Okay so it's totally all official we have started the weekly events! Our first Tunes on Tuesday was only my third day of real work. I was super excited for the event because I just think that Tunes on Tuesday is a fantastic idea (hence my title!). I'm a big lover of live music. So! The night started well, Ali and I were on shift. Around seven there were a few people around playing some games and Ali and I were both hoping that everyone there stuck around for the show.
The performer, Brian came in and started to set up. Ironically around the same time people started to leave. In all honestly, Ali, Matt, and I were very nervous about the turn out! Ali and I also made a sign very last minute to put outside the door to remind people about the event in hopes that this would attract some guests.
Around 8:30 Ali made the announcement (over the microphone and was a little forced into it !) that the games were going to be shut down soon for the show - unfortunately this caused more people to leave and our nervousness only increased. So, with this being said I made some friends and made them feel a little guilty for leaving. There's no harm in that right :) They ended up staying to have some amazing floats! There were a little technical difficulties with the speakers, however finally it was SHOW TIME!
Matt, my amazing boss, allowed me to sit for the first song while he served some guests. After about two minutes of the song, I turned around to see him swamped! I ran over as quickly as possible to help him out and didn't leave that spot the entire performance! It all worked out - we had a good turn out!! Matt and I were very busy doing circles around the milkshake machine. We got to sing a lot to the cover songs that Brian played (and played very well). Before I knew it, it was time for clean up. Matt, Ali, and I all decided that the event worked out after all! This made us excited and hopeful for an even better turn out for next week. I must say that I will probably be there every Tuesday to not only support my work place, but because how cool is it that we have live music FOR FREE!
On another note! Tuesday was also our staff meeting! Us managers did a lovely job, in my opinion, getting the staff to know what we're all about and to get them excited about the job that we love so much! I'm anxious for them to start!
Come check us out this week for another successful Tunes on Tuesday or stop by for some of the other events we have planned! (Our Facebook group has the event details!)
Until next timeee,
Ashley
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P.S. Have you seen our wonderful bios/pics under the "About the Managers" tab? Thanks to wonderful Adam you can read all about us!
More pictures coming soon!
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.
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