What is this blog?

The RutgersZone is a revolutionary new space located in the Livingston Student Center on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers University. The space includes games like Skee-Ball and Pool, an array of HD Satellite televisions and a full-service ice cream/soda shop.

In addition to creating a unique experience on campus for Rutgers students, the RutgersZone also aims to develop life and leadership skills of the staff members working in the space.

This blog, the RutgersZone Experiment, is a chronicle of this ground-breaking experience being shared by seven undergraduate student managers and one professional staff general manager. These students are being tasked with working as a team to create an unmatched on-campus experience for our guests, learning to become effective managers and constantly "pushing the envelope" for what is expected on a college campus. As a part of their employment experience, each student manager is asked to blog at least once per week about the processes associated with opening this space or developing as a manger.

Welcome to the RutgersZone Experiment!





Sunday, November 7, 2010

Day and Night?

So today I worked my first Sunday night shift - which was a lot different than my normal Sunday morning/afternoon shift. It was weird adjusting to the closing procedures instead of the typical morning procedures. Opening makes time go a lot faster while closing seems to lag on. Even though football was on all day (NICE OT WIN, JETS!), time seemed to go by slowly. We had a lot of fun fans in the Zone today who we interacted with, which was fun. But overall - I had great staff with me today so we got a lot of the closing tasks done way before the Zone even closed. Our crew members are really starting to show that they have the tasks down, making it a lot easier at the end of the day. I'm really impressed by how the staff quickly and effectively gets their tasks done. YEAH TEAM! We also have a total of three crew members on duty by the end of the night, which makes clean up easier. Overall, closing was easier, especially because we worked together as a team and got everything done at a reasonable time. Plus, I was more energized since the coffee kicked in way before my shift :)

See you next Sunday for football at the Zone!!!
-Lisa

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