BYU Fiesta: The Night From...Um...Heck

Saturday night I worked at the BYU Fiesta which included a dinner, a show, and a dance. It sounds harmless enough but don't you dare let yourself become fooled. My shift began at 4:15 in the afternoon and we began by heading downstairs to the Terrace and Ballroom. So many things happened that night that were not supposed to happen! First, there were no blue curtains waiting to be set up. Custodial had to be called and we had to set up the very late curtains. Second, for the show, all of the performers were supposed to be given tickets, but they weren't given any. That was a huge mess because they, of course, wanted to come in and watch their friends perform. Not gonna happen without a ticket. Then the guy in charge was telling them all to go in and cheer on their fellow dancers...um....how are we supposed to make sure they don't sit down and take seats that were purchased with a ticket???? Third, performers have way too much attitude! I'm serious. They seriously thought they owned the place. I was so dang frustrated I had to count to ten to keep myself from exploding all over the Columbian dancers who wanted to get into the show and talk to "someone." (Mind you they couldn't give me a name.) Fourth, the Garden Court, where they were supposed to have the dance, was completely filthy from their earlier practice. The man in charge kept telling us that he would get some guys down there to clean it up but did they? NO! So I got one of my coworkers to come in there and help me clean it up. It was disgusting. We pretty much threw everything away. Anyways, the whole event was finally over at 11:00pm and after seven hours of work, I was done. Done! Needless to say I will probably never enjoy fiestas ever again.