On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:25:59 -0600, Gloria P >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:29:15 -0600, Gloria P >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> When I was doing my airport volunteer shift a few weeks ago one of the
>>> cleaning people (Hispanic, legal) stopped to chat. He asked if we got
>>> paid for the job (no) then asked why I was there when I should be home,
>>> "taking care of your husband".
>>
>> Or maybe it was his version of asking what a nice lady like you was
>> doing in a place like that. Really! Volunteering at an airport isn't
>> the first (or the 10th) place I'd think of.
>>
>>
>
>Denver International Airport Ambassador Volunteer Program was initiated
>in 1994, a year before the new airport opened,in order to provide tour
>guides for VIPs and later to familiarize the public with the new
>facility. The airlines requested that the program be continued after
>the official opening as a convenience for travelers.
>
>There are ~250 of us, known by our uniform of jeans or denim skirts,
>white shirts, suede vests and white Stetsons. We work half-day shifts
>assisting passengers to find their way around Denver's huge airport.
>We have security badges which allow us to work on the concourses where
>the gates are, to meet people (oldsters, celebrities or anyone who calls
>our office asking that a traveler be met.) We are all doing extra
>shifts for the Democratic Convention next week to greet arrivals and
>help them to get where they need to go.
>
Oh, boy.... you've got your work cut out for you!

>We park free in the employees' lot when on duty or vacationing. No
>flight benefits because we work for the Convention and Visitor's Bureau,
>not the airlines.

AHA, that makes more sense. I actually thought you were volunteering
for the municipality.
>
>I have worked and still work many other volunteer positions; this one is
>exhausting but fun. I walk more than 5 miles every shift. I meet many
>interesting people and some not-so-nice, frustrated ones,
>
Sound like you get lots of exercise! The people at the information
booth here don't seem to leave it.

>but I always
>feel as though I have helped to make DIA less stressful for most of the
>people I meet.

What's DIA?


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