movie theater — Hannah Elise Schultz

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Serendipity

— Hannah Schultz (biographical name): a Kentuckian, traveler, PhD student, hiker, environmentalist, and Great Pyrenees enthusiast

When despair grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

— Wendell Berry, The Peace of Wild Things

What Not to Do at a Movie Theater—Sincerely, a Former Theater Employee

I applied to Amstar Cinemas the summer after my freshman year of college. I stayed there, working with an amazing group of people at this mind numbingly boring job, until the spring of my junior year. I was recently going through my old files on my computer, and I stumbled upon some stories I wrote as an undergrad about my time as a movie theater employee based on a pet peeve prompt. And let me tell you—that job generated a lot of material. So here is a list of what not do next time you're at a movie theater from your friendly neighborhood former-theater employee.

Thoughts on: [Things]Hannah SchultzApril 9, 2018amstar cinemas, movie theater, employee, former, ticket, sales, concessions, price, up-sell, seats, sold out, tips, what not to do, sneak, food, candy, drink, PDAComment

Cautionary Tales from a Psycho-Boss Survivor

I've been working in the retail and/or service industry for the past four years while I've been in college, first at a movie theater, then at an independent bookstore. I've had many, many wonderful managers, some of whom I would still call friends; however, there is something about these industries that attracts crazy. In honor of putting in my two weeks' notice at the retail job I've had for the past two years, here are some signs for recognizing a toxic employee-manager relationship.

Thoughts on: [Things]Hannah SchultzMay 22, 2017Work, Retail, Service, Bookstore, Manager, General manager, interim manager, signs, boss, psycho, crazy, movie theaterComment

Adventures inSerendipity

— Hannah Schultz (biographical name): a Kentuckian, traveler, PhD student, hiker, environmentalist, and Great Pyrenees enthusiast

Adventures in
Serendipity