Ok, here is my response to Scorp’s question. You have to remember that I have been out of the loop as far as the hotel is concerned, so my comments may be of no use to anyone.

First, they always promised a raise in 90 days to all of the new people. You wouldn’t have taken the job if they told you ” well we can not promise you a raise. But if you wait long enough hell just might freeze over” (Once more let me state this applies to the front desk, I do not know the inner workings of the other departments). In all of my time this has always been the management’s unspoken official stance on the subject of raises. But, and you knew a but was coming didn’t you? There are a few tricks to get a raise out of these fascist money grubbing mongers.

The first thing you can try is this, ask nicely for your raise. You never know, check the news to see if hell did freeze over. You also have to remember that at the hotel the realm of reason and all things just do not exist. The hotel is in a reality all of its own. So thinking to yourself “I will not demand a raise. I should be given a raise because of my performance and that should be enough.” Ok you can try this too. Except you will never get a raise. Never.

The second way comes in multiple tactics. First you can go in to the FDM or GM’s office and scream. You have to raise a ruckus for this to work. I happen to know of quite a few people that received a raise this way. The other thing you have to keep in mind is the idea of tenure and seniority does not exist at the hotel. For example, Maggie received a raise putting her ahead of me in pay when I was clearly above her in seniority. Don’t get me wrong I happen to like Maggie, I’m just using her as an example. You know how she got her raise? She bitched up a storm. Ok the second part to the demanding a raise tactic is to not only bitch and moan about the raise to the powers to be and anyone else who will listen, is to actively seek employment elsewhere. For this to work you have to make sure you tell the people you know will tell your secret to others. When you tell people about you secret always use the line “don’t tell anyone else what I’m about to tell you” or something along that. I think I got a raise out of this, I can’t be certain. I was bullshitting everyone at the time that I was leaving for Menard$. When in truth I hadn’t even went for a interview.

So ends my guide to getting a raise at the hotel. I offer no guarantees if you do this that you will receive a raise. A lot of factors have changed. For one there is a new FDM, and he might be a nice guy you never know.

I have to get ready for work so I say goodnight.

I would first like to say hello to a friend I have not seen in a long time. More importantly I would like to remind this friend how little that you are missing by not working at the Hotel. I realize that unemployment brings problems that I surely couldn’t handle, however I sometimes am very jealous of you buddy. My reasons for wishing that I didn’t work there are numerous yet I find it harder and harder to tell the asshole management in that hotel where they can stick it. I might personally e-mail you to enlighten you about these bastards but for now I am content with voicing my concerns anonymously via your GuestBook. I am grateful to you for creating this page. We will talk soon. A friend.

I Learned my lesson for the day. Sometimes the truth isn’t the best policy. I tried my first temp agency today. I will not name the name of the place. Needless to say I wasn’t to impressed by it. The ladies that worked there were very nice. Don’t get me wrong, its not them its me. I am colossal cluster fuck. In the application it asked for reason of leaving your job I wrote “let go”. Which of course is sure to bring up questions. And the inevitable question was asked. I asked “do you want the truth?” like a putz. So I told this nice lady about my website. Because that was the reason of my departure. She looked at me funny and asked if I was going to do one on temp agencies. I told her no that www.hotelblues.com is paid and mine for two years. I thought I was being witty. WRONG. This is not the kind of thing you want to tell people at a temp agency. Any way there are more temp agencies in the phone book. So next time I will not tell them my life story. I’ll tell them something they want to hear. I recommend a strong dose of Dilbert for me and anyone else who takes working to serious.

If you by chance work at a temp agency let me remind you this my opinion and should not effect your personal or company view on me. That and there’s this thing called Freedom Of Speech you might of heard of, its in the Bill Of Rights.

Well the event I have personally been waiting for has happened. As of 10:00pm I was let go from the hotel by Shawn Kennedy. His reason for letting me see the hatch was that I was not happy at the hotel. So what happens now?

