You might be in the hotel industry if...

[Alex]

A little gem I got from my old manager. I assume most can't relate, but it's amusing anyway!

* You sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for 8 different managers
* "Going for cocktails and dinner" is NOT your idea of a nice evening
* When someone asks you your exact job profile, you lie
* You get really excited about a 2% pay increase
* You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet
* It's dark on your drive to and from work
* Communication is something your "group" is having problems with
* You see a good looking person and you know it’s a visitor/guest
* Food left over from a banquet or meeting is your main staple diet
* You forget what you look like in anything but a suit
* All the work you were hired to do gets done before 9 and after 5
* You're already late on an assignment you just received
* Your boss’s favourite lines are
a. “When you get a minute…”
b. “In your spare time….”
c. “I have an opportunity for you…”
* 50% of the people in your company don't know what you do
* The other 50% of the people in your company don't care what you do
* Vacation is something you roll over to next year, if you are allowed
* Change is the norm
* Nepotism is encouraged
* Six months is considered to be substantial longevity
* You dial "0" before the number no matter where you are calling from
* When you are walking in public, you have to fight the urge to pick up little scraps of paper and rubbish on the floor
* Your toilet paper at home is folded in a triangle on the first sheet
* You answer the phone at home "Hello this is..., how may I help you?"
* You eat in hotel restaurants for fun
* You inspect your hotel room when travelling
Most of all, you read this entire list and understand it!

And my comments:

You sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for 8 different managers
- No, but in my first 2 months I had 2 separate managers.

It's dark on your drive to and from work
- Yes. (Well, on the way to. Not on the way home, but that's because I worked 6am-2pm).

Food left over from a banquet or meeting is your main staple diet
- By the end of my time there, when I was doing the lunch/dinner shift, my entire diet consisted of grabbing something when I arrived, and stealing food for dinner. Rarely did I eat at home.

You answer the phone at home "Hello this is..., how may I help you?"
- Not necessarily, but I did have to stop myself looking at the phone to determine whether it was an internal or external call to see how I should answer it. Then I realised I was at home.

You inspect your hotel room when travelling
- Yes and no. It's more like I'm quite critical of any service in the hospitality industry now, as I'm training to be a manager and know how everything should work!!