My Job in a Nutshell

I work at the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort which serves American military personnel. It is an incredibly beautiful facility with a rustic, woodsy feel. Besides the various hotel rooms and suites, it features a pool, outdoor hot tub, gift shop, convenience/ coffee shop, arcade, small casino, and many tours throughout Germany and the surrounding areas available to guests. There are also cabins and camp sites available. The three restaurants within the hotel are Market Station (buffet), Zuggy’s Base Camp (sports bar and family dining) and Pullman Place (fancier, food is prepared in front of you).

Before you get here, it is made clear that they will place you in whatever job that they need to be filled when you arrive, which could mean front desk, housekeeping, working at one of the three restaurants, custodial duties, security, conferencing, or working as a recreation aid in Alpine Adventures (the gift shop and place to reserve tours, etc.) I was lucky enough to become a recreation aid in Alpine Adventures.

My main duties include assisting guests in booking tours, selling merchandise in the gift shop, implementing kid’s programs that we offer to guests, and hopefully leading tours in the future. Working in the shop is a little stressful right now because of all the information that you are expected to know, but I love the people that I work with and the variety in tasks that this position has. Since I have been here, I have also done other odds and ends jobs, which keeps things interesting. I have worked at karaoke night a couple of times in Zuggy’s, which somehow led to me singing a duet, “Summer Nights,” from the movie, Grease, and “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” by Shania Twain. Not sure it sounded the best, but it got the crowd pumped up! I’ve also had to do set-up for an event the hotel hosts on holidays, called Kid’s World, where we inflate bouncy castles and a huge slide. Some of us employees graciously tested out the slide, just to make sure they were safe for the children, of course. J During that same weekend, there are events for adults, too. We hosted “Minute to Win It,” where we choose hotel guests to compete in relatively difficult and obscure tasks within a minute to win a prize.

Recently, I’ve started to work on a personal project which involves revamping the kid’s center for the kids programs we offer. I’m currently going through all of the arts and crafts to see what we can use, reorganizing materials and redecorating to spice it up a little bit. I’m very eager to see the final product! All in all, I really like the fact that there is so much variety in my job, and feel incredibly lucky that I was placed in this position!