First I plan on getting ass drunk. Then on Monday I plan on calling my friends at the ACLU. Then I plan on contacting the media. They might like the corporate bastards against the poor little webmaster angle. So any way. Troy’s here, we have to go.

I would like to thank in no particular order: Shawn Kennedy. Larry W. John W. Paula M. And anyone else that deserves my thanks. You all have been to kind.

Well I was written up for the shit I described on April 25th. The worthless piece of shit, the front Desk Manager, couldn’t even give it to me in person. No he had it on my timecard waiting for me. I was amazed that they wrote me up for it. I still can’t believe it.

So I figured I would talk to the Assistant General Manager and use logic to argue my side. Fuck that. Logic isn’t something you can use on these lobotomized excrement ridden fools. She was quite to the point that I am to be at the desk at all times. Doesn’t matter if I have nothing to do. Or if the first shift is there. I tried to make my defense as honest and truthful as I could without out right lying.

On a good note Menard$ has called and offered me a job. I told them that I had gave my two week notice. But, I’m not sure I can leave. I afraid of the change. After six years of this hotel I don’t know anything else. The longer I wait is just less of a notice I give the old HI. Will see.

On another note, I would like to add the Banquet Bartending Manager to the list of non-excrement Managers. He is a hell of a nice guy. One of a few at the hotel.

The Accountant was a little mad about me discovering that ALL managers have excrement for bodily fluids. I told her that I was sorry that she had excrement for bodily fluids. But she wouldn’t let it rest at that. She must of heard of this before that ALL managers have excrement for bodily fluids because she had all of the medical equipment to prove other wise. So I would like to say that the Accountant does not have excrement for bodily fluids. She is the exception to the rule. So let me restate my hypothesis: ALL managers besides the Accountant have excrement for bodily fluids. I’m sorry for the confusion.

By the way Troy , this is four in a row for updating the site. Troy is an Assistant Manager at Menard$. His blood test hasn’t got back from the labs yet.

Let me start by saying that all, and I mean ALL managers have excrement for bodily fluids. This covers the General Manager all the way down to the Catering Manager. Their ancestor most likely have inbred for hundreds of generations. They are the stinking pile of dung that you have the misfortune to step in. Law should mandate that they are not allowed to bread future generations, at least for the safety of us non-managers. If they already have children, then the same rule should apply.

With that said let me tell you about one of these excrement laden scum. This Manager in question would be the Catering Manager. She is a serious case of why they shouldn’t be allowed to breed. I don’t honestly know what her problem is. She used to be a front desk clerk. So if there would ever be an exception to ALL managers having excrement for bodily fluids it would be someone like her. But, it appears she’s just like the rest. Or I have offended her in some way, which is always a possibility. Still I would not expect her to be like that.

After working nine hours I decided that I would sit down where the reservation desk is. This is only a few feet away from the desk in the back office. So if Maggie got busy I would see or Maggie would ask me to give her a hand. Shit it wasn’t like I went to the restaurant or something. Which I have done. This Manager she tells Maggie out at the desk that if I am going to sit there and not help her that she was going to send me home. I over heard her say this being that I was only two fucking feet away. So then she comes in back where I am and tells me this bullshit. Now I’m sorry But I don’t think I was doing anything wrong sitting down. Fucksake it was quiet all morning, even at this time she was telling me this. So I informed to look on the wall behind her and told her to read the part telling I’m intitled to a twenty minute break after seven and a half hours or something around that time limit. Again let me remind you that it was nine hours into my shift when she asks me this shit. So after she told me that if I wasn’t going to help Maggie then I should go home I shocked that she was telling me this. I told her that I would help Maggie. But then I started thinking about it and decided that ALL managers have excrement for bodily fluids so I went home. Maybe the Catering Manager would like to do the fucking audit tonight.

Once more I want to state before I sign off that I honestly don’t think I was in the wrong for sitting down. And I would like to remind everyone that ALL managers have excrement for bodily fluids.