That was my reaction after posting my last video. That was my reaction after
seeing your reaction after I posted my last video. Guys
you are awesome, look at this, 1.4 thousand views. I was racking up
thousands of views every day. You guys were commenting and messaging
like crazy. It wasn't just exG.Os, it was current G.Os, it was people who weren't
G.O's at all even people who've been on all-inclusive vacations were saying
well we kind of go through that too when we come back from a vacation. After
seeing all of those messages and comments I took to Facebook and
Instagram and I asked you, would you be interested if I shared some of the
stories that you sent in and you all said yes so this video is about that. So
today we're going to share some other things that happen when you stop being a
G.O, submitted by you. At the end of the video, I'll share the top three things
that you all mentioned, the most common things that happen to everyon, it was
almost unanimous. By the way there's going to be a little bit of French in
there so you can switch on the English
captions. For those who speak French, know that you can add -
I'm too excited.
For those who speak French, know that you can add subtitles on Youtube
to understand the whole video if you aren't too comfortable in English.
And we also have...
Uhh..
subtitles. I have to look that up.
in Spanish. With Youtube, it's possible.
ahh... man, my Spanish is doing so well!
Alright, so, here are
some other things that happen when you stop being a G.O.
Number 10.
You won't be able to buy clothes without thinking
of the dress code.
Shopping without a dress code now is awesome,
but it can be a little overwhelming at time.
Like Marie-Hélène wrote,
Sometimes it feels like it would be much simpler with a dress code.
For those of you who are not aware, every
night at Club Med there is a special dress code. It's super simple
blue and white, or all black. Guests don't have to participate in that dress code,
but the G.O's do. So when you're packing for your G.O mandate, you have to pack or
in some cases buy the clothes that correspond to each dress code. As Nati
Marques wrote, every time you go to a store you find yourself choosing clothes
according to the colors of the dress codes. If it doesn't fit with a dress
code, you're not gonna buy it because when will you wear it. I mean you could
wear it on your day off, but you tend to wear more loung-y
clothes on your day off. Anyway but that's for another video. Nick von
Holstein wrote what about going out on a Friday night and you're the only one
dressed in white. That hasn't happened to me yet Nick but that might be because
our white nights were on Thursdays when I left. Alright number nine.
You'll miss taking naps every day. yeah Jojo wrote in that one. She says she
misses napping. I know what you're thinking. What?? G.O's have time to nap?
I know we tend to hear about how busy G.O's are and how crazy their schedule
is and it is but they also have breaks. It is customary to take a nap
during that break time. As Jojo says, real jobs don't allow that unless you crawl
into your parked car at lunchtime. yeah and here she is now.
This is Jojo, sneaking in a lunchtime nap. Go Jojo! Number eight. People told me they
actually left restaurants without paying. Roxanne told me that she left without
paying and had to come back, and she had to explain to the owner that she's just
not used to paying at restaurants anymore. Try explaining to the guy
that you're just not used to paying in a restaurant anymore.
It doesn't go over so well.
Number seven. You're constantly looking for your badge.
Katrien, I hope I'm saying this right, Katrien Van Thalen wrote she would always
think oops I lost my badge and she would look at other people's badges too. When
you're a G.O, you wear a badge all the time and the worst thing that can happen
is losing that badge. No, wait, the worst thing that can happen is walking to work
and realizing you forgot your badge in your room. Yeah... Anyway luckily no need to
worry about that anymore. Number six, you'll notice the details.
Matthew Fearnley wrote in with this one. He says you notice details at public events
like the tag showing on a tablecloth on stage. I agree. Club Med trained us well. I
personally picked up trash the other day without thinking about it. It was in the
street and my friends were kind of like what are you doing?I was like, I don't know.
Number five. You'll have to get used to the cold again. John Pearson wrote it
took a month for him to get accustomed to the cold. He went from Club Med
Huatulco. There's no longer a Club Med there but there used to be in Mexico, so
he went from there to North Carolina.
We're waiting for you, Jess!
Super.
Number four. You get out of your comfort zone. Kim wrote that Club Med
taught her how to get out of her comfort zone and to go for it, Crazy Signs and
all. Manolo Franco says that he is now more than he was as a person before the
experience I guess. There's a lot of things that you're like,
okay this is weird I'm going on stage and I'm dressed as... What was the weirdest
thing I dressed up as on stage...
yeah, there's been some weird costumes that
I've like not been a hundred percent sure about but you just go out there and you
have fun and you just sort of learn to not care. Okay number three, learning new
languages. I got this message from 3homersimpson. I'm guessing that's not
his real name. It's cool though. He wrote he was a G.O in Italy for one year and a
half, it was the best experience of his life and he improved his English there. I
know personally a lot of people who walked out of Club Med just knowing all
these brand new languages that they couldn't even speak a little bit of
before they started. Personally I developed my Spanish. My Spanish no es muy
bueno. I mean I can get by and understand it which is way more than when I started
Number two: following your passion. Alfonso Naterali wrote life in Club Med
is so easy and so good because he was able to do what he had a passion for.
