Well about one year and one month after my first raise with this new hotel I get this in my email from my boss:

To: Turk
Date: Jul 2, 2008 3:15 PM
Subject: FYI:

A late welcome back from your week away. I wanted to let you know, there is a change in your pay rate, your new rate of pay increase is $0.35.

This will show on your check that will be here on Thursday.

Talk to you soon.

This is the first time for two things. First he welcomed me back from vacation. Next I got another raise. At the worst hotel ever things were so different. The post marks the last time I got a raise at the shithole. And the way I was greeted from the end of vacation was getting fired.

I did not even ask for a raise. I did not hint about the idea of getting a raise even. The place continues to surprise me in a good way.