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Seniors
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                                           "I get to pick my own hours. I don't have to work Friday or Saturday
                                           nights.  Actually I do less."
                                           -Senior Gina Rybin



                                                                                                         How long have you worked at
                                                                                                         Park 4 Theaters?  "It will be two
                                                                                                        years this summer.  I don't have
                                                                                                         to work with the main manager.
                                                                                                         I'm assistant manager on Mon­
                                                                                                         day,  Wednesday,  and  Sunday
                                                                                                         nights,  I  get  to  pick  my  own
                                                                                                         hours. I don't have to work Fri­
                                                                                                         day  or  Saturday  nights.  Actu­
                                                                                                         ally I do less. If there is a problem
                                                                                                         or people want to talk to some­
                                                                                                         one like a manager I have to talk
                                                                                                         to  them.  I  don't  have  to  sell
                                                                                                         tickets.  Sometimes I have to run
                                                                                                         the movies. Sometimes there are
                                                                                                         complaints if people are smok­
                                                                                                         ing in the theater, if it's too cold
                                                                                                         or too hot.  People being obnox­
                                                                                                         ious or kids trying to sneak into
                                                                                                         movies. It's not that big of a deal,
                                                                                                         but I still have to handle it. Train­
                                                                                                         ing?  Just  my  manager  taught
                                                                                                         me how, it's not that hard. Hours
                                                                                                         a  week?  Between  twenty  or
                                                                                                         twenty  five.  Sometimes  thirty.
                                                                                                         Do your peers treat you differ­
                                                                                                         ently?  No, there's one girl that
                                                                                                         does,  but  other  than  that,  they
                                                                                                         treat me the same.  They like it
                                                                               t the fall pep rally, the   better  when  I'm  there  because
                                                                           A hottest fall athlete        I'm  a  little  more  lenient.  The
                                                                          was determined by sitting      people  older  than  me  are  only
                                                                           on a block of ice.  Partici­  about a year older so it's not that
                                                                           pating are Seniors Stacy      big of a deal.  I make $4.70 now,
                                                                           Conley, Jenny Dolphin         but before I made $4.25.  You get
                                                                           and Brad Marr.                to pick your own hours. I don't
                                                                                                         have time to see movies, but we
                                                                                                         can. I can let people into movies
                                                                                                         free .  .  .  (my responsibilities in­
                                                                                                         clude) working with people, with
                                                                                                         problems that come up, talking
                                                                                                         to  people  trying  to  calm  them
                                                                                                         down  if  they  are  upset  about
                                                                                                         something  that  happened  dur­
                                                                                                         ing  the  movie.  Also  working
                                                                                                         with  money.  I  have  to  make
                                                                                                         deposits.’  Do you plan to make
                                                                                                         a career of theater work? "No,
                                                                                                         definitely  not.  I  want  to  go  to
                                                                                                         school and become a chiroprac­
                                                                                                         tor.  If I stay in Omaha  to go to
                                                                                                         school, I'll probably work there."
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