I Worked At The @usopen

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Hey, excuse me. What do you do for a living? >> I work here as the area director of the field courts, which is part of guest services. >> Crazy question. Can I come to work with you today? >> Ready to work? >> Welcome to the US Open. I have three supervisors and a staff of 26. Rick, how are we doing? You have these two matches back to back. So, my staff will be positioned during matches monitoring the flow of traffic. Go downstairs and have those people come up this way. Stay to your right. Do you want to try it? >> Hi, guys. You can head upstairs. There's some seats over on the left or in the middle. Good morning. Here you go, guys. You can go upstairs or you can come down. Yeah. Yeah. Just for you guys. >> You're a natural. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Don't you just get a vibe? There's something >> There's something in the air. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Why does the US Open mean so much to you? >> I've been here since 1981. 44 years. Every year I get the same guest coming back. How you doing? How's your family? Remember you did that for me? like, yeah. So, that that's the best part of it, seeing the same people over and over again, just helping people out. And I love the atmosphere, the staff. This is like what we call a US Open family. Daryctor of the prom started with me, I think, when he was 17 or 18 as a regular blue shirt. Yeah. >> And he worked his way all the way up. I'm like so proud of him. >> I'm 66. I've been working since I was 16. I won't quit this. They're going to be wheeling me in here in a wheelchair. I'll be zipping around somewhere. It's just it's just so much