Somewhere between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., I seemed to have lost my energy. I started yawning at 2 p.m. and by three couldn’t stop. I am still yawning. So, if you’re the one who found my energy, I’d appreciate you returning it. You know how contagious a yawn is. Once you start, everyone else around you has become infected. Then, they blame you. So, I’m trying to remember what I did to cause this. I’m blaming it on social media
networking brain drain. They should have people with nothing else to do who can set all this stuff up for you, and then monitor it daily. Sort of like a trusted dog walker. Leave it to them and go to work. Confidante says I have to know how all this stuff works, or when I become famous, I’ll have bottom feeders feasting off me. He’s right. I’d just rather be writing.
We’re recovering from our Memorial Day weekend. Housekeeping and maintenance bear the unfortunate brunt of this effort. It’s not just fixing the stuff that gets broken or destroyed it’s the overall cleanup of the rooms and public spaces that needs so much elbow grease. And, the sad thing is the girls in housekeeping, who are at the bottom of the pay scale, work their butts off to clean up after people who leave their rooms a filthy mess; and then don’t even receive a tip for their efforts. This is just wrong on so many levels. Why do guests assume housekeeping is getting paid to clean up after them and therefore shouldn’t expect to get a tip for doing their job? For those of you who always leave a tip to thank them for their service, thank YOU, and ignore what I’m about to say. The rest of you need to shape up. And, I don’t mean for you to think leaving the last two bottles of beer from your six-pack is good enough; try paying your electric bill with that. These girls have families to support. Just remember, what you do to others will come back to you some day. So, don’t be a cheapskate.
Something has happened to the air conditioning. It seems whoever designed this hotel didn’t realize how hot it gets here during summer. This has nothing to do with what goes on in the rooms. Too many shadeless windows along western and southern exposures are turning our hallways into saunas. Apparently, the HVAC units aren’t large enough to handle the load, especially when the outdoor temperature reaches 90 plus. Maintenance says they’re working on it. Meanwhile, there’s been a nightly increase in skinny-dipping in the pool. Or, so I’m told.
networking brain drain. They should have people with nothing else to do who can set all this stuff up for you, and then monitor it daily. Sort of like a trusted dog walker. Leave it to them and go to work. Confidante says I have to know how all this stuff works, or when I become famous, I’ll have bottom feeders feasting off me. He’s right. I’d just rather be writing.
We’re recovering from our Memorial Day weekend. Housekeeping and maintenance bear the unfortunate brunt of this effort. It’s not just fixing the stuff that gets broken or destroyed it’s the overall cleanup of the rooms and public spaces that needs so much elbow grease. And, the sad thing is the girls in housekeeping, who are at the bottom of the pay scale, work their butts off to clean up after people who leave their rooms a filthy mess; and then don’t even receive a tip for their efforts. This is just wrong on so many levels. Why do guests assume housekeeping is getting paid to clean up after them and therefore shouldn’t expect to get a tip for doing their job? For those of you who always leave a tip to thank them for their service, thank YOU, and ignore what I’m about to say. The rest of you need to shape up. And, I don’t mean for you to think leaving the last two bottles of beer from your six-pack is good enough; try paying your electric bill with that. These girls have families to support. Just remember, what you do to others will come back to you some day. So, don’t be a cheapskate.
Something has happened to the air conditioning. It seems whoever designed this hotel didn’t realize how hot it gets here during summer. This has nothing to do with what goes on in the rooms. Too many shadeless windows along western and southern exposures are turning our hallways into saunas. Apparently, the HVAC units aren’t large enough to handle the load, especially when the outdoor temperature reaches 90 plus. Maintenance says they’re working on it. Meanwhile, there’s been a nightly increase in skinny-dipping in the pool. Or, so I’m told.