NOMA

Yesterday was an eventful day, we volunteered at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) for Independent Service Project (ISP) hours in the morning, which consisted of walking around the amazing Sculpture Garden and picking up trash, while also taking photos of all the cool sculptures, of course! Then we went inside (which was good timing because it started to rain) to fold and stuff pamphlets for the Sculpture Garden, which was really fun for me, because I actually really enjoy doing little tasks like that. Then we had a quick lunch break (if we keep our breaks under 15 mins, we don't have to count them as time off) and we were free to go, but since we were at the Museum, the woman in charge let us walk around for free if we wanted! Usually I don't get too excited about walking/looking through museums, but this one was really neat, and the fact that we got kind of a VIP pass to go in for free made it really exciting for me! While we were walking around, lots of museum workers saw our uniforms and thanked us all for our help, which was also pretty neat :)
When we got back to our house, we hung out for a bit before a few of us went to Subway for dinner! Wooo! It was so delicious, I forgot how much I love Subway! I got my usual italian herbs and cheese with lettuce, tomato and cucumber with sweet onion sauce on it :) and I also got a delicious southern sweet tea! mmm mmm good :) After that, we headed off to the theatre for another ISP of volunteering at the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. I got to take tickets at the VIP door, which really got crazy, because apparently there were no VIP tickets for that concert, and some of the people trying to come in were very stubborn, so one of the other ladies working the door with me just told me to let anyone who came to that door in. I did what she said to do and she went away for awhile, so another woman who worked there came up and told me that there were cameras watching that door and that if I wasn't a volunteer there, the guy in charge would probably fire me for letting so many non-VIPers in....that was awkward...but then I felt better, because some stubborn older folks came up to HER and she gave in to them just like I had, and any other human being would...so she couldn't be too mad at me after that haha. We left after the show started, since late people were being held outside the doors until intermission anyways. It is always interesting working at those shows/concerts, because no matter what the crowd is, people act so differently towards the workers there (like me)..it is very interesting for me to observe these people and how they act, being the psychology pro I am haha. Some people start out not even noticing that I am human while I take their tickets, until I say something to them, like "how y'all doing tonight?" or compliment them on their outfit....then some people just look at me and pass by, but most people will suddenly actually make eye contact with me, realize that I am in fact another human being, and jolt back, surprised that I spoke to them while taking their ticket...then they will gather their breath, startled a little bit, smile, and all of a sudden be super nice back to me. It's pretty amusing actually...because i am there to volunteer, yes, but also I just want to be friendly and make sure that they have a nice evening. It's intriguing to me how people perceive other people just by the role or job they are doing...and sometimes forget that they are also a person just like everyone else, not just a robot who doesn't have a personality. I guess I had never really thought about it until I was suddenly on the other side, the one taking the tickets...because i have been to concerts before and not really paid any attention to the people taking my tickets, just handing it to them, maybe smiling, at most saying "thank you" and walking right by....well my mission for volunteering there is to make eye contact with everyone, and say something to actually interact with them. Ok so I am just rambling now, and I don't know if any of this makes sense to y'all, but those are my jumbled thoughts anyways :-p haha.