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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3129765, member: 10461"]Tuesday night is supply inventory night. Lots of other random chores arose this particular night, too. Then it got busy towards the end of the shift and oh - here come the tax exempt people who drop their tax forms on you at <i>checkout</i>, instead of up front like they're supposed to. Surprise! Now you have to manually adjust off a week's worth of taxes. Oh, but they also booked through a third party, so they're paying Expedia and Expedia is paying us. Naw, that doesn't complicate things at all! Did I mention the credit card server is down again?</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and while you're dealing with all that, you have three other people at the desk trying to check out, one is disputing his rate, and someone in the West Wing has a clogged toilet and wants a plunger, which is in a closet in the opposite wing. And you're still <i>the only person on duty in the entire hotel</i> because the AM shift won't arrive for another hour or so. And the pool deck and patio still have to be picked up and put back in order because the the drunks and cigar jerks trashed it. And then the shift recap has to be sent out. And the wakeup calls done - manually. And the office trash emptied.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am the sole person on duty overnight and run an 85-room four-star hotel singlehandedly. It's not some 30-room motel.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the last hotel I worked in (a 200-room beach resort), I used to <i>love</i> it when people would ring my bell and I'd come out front and they'd say, "Oh, I'm sorry, did I wake you up?"</p><p><br /></p><p>Lady, I've got four and a half hours of spreadsheets to do before I can even run my audit in the property management system, let alone send it all to Corporate and be sure it's balanced. And it's not like I wasn't interrupted 12-15 times by drunk wedding party idiots and I'm also the switchboard operator and getting reservation calls. You think I have time for <i>beauty rest</i>? You've watched too many movies if you think all <i>I</i> have to do is watch movies and nap.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Actually, I <i>do</i> get plenty of sweet, sweet downtime for Internetting on <i>most</i> nights, though there has never, <i>ever</i> been any napping, and who's gonna answer the phone and man the desk if I go off to sleep in some room? You must be kidding.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, it is <i>usually</i> peaceful and <i>mostly</i> easy where I work now. And the audit is way easier here. <i>Most</i> nights I can finish my work and be on CoinTalk by 3:00 or 4:00 AM, and just do wakeup calls and checkouts.</p><p><br /></p><p>But some nights I actually <i>work</i> all night... at <i>work</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3129765, member: 10461"]Tuesday night is supply inventory night. Lots of other random chores arose this particular night, too. Then it got busy towards the end of the shift and oh - here come the tax exempt people who drop their tax forms on you at [I]checkout[/I], instead of up front like they're supposed to. Surprise! Now you have to manually adjust off a week's worth of taxes. Oh, but they also booked through a third party, so they're paying Expedia and Expedia is paying us. Naw, that doesn't complicate things at all! Did I mention the credit card server is down again? Oh, and while you're dealing with all that, you have three other people at the desk trying to check out, one is disputing his rate, and someone in the West Wing has a clogged toilet and wants a plunger, which is in a closet in the opposite wing. And you're still [I]the only person on duty in the entire hotel[/I] because the AM shift won't arrive for another hour or so. And the pool deck and patio still have to be picked up and put back in order because the the drunks and cigar jerks trashed it. And then the shift recap has to be sent out. And the wakeup calls done - manually. And the office trash emptied. I am the sole person on duty overnight and run an 85-room four-star hotel singlehandedly. It's not some 30-room motel. In the last hotel I worked in (a 200-room beach resort), I used to [I]love[/I] it when people would ring my bell and I'd come out front and they'd say, "Oh, I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" Lady, I've got four and a half hours of spreadsheets to do before I can even run my audit in the property management system, let alone send it all to Corporate and be sure it's balanced. And it's not like I wasn't interrupted 12-15 times by drunk wedding party idiots and I'm also the switchboard operator and getting reservation calls. You think I have time for [I]beauty rest[/I]? You've watched too many movies if you think all [I]I[/I] have to do is watch movies and nap. (Actually, I [I]do[/I] get plenty of sweet, sweet downtime for Internetting on [I]most[/I] nights, though there has never, [I]ever[/I] been any napping, and who's gonna answer the phone and man the desk if I go off to sleep in some room? You must be kidding.) Yeah, it is [I]usually[/I] peaceful and [I]mostly[/I] easy where I work now. And the audit is way easier here. [I]Most[/I] nights I can finish my work and be on CoinTalk by 3:00 or 4:00 AM, and just do wakeup calls and checkouts. But some nights I actually [I]work[/I] all night... at [I]work[/I]. Imagine that.[/QUOTE]
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