Con Artist Day

Today must be con artist day.

Con Artist #1:  There was a couple that was due to check out on Monday.  However, Monday was President’s Day and they claimed they couldn’t get a hold of Health and Welfare, who was paying for their room.  This couple had been at the hotel for 3 weeks.  So, by the end of the night I thought that I assumed this had been approved.  I sent an email to the Dept of Health and Welfare and asked what the status of this customer was.  I got a reply back, saying they were actually supposed to have checked out on Monday.  I went down to talk to the customer and ask them to leave, and she tried to stay another night.  I told her absolutely not, and that I wasn’t going to be conned another night.  She kept trying to say that she was going to call the office and see.  I wasn’t going to have her stay anymore, especially since she can’t seem to follow policies that she even signed when she got here and was reminded of on other occasions.

Con Artist #2:  The hotel has an agreement with St Alphonsus Hospital, and at times (more…)

Stupid People

I just had the afternoon from Hell, and now I am a little perturbed.

Anyway, we have a policy that employees are supposed to ask permission before they use the swimming pool, because of the busyness of the hotel.  Anyway, I was walking down the hall way and saw Moncada and the whole clan coming out of the pool area.  I  didn’t say anything, I just left it alone.  As I passed them, I said hello to one of the kids.  I don’t even remember which one.
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Imodium AD not?

Today, I paid for the most expensive anti diarrhea pill I have never actually eaten. So today, my wife was taking some medicine.  Imodium Ad, to be exact.  She dropped a pill on the ground.  My little puppy, Iris beat both my Read more

Interesting People

My general manager, Dave Ross, hired a guy to basically do what Mamo had done.  Mamo was an Ethiopian who didn’t clean rooms, but basically was a helper to the maintenance and cleaned up outside and so forth. This guy has only worked here a month or Read more