The World is Coming to Detroit for Super Bowl XL, and when they do they’ll meet me. You see, I signed up to be a SBXL volunteer. Now I don’t get to be at the game, and I may not even be near Ford Field. However, I wanted to participate in this event somehow, and this was probably my best option. Believe it or not, Detroit has a lot to offer. While I’m continually frustrated by many elements of the city, I still take pride and want people to have as favorable impression as possible.
I don’t know my assignment yet, and I won’t find out until the end of November – provided I pass the FBI background check. However, I will probably be involved somehow with the shuttle system – most likely riding on the buses with the media. I also found out that in January I’ll be receiving a pretty slick looking SBXL coat as my uniform. This is free to me provided that I actually attend my shifts – otherwise my credit card will be billed $100.
I learned of the uniform and many other facts at a training session that I attended a couple weeks ago. All volunteers are required to attend the 2.5 hour training session and a pep rally on January 14th. I have to say I was quite impressed with the level of preparation at the training session – especially considering the size of the host committee staff. A dozen or so people are overseeing thousands of volunteers. We were provided with a brief training manual and customer service training. To give you an idea of the level of detail that is being provided there was a full page to help explain a Michigan Left.
If the volunteer preparation is at all indicative of the preparation in general, I think that Detroit should come off just fine.
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