I agree with that 100%. I mean I developed a passion for making videos
like this and now I just I love it. I don't know if I would have gotten into
this as much if it hadn't been for Club Med. And number one, you keep coming back.
Jenner Jensen wrote you forgot to mention how many times you will return
to Club Med after you stop. I was in Club Med from 1989 to 1995 but came back to
work a month or two each year for the next 12 years and he's getting ready to
do it again in a few weeks hopefully. That's a good one Jenner because I
actually know a lot of people who have done that.
G.Os will quit and say you know what I'm done with this and then you'll see
them a season or two later being like yeah I'm just gonna come back for one
season. So there you go those are the new things that you told me about. I don't
know about you watching but I can relate to all of those as well so those were
all really really good examples. And now here are the
top three things that so many of you told me. It kept coming back over and
over again. Before we get to into that though just don't forget to subscribe to my
channel please. Tap the notification Bell so you get notified when new G.Os
- when new videos come out. If you're not a G.O or an ex G.O but you made it
this far in the video - yaaaay! I promise there won't only be G.O videos on this
channel. I hope you're thoroughly entertained though. So here it is, the top
three things that you guys mentioned. Saying hello to everybody on the streets.
Lynne Elizabeth Reamy says the saying hello never goes away.
Gerandy, who is still a G.E. I keep mentioning G.O's but G.Es also go through
a lot of things too. Gerandy still works at Club Med as a G.E and he says he still
says hi to random people on the street when he's outside the resort.
I can totally see that happening. Number two, Crazy Signs have indeed changed your
lives. So many of you are dancing to Crazy Signs like like even years later.
Apparently it really does stay stuck in your head. I don't know if that's good or
bad. Kim said her husband and son say they
are used to her Crazy Signs. Katrien says Crazy Signs after dinner is a thing in
her home and she says she now cannot dance without an example in front of her.
Because when you're dancing Crazy Signs at Club Med you normally have a G.O in
front of you or on a stage so you're sort of following along it's pretty
funny. And Clemence Lou says, in French, she has an anecdote in the car with her
boyfriend, who is not a G.O. She sais when a Crazy Signs comes on the radio, she explodes crazy sign pasta like a gol explos -
with joy and she dances, and he doesn't understand what's going on.
I guess we could add to that, if you've never been a G.O, sometime it's hard to understand our behaviour,
or why we talk about it so much. Finally the number one thing - I am absolutely blown away I know
I mentioned this in my last video but now I have the proof. You really never
stop remembering your G.O experience. I have people, I'm gonna try to go through
this quickly, but you all commented on my last video telling me how much you
related to everything I was saying even if it had been years since you stopped.
Amy Martinez wrote I have been out for one year and something and I still miss
it so much. Titi tageux- nice name - he was a G.O from 2011 to 2017.
and he says he sees himself in the video. Elise Piccin says everything is true,
even 10 years later. Ashley Ginay Maxwell She was a G.O 10 years ago, she used to tell people
it was like you went far far away in a strange land
just came back and you're not sure how to live in a normal world anymore. new
Nourheddin Abdullahfez - I'm sorry if I'm saying your name wrong -
He was a G.O at Club Med Sinai Bay. It's a Club Med in Egypt that doesn't exist anymore.
So it's been a few years. He says it was awesome. I am always talking about this experience to
the world. Geneviève Couet, she says it's been 17 years since she stopped Club Med.
She's says it's still true, especially the Crazy Signs. Diana Girardi she says I can so relate
to this even after 25 plus years. She was born and raised in Montreal and spent
the early 90s as a G.O and she still appreciates the memories and experiences
like no other. Pam Keller says it's so true, she's been out for 30 years and she
still talks about it. Isabelle Fisher same thing, she says she still talks
about it after 30 years as well. Louise Ann Lemyre, she says she was a G.O from
1987 to 1995. She still talks about it with
as much joy and nostalgia. BillBurkholder he says the video was spot-on.
You stopped being a G.O when I was born. That's not that long ago,
obviously. Tim Purcell I've been out for 37 years still in contact with G.O's and
GM's. Sal Monella yes, she left Club Med after 14 villages,
in 1980. He still has friends all over the world, and he even married one. We have G.O kids.
And finally, Inca Sochon Stucker, I still talk about it even after 41 years.
That's insane guys, thank you so much for sharing your stories with me. I kind of
knew this already but now I can confirm we all go through the same things. So I
think we need to embrace everything that happened and appreciate all these
memories that we have because clearly it's a one-of-a-kind experience. I'm so
grateful and from what I'm reading so are all of you. If you're a parent, a
sibling, a child, a grandchild, a friend of an exGO, I hope this explains a lot. I hope
you get it now. Thanks so much for listening all the way to the end. Oh my
gosh that was long.
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