Cool Kid …

"Seriously, you are the coolest person who works here. The guys and I talk about you all the time and how cool you are. We really like how friendly you are, and that you let us hang out and that you joke around with us. That’s why we wanted to come down here and spend our first night off in 3 weeks with you, if that’s okay with you? You don’t mind do you?" 

Now what the hell am I supposed to say to that? Aside from, "Sure you can hang out down here. Of course, since it is going on 2am, you’ll have to keep the noise down, but go for it."

I do get a lot of compliments. Some to my face, some to Rachel & Bill (manager & owner). I’m of the mindset, "Do unto others as though you would have them do unto you". If I am nice to them, they’ll be nice to me. I do occasionally get the one or 2 that there is just no making nice with to save their soul. I just let them complain so they can go on with their business. Or I tell them to call Rachel and complain to her lol.

But for the most part, my style of "nice" is met with high regards and most guests get a kick out of it. Especially the long termer’s. We are an extended stay hotel so most of them are tired of being away from family. They get tired of being cooped up in their rooms. They are tired of their job. I offer a shoulder to vent on or a conversation to take their mind off missing home. In return, I get conversations that make the 8 hours fly right on by … or a free meal lol … or food/items that they can’t take with them when they check out. It’s a win win situation all around.

 

The Child is registered for 6th grade. Good gravy that seems so unreal! Of course, we all know that it couldn’t go smoothly for me. But I expected no less than a few minor hiccups lol. The main hiccup is the middle school is trying to tell me that only those students who live OUTSIDE the city limits are elligible to ride the  school bus to/from school. Pardon me? We live 1.5 miles from the school. If I allowed her to walk, she’d have to walk a busy 4 lane road and cross over a busy Hwy. Uhm NO. No, no, no, no, no, no. Last year when I registered her after we moved here, they said she’d be riding a bus this year. So I am baffled that I am now being told that we have to live outside of the city limits.

Anyway, with that being said, I did a lot of thinking it over. School lets out at 3pm so if I were to work 3-11, I’d always be late, which in turn deducts from my paycheck. Forget that I don’t want to work 3-11 all week long because then I would never see my kid. So that just leaves 11-7 shift. I’d have to be up by 2:30 to go sit in the car line. Then come home & do housework, help with homework, cook dinner, run her to karate or Girl Scouts (depending on the day of week). I wouldn’t be getting enough sleep to survive. I’m too old to be running around like I did in my 20’s. So I made a final decision that I will work 11-7 Fri, Sat & Sun nights only. Hubby is upset because I am giving up a day of pay. Oh well. My sanity, my health, are more important to me. So starting the week of the 19th, my new schedule will go into effect and the other clerks have been informed that I will not be able to work during the week i.e. I can’t cover any weekday shifts for them/switch a shift. So there you go.

Rachel was less than thrilled because that means Mariela will get 4 nights. For whatever reason, she hasn’t fired her yet. And she doesn’t want her to have 4 nights. But Ruth can’t work nights because she has a 2nd job plus college. Nikki can’t work nights anymore starting the 21st because she gets custody of her 3 kids back that day & the courts won’t allow her to keep them if she works nights (something about she won’t be able to spend a lot of time with them working all night & sleeping all day). Rumor has it that Rachel is planning on firing Mariela when the new schedule comes out & is hoping to have someone hired & trained by the 19th. So we’ll see.

Joleen (owner’s mother who lives on property) informed me that she does not like my new schedule one bit. Her exact words lol. She has this warped idea in her head that I keep things running smoothly because A) I’m not afraid to ask Rachel questions B) I have, and I use regularly, common sense C) I have such a good rapport with the guests D) I don’t need to be baby-sat while on the clock. I’ve mentioned before about her and Rachel having issues with each other. I still seem to be the first person they run to when they need to vent. Joleen has started calling my cell phone when I am on shift so that there is no trace of her calling me or she isn’t seen talking to me for long periods of time on the surveillance camera’s. Honestly, I just think there are too many Hens in the house and no one wants to give up their respective pecking order. And yes, I see both points of views. I fully understand why both have issues with the other. They just need to discuss these issues with each other and not me so that they can be ironed out. In the meantime, I will continue to be a venting avenue for them both, if for no other reason that to remind myself why I enjoy just being a little peon on the food chain with no real responsibilities.

