Gratitude from a past employee

Every once in a while, we get an email from a past employee. It's always nice to hear from the old timers.

One memorable email was from a few years ago. We heard from a college student who was staying up half the night, trying to remember the last of our four cornerstones (she had three of them nailed).

This week, we heard from a recent alumna, Macy...

This message is for everyone who works with the awesome Holiday World Employees. I was on the Lifeguard staff there several years ago. At the beginning of 2005 I was lucky enough to continue my already rewarding advertising sales career by moving from Evansville to a larger market, Dayton, Ohio.

This past weekend we had our annual country concert. We had three national recording artists perform and around 40,000 listeners in a local park for the day. It was a 12-hour day including set up and tear down and temperatures reached 96 degrees. I was in a soda sales booth and with the temperatures the way they were, we had a line all day. We ran out of bottled water twice. Needless to say, it was a very stressful situation.

I have forwarded you a message from the General Manager of our radio station. I have Holiday World to thank for all of the "people skills" I used and the patience required to keep a positive attitude on Saturday. This isn't the first time I've noticed the work ethic and integrity I gained in my job at Holiday World helping me in my career. Please know that all of the time you spend training your employees lasts much longer than just a summer or two and your employees are truly lucky to be working at Holiday World.

Keep up the Exceptional Work!

Macy K.
Dayton, Ohio

...and here's the email from her General Manager:

Macy,

You were great Saturday. The first Day in the Country can be so overwhelming - and you were in one of the most stressful areas. However, every time I saw you, you had a smile on your face - even during teardown.

Were you on drugs?

Thank you so much for your hard work and your attitude - I appreciate it.

Donna


...and finally, Macy's postscript to us:


P.S. No, I was not on drugs!