Official first day

First day of actual work at the PCC.

Bob goes to work at 7:00 a.m. He works out of the warehouse, a large area with buildings and shops etc. for all of the maintenance, repair, and upkeep of the PCC. He was issued his own cart today. It has a large tool box on the back of it and he said he has every tool he will ever need while working there. This box is all enclosed and protects the tools from the weather. This cart is also his transportation around the PCC. Similar to the golf carts of today. It is open air with a shade roof. This cart is “just for him” while at the PCC. He claims it is “his convertible!” The warehouse men have blue uniforms of levis’ and blue denim shirts (exact ally what Bob was hoping for)! He works from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

My work starts in the “Island Office” at 8:00 a.m., a cute little office building in the middle of the PCC islands. It is the hub of all that goes on in those islands. There are six main islands represented here and each has its own area for demonstrations, dancing, singing, etc. where the students perform their program (usually 3-4 times each day) for the visitors that come to the PCC. Our office provides all of the support for these islands…schedules, time clock, work orders, finances, ordering and dispensing of supplies, etc. It is a very busy little place with lots of supervisors, workers, students, coming and going all of the time.

At noon, Bob and I meet for lunch for an hour (give or take whatever time we need, as we are now on Polynesian time and attitude)! Then I go to the first aid office. This is an older building on the outer perimeter of the center which houses some of the offices for security, computer support, safety, etc. I have been given the charge to “rework” the first aid office and programs. They have security and first aid help (sort of) for the hours they are open, but it is all done in Polynesian fashion (rather laid back and “what ever” style). There is some concern that they is liability for law suites and often it doesn’t give very good PR for the center…so we are going to see if we can “beef” things up a bit. It may be an impossible task, they have warned us about that in the first place. But we’ll see.

On Mon. nights we have FHE with the couples. One or two nights a week we will be helping at the luau’s at the PCC. It is mostly greeting, taking tickets, hosting, and visiting with the guests. We have not been assigned the student ward we will be working with yet, but that will keep us busy also.