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RE: Babbling Boots - 4/28/2009 10:13:54 AM
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bootsNspurs
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My first babble:
My need to vent inspired me to create a thread so I didn't post yet another long venting session in another thread. So... this lady at the hotel yesterday really bothered me. She came up to the desk and within about 10 seconds already made me feel about two inches tall with her look and tone of voice. Her entire demeanor was as if she was saying to me what a loser I was for working in a hotel and that she thought I was a bad employee.
She, obviously irritated, established that I was in charge of the breakfast room and informed me that the toasters were not working. Well, they had worked earlier. I knew that because I had used one. So I went in there, and she said the toasters wouldn't stay down. When she pushed the button down, it kept popping back up. I played with it for a minute, noticed the microwave was still on, and they were plugged into the same outlet. I figured it wasn't a breaker. I didn't know what to do. I hardly ever use a toaster, and I've never had any reason to have to troubleshoot one before.
When I admitted to her that I had no idea how to fix them, she was rude with me. She said, "Will you tell your manager he needs to get another one today?" I told her that yes, I would. (How stupid does she think I am that I couldn't have figured that one out?) The male with her gently said that toasters will do that if they don't have power. So I crawled under the table and checked the connections better. Sure enough, the power strip had shut itself off. I reset it, and the toasters worked. The lady was snarky about that, too.
When I mentioned the toasters and the power strip to my manager when he relieved me, he told me that they do that all the time because of the microwave. Nice of him to share that information previously. 
Before I left the breakfast room, that lady asked me in that same belittling tone of voice if the pool was working and open yet. I told her that I thought it was. She said it wasn't working the day before. I told her that I didn't know and would have to check with my manager then. She was still rude. *sigh*
But here's the thing. No one tells anyone else anything over there, and everything is in a shambles. Literally - they are remodeling everything. My manager ....... (tries to think of a nice way to phrase this) ......... needs some work on his managing skills. Actually, he probably needs some work on his employment skills period.  So they really don't tell me anything, and when I ask no one knows or will give me any kind of a straight answer. I gave up asking because it's more headache than it's worth, and you don't get any kind of solid answer. It's even worse because I'm on grave shift there (or was... tonight was my last night working graves there) and so I'm the only employee on property. I can't ask anyone if I have a question.
I really wanted to say to that lady to stop judging me because I was not some loser working part time at a hotel and going out partying who didn't care about my job. I have been working almost 24 hours a week at the hotel, in addition to working at least 42.5 hours a week at the police department dispatching. I work hard to pay my bills and to make it here. I am very intelligent and not knowing how to troubleshoot a toaster (that I didn't know had problems) doesn't negate that. It would really help if the people above me had any clue what was going on and would actually share that information.
It was really odd. That lady looked at me like I haven't been looked at / treated like since I left Wisconsin. Although there may have been days... that one really stuck out for some reason. I used to get looked at like that all the time, especially at church. That was one reason it was so difficult for me the first time I went back to Wisconsin and back to my old church. They all still looked at me like that, and I realized that the people down here don't look at me that way. They love me, and they don't judge me. They don't make me feel two inches tall and overly guilty about everything from my hair to my jeans to my job. It was weird to experience that again, and it threw me for a loop when this lady did that. It also surprised me how much it bugged me. My theory: she must be from the north. My other theory: I'm not going out of my way to help her with anything while she is there. Will I be nice and everything? Of course. But I won't bend over backwards if she needs something, that's for sure.
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RE: Babbling Boots - 4/28/2009 10:42:36 AM
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bootsNspurs
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As long as you have good spacing between paragraphs I'll read everything you write...LOL it's those looooong paragraphs that kill me.
Haha! I get this! I get distracted in long paragraphs... like impatient trying to get to the toostie roll center of a tootsie pop! So I hear ya. Were my paragraphs short enough?
How are you doin this mornin?
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RE: Babbling Boots - 4/28/2009 10:20:40 PM
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bootsNspurs
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Hey Pam, WWH2, Tink, Phosy, and Hsgma!!!
Kristin and Pam - I agree about the radios. It is very dangerous. Everyone is getting frustrated with them. The chief said he has asked the city council for 300,000 dollars to replace our radios. They are the oldest radios in this entire area.
Hsgma - feel free to babble here anytime! It's the least I can do since y'all listen to me!
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RE: Babbling Boots - 4/29/2009 10:36:30 AM
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Glad to hear you've found a better place to live! Having a good landlord really is wonderful - it's worth the extra rent!
Sorry to hear about the teeth though. Yuck!
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RE: Babbling Boots - 4/30/2009 6:07:53 AM
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bootsNspurs
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Hey phosy and hsmga!
That bites about the weather, hsgma. I really do miss the thunderstorms though. We had a bit of one last night, but not much of anything at all.
I'm actually tired. Got the teeth pulled today. Doin alright with that. He put stitches in this time. That's a bit different. Gonna get some sleep before Bible study in the mornin.
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