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There is No Time in Hell
Apr. 19th, 2010 11:04 am
Two weeks back in the hospitality industry and I must say, I do feel more relaxed.
I can multi-task my ass off, but when it comes to long, drawn-out projects I suddenly have ADHD. All I had at the County were long, drawn-out projects. Things like taking screenshots of every single screen in a non-functioning program for corrective action planning. I'm not just talking about the face of every tab, either - no, clicking every link on every screen & taking screenshots of those screens. Entering different criteria and taking shots of those screens. Entering different data & taking shots of the error messages. I worked on it for three months & still hadn't gotten off of the first fucking tab. No wonder I almost had a stroke - I went from a relatively active job to being chained to a desk for a year. I also put on twenty pounds over the past two years.
There are two working states at the front desk - either you have a line of people in front of you and you're assisting them, or you don't. When there is no line, you catch up on housekeeping requests, entering addresses, stocking, that kind of thing... or you stand there & talk to your co-workers. No one is over your shoulder making sure you're doing your job because the guests are your job.
Working Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm with weekends and holidays off may be everyone's 'Dream Schedule'. For people with health issues, though, it means having to take time off work to go see doctors. In the real world (aka America), if you have a chronic health problem and don't qualify for FMLA for one reason or another, eventually that health problem will lead to you having 'An Attendance Problem'. Right now, I've got today and tomorrow off. Called my doctor, made an appointment for tomorrow afternoon. Does not affect my job one iota (unless they call me for overtime or something).
Random acts of violence aside, there are also no murder photos or films at the casino.
I can multi-task my ass off, but when it comes to long, drawn-out projects I suddenly have ADHD. All I had at the County were long, drawn-out projects. Things like taking screenshots of every single screen in a non-functioning program for corrective action planning. I'm not just talking about the face of every tab, either - no, clicking every link on every screen & taking screenshots of those screens. Entering different criteria and taking shots of those screens. Entering different data & taking shots of the error messages. I worked on it for three months & still hadn't gotten off of the first fucking tab. No wonder I almost had a stroke - I went from a relatively active job to being chained to a desk for a year. I also put on twenty pounds over the past two years.
There are two working states at the front desk - either you have a line of people in front of you and you're assisting them, or you don't. When there is no line, you catch up on housekeeping requests, entering addresses, stocking, that kind of thing... or you stand there & talk to your co-workers. No one is over your shoulder making sure you're doing your job because the guests are your job.
Working Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm with weekends and holidays off may be everyone's 'Dream Schedule'. For people with health issues, though, it means having to take time off work to go see doctors. In the real world (aka America), if you have a chronic health problem and don't qualify for FMLA for one reason or another, eventually that health problem will lead to you having 'An Attendance Problem'. Right now, I've got today and tomorrow off. Called my doctor, made an appointment for tomorrow afternoon. Does not affect my job one iota (unless they call me for overtime or something).
Random acts of violence aside, there are also no murder photos or films at the casino.
