Okay, so I rode a bike for the first time since high school today; it only cost me $7, and I can definitively say riding a bike is a skill not soon forgotten. There is a bit of a story behind this, so I'll start at the beginning.
My meeting yesterday went well for the most part. We went through company policy and what not (did you know that there are two grocery stores in Skagway and the barge that brings the groceries comes late Monday, so the grocery stores are out of almost everything on Sundays and Mondays?), and read through the script a couple times. Everything was dandy until we got to the tour part.
I can literally only remember the first few words of what I assume was a rather long speech; I think I blacked out from shock after "Andrew drives the bus..."
A bit of background: I do not drive. There are viable medical reasons behind why I do not drive. That is not to say that I do not want to be able to drive. It would make many thing more practical for me, especially in the business I am trying to break into.
Back to the moment after I blacked out. I politely waited for a sentence break before I interjected. "I was not informed I would need to drive and I cannot drive." Rosemary asked me if I could get a license. I told her that I could, but that due to my medical history it would be much harder for me to get a license. I was afraid that she would fire me on the spot, but she just said, "We can work around that." In retrospect, that's probably one of those reasonable accommodations that they talk about in contracts.
I am now riding a bike to the dock and back instead of driving, and I am much less intimidated by that prospect today than I was yesterday. You see, Salt Lake City has a bike share program, so I was able to go out today and try out a bike. After a shaky start in a parking lot, I moved to the sidewalk to practice not running in to people. It worked super well and I didn't fall or run in to anything once!
Other than that; I have to practice alcohol recipe's and card games. Oh darn... guess I'll have to have a drinking party soon.
My meeting yesterday went well for the most part. We went through company policy and what not (did you know that there are two grocery stores in Skagway and the barge that brings the groceries comes late Monday, so the grocery stores are out of almost everything on Sundays and Mondays?), and read through the script a couple times. Everything was dandy until we got to the tour part.
I can literally only remember the first few words of what I assume was a rather long speech; I think I blacked out from shock after "Andrew drives the bus..."
A bit of background: I do not drive. There are viable medical reasons behind why I do not drive. That is not to say that I do not want to be able to drive. It would make many thing more practical for me, especially in the business I am trying to break into.
Back to the moment after I blacked out. I politely waited for a sentence break before I interjected. "I was not informed I would need to drive and I cannot drive." Rosemary asked me if I could get a license. I told her that I could, but that due to my medical history it would be much harder for me to get a license. I was afraid that she would fire me on the spot, but she just said, "We can work around that." In retrospect, that's probably one of those reasonable accommodations that they talk about in contracts.
I am now riding a bike to the dock and back instead of driving, and I am much less intimidated by that prospect today than I was yesterday. You see, Salt Lake City has a bike share program, so I was able to go out today and try out a bike. After a shaky start in a parking lot, I moved to the sidewalk to practice not running in to people. It worked super well and I didn't fall or run in to anything once!
Other than that; I have to practice alcohol recipe's and card games. Oh darn... guess I'll have to have a drinking party soon.
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