..."I have no idea what he just said"...

The Convention just hired a new guy who now occupies the desk I used to work at (the one I secretly claimed and called mine). So anyways, now I have been working at different people's desks, depending on who is at work. Lately, I have been using the computer desk at the front part of the visitor's center, where visitor's actually come in, so I have had a chance to sit next to the receptionist and be where there are more people, instead of just sitting inside an office cubicle. She is an older lady, named Cookie, and she is just a doll--I love her. She reminds me of a lady named Dot that I worked with at Seneca--and I loved her too (haha). Anyway, the title of this article has to do with what she said at work today which made me laugh.

The new guy, (I really can't remember his name), comes up and shows us this sqaure design of a bunch of scirbbly lines on a piece of paper (like a shaded box with a star). He asked us if we know what it was and we didn't. And then he said it was this new thing that people could use on their Blackberries and they could take it with them around Morgantown and at certain places, your phone would talk about the history of the place. Well, he kept going on and I was wondering what the heck it had to do with the scribbly dot on a piece of paper. And then when he finished--I being nice and having to say something nice--said "that is so cool." And then when he left, I looked at Cookie, and she was just like
"I have no idea what he just said." Oh--I laughed for a while, because I had NO IDEA either.

Anyways, on a different note (in case you didn't know), the Convention distributes a lot of brochures out to different businesses and people that request them. Tourism has been a big aspect of my intership as it is ultimately what the Convention centers around. This is why I'm usually kept busy doing bulk orders and mailing out visitor's guides among other things. Earlier this week, I traveled to the Visitor's Center by the Westover Mall near Gabe's, the WOW Factory, and The Cheat Lake Winery and Distillery. The last place mentioned took a little longer time to get to, but it was a neat place once I got there. I picked up brochures from them and delivered them back to the Convention. Also, I have been busy doing data management, entering patrons requesting visitor's guides onto the database and so forth.

The project that I was assigned yesterday and have currently been working on deals with using MS Excel. I have to compile a list of WV-owned and operated Restaurants (excluding chains) and put them onto Excel along with their addresses and other contact information. This project is due by next Monday, conveniently which is right before the poster exhibition.

After looking at poster examples today, I have a much better idea of the route I want to take with my poster. I have an idea for the title--maybe including tourism at the GMCVB. I want to keep it simple, but visually attractive at the same time. I might use the subheads: writing, data management, and editing.

Reflecting on this week, it has been much a much more busy week than last week with more projects and things to do. One thing I have noticed is you never know who is going to be at the office, with people having to travel around town to organize certain events or whatever they are required to do. It seems like one week Cindy will be there and one week she won't. The receptionist and the Visitor's center coordinator, Lauryn are usually always there, though. So, it in a sense it is not a mere typical place such as my mother works at,(i.e. she works for Department of Health and Human Resources) where the same people are always there at the same time all the time. It's interesting reflecting on the different work environments.