all showed up for work that day but we all wondered why he put us all on the schedule for that day.
The aftermath was that the company lost a little money paying an extra guard, and we lost a little respect for our supervisor.
This problem occured because either the supervisor forgot to tell one of us we had the day off, or someone had missed the message that they were supposed to have the day off. All of this could have been avoided if the supervisor had properly checked the schedule and made sure everyone else knew what it was.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
March 8
The one presentation from this week that really stuck in my mind was Nick's presentation. Although he was lacking some information for his presentation I really enjoyed it because he was so passionate about his subject. It was easy to listen to him because he really cared about what he was talking about. It was cool that we could actually listen to some of the music he was talking about too. Hearing to his presentation actually made me want to go to the concert so he must have done a good job.
I have had to do an online portfolio for one of my classes before, during freshman year. It was a while ago so I do not remember much about it. Because I do not remember much about it, I am going to assume it was more of a good experience than a bad one because bad experiences are usually more memorable. I have not really looked into this online portfolio that we are supposed to do yet, so I do not know a lot about it. To ensure that I am ready I will have to research what it is that we are actually supposed to do, and maybe search for some examples of some that have already be done. I have a lot of things to do and some ideas to come up with to ensure that I will be ready on March 23.
I have had to do an online portfolio for one of my classes before, during freshman year. It was a while ago so I do not remember much about it. Because I do not remember much about it, I am going to assume it was more of a good experience than a bad one because bad experiences are usually more memorable. I have not really looked into this online portfolio that we are supposed to do yet, so I do not know a lot about it. To ensure that I am ready I will have to research what it is that we are actually supposed to do, and maybe search for some examples of some that have already be done. I have a lot of things to do and some ideas to come up with to ensure that I will be ready on March 23.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Presentations
I have enjoyed all of the presentations given in class so far, they have been pretty interesting, and I have learned something new from each one. While they were all good I would have to say that I really enjoyed Brandon's presentation on sugar gliders, Kelly's presentation on surviving in a big family, and Melesha's presentation on going through a drive thru the most.
I found Brandon's presentation so enjoyable mainly because I have never heard of a sugar glider before, and somehow i have referenced sugar gliders several times since his presentation. Of course it was also awesome that he actually brought a real live sugar glider in to show us.
I enjoyed Kelly's presentation because it was hilarious and I could relate to it even though my family is not quite so big. It was obvious that she had a lot of experience with the subject matter and knew what she was talking about so it was easy to listen to her.
Melesha's presentation was also very good. I also felt like she had a wealth of knowledge on her subject matter. It was good because her material was quite funny but she was able to keep her composure. I liked it because I do not know Melesha well but she seems kinda quiet in class and so I did not really expect this presentation to come from her.
I found Brandon's presentation so enjoyable mainly because I have never heard of a sugar glider before, and somehow i have referenced sugar gliders several times since his presentation. Of course it was also awesome that he actually brought a real live sugar glider in to show us.
I enjoyed Kelly's presentation because it was hilarious and I could relate to it even though my family is not quite so big. It was obvious that she had a lot of experience with the subject matter and knew what she was talking about so it was easy to listen to her.
Melesha's presentation was also very good. I also felt like she had a wealth of knowledge on her subject matter. It was good because her material was quite funny but she was able to keep her composure. I liked it because I do not know Melesha well but she seems kinda quiet in class and so I did not really expect this presentation to come from her.
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