Reception Duty to University Socials: A Day in the Life


Today, I woke up at 7 a.m. to head to work at the reception, where I worked from 7:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. I handled a lot of check-ins and other tasks, like preparing rooms for new guests and setting up a snack table for the arrivals. After work, I was exhausted, so I took a nap for an hour and a half.

By 5 p.m., I started getting ready for university because we had a PowerPoint presentation in one of the classrooms, covering everything we needed to know about the campus. After the presentation, we all gathered in the university's outdoor space, where we enjoyed wine, beer, and a cheese platter. We drank, ate, and socialized, which made for a really nice evening in my opinion.

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