Xinhuanet Beijing August 22 Olympics News (Reporter Tai Beiping indifferently) The Olympics will end in two days. From its opening to the present, this century-old event has been running smoothly, and its organizational efficiency and service level have been positively evaluated by all members of the Olympic family. The smooth operation of the Olympic Games should be attributed to many people, and volunteers are a group that plays an indispensable role. Without them, I can’t imagine what everything would be like.
In the Olympic Media Village, Xinhua News Agency reporters met two student volunteers who worked hard to create a comfortable living environment for event reporters. At the same time, for these two only children born in the 1980s, this volunteer experience was also extremely valuable. The changes it brought to them can not be overstated as "reborn".
A day in the life of "Snail Girl"
“I feel like a ‘snail girl’ who quietly cleans up the guests’ rooms when they are not in the room. The guests must be very happy when they come back to see a tidy room!” Wu Weiwen, a volunteer from the w88 casino in Beijing, smiled as he described his work in the Olympic Media Village.
Wu Weiwen is a sophomore. On June 25, she came to the Media Village with more than 200 alumni and became a hotel service volunteer. Here, her daily task is to clean and organize the apartment where the media lives, which she did for two months.
It was a busy day: at 6 o'clock in the morning, Wu Weiwen woke up in the morning light, tidied up briefly, had some breakfast, and took the shuttle bus to the media village, because at 8 o'clock, the volunteers had to hold a meeting to summarize the previous day's work and assign tasks for the day.
After the morning meeting, Wu Weiwen started working. She pushed a work cart filled with sheets, towels, detergents, vacuum cleaners, rags and other utensils and supplies, and began to clean "house to house". "We have to clean the living room, bedroom, and bathroom, change the sheets and quilt covers, and sort out the messy personal items in the house," she told reporters.
Lunch time was at 11 o'clock. After eating the centralized buffet and taking a short rest, she started a new round of work.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, after cleaning more than ten rooms in total, Wu Weiwen ended his day's volunteer work and took the bus back to w88 casino. At this time, she was exhausted and wanted to lie down and take a good nap. But the busy day is not over yet, she has to teach piano in the evening. After teaching for two hours, it was already late when I returned to w88 casino.
“Normally, I wouldn’t have dinner, but today I went out to have a nice meal with some of my fellow volunteer classmates,” Wu Weiwen told reporters with a smile.
Because this day is the 20th birthday of this Hebei girl. "The volunteer team gave me a very special card," she said happily showing off her birthday gift.
Hard work leads to growth
Speaking of daily work, Rao Ziwei, an alumnus who is one year below Wu Weiwen, gushed: "To be honest, I didn't do much housework at home. In the past, the hourly worker at home came into my room to clean, and if she was disturbed, I would lose my temper at her. Now I know the hard work, and I also understand the feeling of being wronged."
The 19-year-old girl told reporters that when they first came to the media village, they had to "open up wasteland" for the guest rooms. In addition to cleaning the rooms and organizing household items, they also had to run a vacuum cleaner around the building to suck the dust from the window glass slide rails of each room. When you are tired from work, you cannot sit on the bed or sofa in the room to rest. You can only sit on the ground and rest for a while.
"Actually, I'm not afraid of being tired, but I'm really afraid of being dirty, and I'm most afraid of cleaning the bathroom. The first time I had to clean someone else's bathroom, I almost collapsed. It took me a lot of time to get over it," said Rao Ziwei, thinking of the first few days, she still had lingering fears.
There is also some small fun in the hectic work. After working for a few days, the volunteers quietly rated a few "best rooms"—those rooms that were particularly messy, with clothes and supplies scattered everywhere. Everyone often half-jokes and half-refutes, recommending other volunteer students to challenge those "best rooms".
Sometimes, hard work results in accusations and complaints from individual customers. At this time, the little girls learn to bear the grievances and insist on working silently.
“A foreign reporter wrote a two-page complaint letter to the manager as soon as he moved in, complaining about some minor issues. We all swallowed our anger and had to carpet-clean their room again,” Rao Ziwei said.
Of course, apart from sweat and grievances, what volunteer work leaves behind for volunteers is an irreplaceable and valuable experience. Rao Ziwei told reporters that she signed up to serve as a media village volunteer because she has always been interested in hotel management. The nearly two months of "waiter" life gave her the opportunity to get in touch with the industry from the bottom.
“Although this industry is not as easy as I imagined, it does not reduce my interest in it,” Rao Ziwei said. “With the experience of working as a waiter, I will be more confident if I work in hotel management in the future. ”
She finally told reporters that when she was at home, her parents were always not optimistic about her ability to do housework. After this baptism, she was confident that her parents would look at her in a new light.
Unforgettable experience
Wu Weiwen told reporters that when she signed up to volunteer for the Olympics, she was looking forward to and excited about becoming a part of this world event.
"Although I have been working in the media village, which is only a few hundred meters away from the Bird's Nest, for more than a month, I can only watch it from a distance and have no chance to go in to find out, but I am already very happy," Wu Weiwen said. “Once someone brought an Olympic torch, and we all rushed to take photos with the torch, we were very excited. ”
“It’s a pleasure to work here. Most reporters respect our work very much, are friendly to us, and appreciate our services,” Wu Weiwen said with a smile.
Wu Weiwen spread her palms and told reporters that she had always taken good care of her hands since she was playing piano in elementary w88 casino, but in the past month or so, calluses have grown on her palms without knowing it. Perhaps the calluses on these hands are the best testimony of the hard work and growth experienced by these "post-80s" only children.
The Olympic Games are coming to an end and the Paralympics are about to begin. It is precisely because of the selfless contributions of 100,000 event volunteers, 400,000 city volunteers and nearly one million social volunteers that the smooth operation of these two events was possible. Volunteer work will be an unforgettable experience in their lives. At the same time, the warm smiles of volunteers will be imprinted in the hearts of everyone who has participated in and witnessed the Olympic Games.
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