I almost had a hissy fit with Nikki & Mariela. According to Rachel, and I’ve known for quite sometime, Mariela has a tendency to fall asleep during her shift. She doesn’t sweep/mop like she is supposed to. She screws up the audit paperwork almost every shift. So then Nikki falls asleep on one of her 11-7 shifts (according to Rachel). So now, no desk clerk is allowed to sit in the lobby at the tables or on the couches. Normally, that is not an issue for me. Except on the 11-7 shift because I like to sit at the table with my lap top and eat my meal. I have issues with the chairs behind the counter so the lobby is more comfortable for me. But thanks to them 2, I’m not allowed to do that anymore. Stupid people!!! 

I ended up leaving a huffy note in the clerk’s notebook Monday night. As I was writing it, Rachel came up front and I told her, "I’m sorry if I am over stepping my bounds but I’ve had it." Then I let her read it and she agreed with me and said it was fine for me to do so. Just in the future double check with her before I start writing lol. I told her normally I wouldn’t even write it, because up to this point I hadn’t. I was constantly going to her about the issue. But obviously she wasn’t doing anything about it so I took matters into my own hands. Not that I told her that lol. Anyway, Mariela wasn’t sweeping/mopping during her shift. I knew this because my 1st night working after her 3 nights, there would be enough dirt to fill the entire dust pan from all the floors. I even came in one morning & told her it looked like she didn’t s

weep/mop the first square inch. But yet my 2nd night working there would be hardly any dirt to sweep into the dust pan. So I knew if she was doing it on her shifts, then I wouldn’t have so much. So then she would sweep/mop but only in an area she saw something (spot sweeping/mopping), not the entire areas she was supposed to. And then she would empty the mop bucket but not rinse it out, thus leaving behind a mess load of dirt (which if she had swept, there wouldn’t have been dirt in the first place. Also, she was not rinsing out the mop afterwards. I’d get so pissed to first have to clean out the mop bucket, then fill it up only to put the mop in the water and have it come out leaving a mess load of dirt in the clean water. I kept complaining to Rachel about it. I finally was getting a clean mop bucket most times. But this past Monday, we had heavy rains & I had to mop the foyer. Mop bucket was full of dirt & the mop was just as disgusting! Seriously, who the hell mops a floor with a dirty mop bucket and mop?? So that is when I left a note stating that they both needed to be cleaned after each use and it was rude & disrespectful to leave it for someone else to clean. I had a craptastic amount of dirt in the dust pan but at least I had a clean bucket & mop on Tuesday night. And amazingly, there was hardly any dirt Wed. or last night to sweep up. Next Tuesday will be another night of dirt I am sure. 

My reasoning to Rachel is this: I get paid the same amount of money as the rest. I expect them to do the same amount of work I do for the same pay or I will stop doing more than what they are doing unless I get a raise or she deducts from their paycheck to give to me. If we are ALL told what our duties are on each shift, then that person needs to make sure they do it or lose money or lose their job. Plain and simple. If my 42 year old behind can spend 40 minutes sweeping and then 40 minutes mopping, then so can their 20 year old asses.

Another rumor confided in me: Mariela loves her weed.

Do people not care about jobs anymore? Have I really been out of the loop that long? I know 12 years is a long time but damn. I must be too old school for these youngin’s. I don’t know about them, but I need my job and I am going to do what is told of me to do so that I don’t lose my job. 

Another person is in room #205. I’m now convinced that that room is cursed and will do everything in my power to not rent that room to another male as long as I work in that hotel. And I’ll make sure that the others know to rent it to only females from now on. LOL (but it really isn’t lol … eye candy be damned!)

 Time to head to bed. Today is my short nap day since I am off the 11-7 shift until Tuesday. It is also my 2nd to last Fri/Sat off till The Child’s birthday in October so I need to be awake this evening for family time. Another reason Hubby is miffed at me, even though he was perfectly happy with me working weekends when I was offered the job. Pffffffftttttttttttttttt. Whatever.

Till next time …. 

 

 

 

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