Thank you John and Judy
Thank you so much for giving me a 2nd chance after my first day using the cash
drawer and it was $380 off (not in our favor).
Thank you for giving me a 3rd chance when I swashed Dr. Rathbone’s dog between
the launch and the dock (probably why I am such an animal rights advocate now).
Thank you for the 4th chance when I ran out of gas on my way back from Allen’s
(special thanks to Doug Niven and Dave Millar for towing me in).
And thanks for the 5th, 6th, and 7th chances for everything else I screwed up but
learned so many lessons from.
Thank you for allowing me to learn from my mistakes.
Thank you for letting all of us develop amazing friendships and some hilarious
memories. Crane diving, wagon racing down the hill, camping on Raspberry Cove,
quilting, racing sailboats, water skiing, skeet shooting, eating lots of lobster, watching
Wind countless times up at the house while John was snoring upstairs. I could go on
and on, but most of you wouldn’t have a clue what I was talking about, and I’d just be
cracking myself up.
Job Posting for Summer Help at Paul’s Marina:
Family owned and operated marina looking for good help for the summer to work as
dock hand/boat driver/store clerk. Applicants must:
- Have a boat at the marina, or know someone who knows someone who knows
someone who knew someone that had a boat at the marina. - Maintain good grades, whether it be junior high, high school, college, or grad
school.
In addition, applicants must:
- Have strong interpersonal skills or have the willingness to learn how to
communicate effectively with people from all walks of life. - Speak Maine-ah, and have a strong affection for The Wicked Good Band.
- Enjoy nicknames and have the ability to identify when a new name has been
created for said employee, and realize that ____ Buster will be your name for
many years to come. - Be able to count, add, subtract, divide all the while not using the change button
on the cash register while the supervisor is present (you will learn great skills
from this). - Have an excellent memory as to memorize the 160+ boat names and mooring
locations, as well as the 300+ boat owner/patron’s names, in addition to the
500+ children’s names, and most importantly the 800+ pet names. - Enjoy quilting while listening to Neil Diamond and the Gettysburg soundtrack.
You must know who Joshua Chamberlain was and be willing to fight to the death
to defend his importance in national history. - Be willing to wear a life-jacket and hardhat at all times even though you look like
a fool. - Be open minded and excited to meet some of the most entertaining and unique
people you’ll ever come in contact with and be willing to listen to their individual
stories- you never know what you’ll learn by just listening. - Have a desire to live, breath, sail, ski and drink lots of coffee while reading trivial
pursuit cards with “the crew” who will become life-long friends. - Know the difference between a 12, 16 and 22 gauge shotgun and know what a
rabbit is, and how to shoot it before it rolls into the woods. - Understand why you never pick anyone up on the port side of the boat, and why
this is offensive to the seasoned boater. - Enjoy eating hot wings and bourbon balls every Christmas and sledding onto a
pond which never seems like it’s frozen, then go out on the back of the Paul’s
Marina truck singing Christmas Carols despite it being 20 degrees below zero. - Be prepared to learn important life lessons about honesty, hard work,
friendship, dedication and good old fashioned neighborly concern. - Be flexible with work hours, and understand you may go in for a 6 hour shift and
go home 2 days later. - Be prepared and willing to become a part of a huge family where you can
always return to and be greeted with a “ayuh”.
And most importantly, you must be willing to do whatever random task is assigned as
to always stay busy whether it’s cutting the grass, stocking the soda machine, cleaning
the shop, sweeping the wharf, bailing dinghy's, making quilts, or just looking like you’re
doing something. Because, after all, it’s not camp happy day and you’re not going to
get paid to do nothing!
Oh yeah, you should probably be familiar with driving a boat and scooping ice cream.
