Woke up today with a certain amount of anxiety, got showered and we were off at 6am to take the two trains and a bus to our training location.

Got there and surprisingly we were not the first to arrive but ran into a fellow first-day trainee at the bus stop, then grabbed coffee to try and wake us up.

Let me explain the us. I am living with a fellow trainee. We walk out of our Brooklyn brownstone and on to the sunfilled street and will do the same for the next 4 weeks.

We got into the classroom and in walked two of the people everyone knew, our base manager and the head of hr. They talked for an hour, and mostly it felt like story time and let me put the fear of “be focused or get out” in you. While a college worker set up the projector.

Then two very attractive men walked in and started our lesson for the day. One was just an instructor for the day. The other would be with us for 4 day and we would all come to respect and like him. He handed us our many manuals and material that will help us navigate the next 4 weeks.

I couldn’t help but think how similar it all was to cruise ship safety training. I have traded one tin can for a much smaller tin can, and yet the message is the same. We are not there to simply pour your coffee and fulfil every need that pops into a guest’s head. In reality we are there in case there is a real emergency and any common citizen is suddenly panicking because death seem imminent. We are there for emergencies.

Class was just as overwhelming and boring as the first day on any ship. Our instructor was fine, the people in my class were nice but there will probably be a few that get on my nerves. I volunteered as tribute, as I would say. In other terms, I will be the one person anyone whom is running late will contact, as well as a contact for the trainers to contact if they are running late. Responsibility is easy when you have been responsible since you were 14. It was surprising no one else wanted to take it on.

On another note I wrote this the first night but was having issues posting it.

Will shortly be posting my first week observations.