End of Summer Approaches

We had a hail storm that woke me up from my after work slumber. Sounded like someone hammering on the roof and someone throwing rocks at the windows. Look outside to find the hail coming down. Tried to record it, but my smartphone took a minute to turn on. I got the tail end of the hail falling, but missed the heavy downpour that woke me up. It resembled snow falling. Such as life. Missed the family reunion at my brother's house sleeping at home most of the day. I arrived after most people had left. Aunt was celebrating her 80 Birthday. My niece recorded my great-nieces playing in the backyard and shared it with me to see how big they are getting. Had 2 online interviews with prospective employers. Both rejected me later. Had a phone interview with a 3rd company and received another rejection notice. Celebrated my Mom's birthday with siblings at a restaurant. Siblings wanted to go to a fancy restaurant they always wanted to experience. I replied that our mother grew up on a farm and would not enjoy the lobster or calimari they crave. We settled on Ruby Tuesday's and I enjoyed pulled pork and tator tots. We lost a maid and gained a front desk clerk. Front desk clerk worked here before and didn't like the old manager very much to quit as I was hired. Owners decided to give raises to the staff hoping to keep people and get more hired. Took them long enough. Boromir ferret made the Great Escape through the fence into the neighbor's yard, then went through their fence to end up in next neghbor's yard who didn't have a fence so I quickly grabbed him. There was a rabbit bigger than him that hopped away. Another day he made the great escape to take a tour of the front yard and ended up in the neighbor's yard where I coxed him back into our yard before grabbing him. Got 2 schedules that had me working 12 days in a row. After Day 8, I was backing out of my parking space when a coworker decided to park in the spot next to mine. Since I was looking behind me, I failed to view their car in front of me so our fenders bumped into each other. Naturally it was it was all my fault though it could have been both our fault, coworker didn't want to file a police report cause they don't speak English very well, and was told my coworker didn't have insurance. Had to write a claim and take photos for my insurance company on my smartphone while ready to collapse from exhaustion. After 9th work day my mental capacity diminished to the point I couldn't remember my coworkers' names. 10th day was babysitting a coworker doing their first night audit so that was a half day. Felt better after getting some sleep. When I left the 12th day, I told the manager to please don't ever do that again. I got one day off and went back to work again. I pray for another job, but no job ever appears. Then a week after my fender bender, I receive a phone call from my coworker's insurance company which was a surprise for me when they said they had none. I explained my insurance was fixing my car which made the insurance agent happy. It is taking a long time (2 weeks so far) to fix my car and driving the rental car that barely fits into my garage (it's a minivan). Opened the trunk lid and it hit the garage door. Watched the Olympics on TV. My guilty pleasure is the gymnastics. Discovered mosquito larvae in the bird bath. Water was tossed out and replaced so the larvae became lawn fertilizer. Glass storm door got stuck and after kicking the door to unstuck it, the whole glass door shattered. Had a ton of glass to sweep up and brother helped put up the new door I ordered. Celebrated my nephew's birthday at a restaurant and had ice cream cake at my sister's house. I paid for my brother's lunch for helping me with my door. Later, Nephew had to leave for his fast food job. He does the fries and chicken nuggets. He said all the grease in the air is making his acne worse. I offered a housekeeping job at my hotel that would be cleaner environment, and maids get tips. We got a new hotel manager assigned to us. A traveling manager who lives in town thought we were great work team and applied for permanent residency. She was accepted and I hardly ever see her working the overnight shift. Hope she gets to freezer in the marketplace section fixed or replaced so we can sell our ice cream. People seem to not like the idea of us grabbing ice cream from the kitchen for them.

What Part of I'm Broke did you not Understand?

Funny how people have trouble understanding what "I'm broke" really means. It means: I have debt not savings. I work 2 jobs, 6 days a week and barely have enough to pay my living expenses. I'm not lazy, I'm exhausted. I don't have money to spare to pay for repairs, vacations, TiVo, Disney+, Netflix, fast food, or hobbies. I won't be remodeling anything in the near future. I seriously don't care what Martha Stewart would have to say about my boring meals with foods that are all the same color or my lack of themes or color schemes in my decorating. In fact, I seriously don't care what a man would think of my dirty house covered in pet hair cause no man will see it. I can't afford a luxury apartment or posh mansion you wished I lived in so you can swim in a pool for free. I am not buying movies for you to borrow for free. I can't afford a housekeeper to keep my house perfectly clean to your satisfaction. And my yard will never resemble a manicured golf course.

I hate customer service jobs

I hate customer service jobs. Get someone who makes a reservation in the middle of night and demands their room at 2:30 AM. I am sold out tonight. The res they just made for today is good at 3PM, not 3AM when my guests are still sleeping (I am not yanking guests out of bed to give someone a room). Well had 2 reservations from the day before arriving and I checked them in. Now I am racist cause he's black and this is going on social media. I explained those people had reservations from the night before and I have to honor them past midnight. If their reservation was for yesterday, I would have gladly honored it at 2 AM. But it wasn't, it was made for today and the check in time is 3 PM. They explain they are from New York and unfamiliar with such things. Yeah, I'm sure hotels in New York have check in times too. They scream at me how heartless I am cause they have a little girl and I am throwing them out in the street (not exactly, I let them sleep in the lobby and let them use the public restroom I also let a homeless guy use while they're screaming at me). They were welcome to eat from continental breakfast when they were still waiting for the manager at 6 AM. I texted the manager to come early cause they were still here and not leaving until they spoke to a manager. I began doing my work from the back room to avoid them. The cook came in for breakfast and kept screaming my name at the front desk to tell me things. I explianed I am working from the backroom. Manager came in 15 minutes earlier than usual and I explained the situation. People were much calmer by then and asked for the uber number. Manager even made copies of their cancelations to prove they weren't being charged for them.