The ILLINOIS WAGE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION ACT is something that the employees of the hotel should know about. Here is the part that pertains to the problem at the hotel:

ILLINOIS WAGE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION ACT

Section 300.840 Uniforms Required by an Employer

An employer shall not deduct the cost of purchasing and/or of cleaning uniforms required by the employer from an employee’s wages or final compensation, unless the employee’s express written consent is given freely at the time the deduction is made. Distinctive outfits or accessories, or both, intended to identify the employee with a specific employer shall be considered a uniform. If an employer requires a general type of ordinary basic street clothing to be worn, but permits variations in the detail of dress, this shall not be considered a uniform. However, when an employer requires that an employee purchase street clothes either from the employer or from a third party designated by the employer, the clothing shall be considered a uniform.

Of course I could be reading it wrong. But to me this says that the employer has to pay for uniforms. “They” are saying as long as there is no logos or such that they don’t have to pay. And again I don’t see it that way.

Hotel management seeking feedback is the link of the day. This BDN headline of course pertains to some of the things I have spoken of time from time. Read the article and note the lies. There are many so be prepared.

First lie:

Once a week, training sessions are held to help employees understand the importance of getting feedback from the people who stay in the hotel and use the restaurant, bar, banquet rooms and meeting rooms…Improving service is a priority.

This is funny because I have yet to get any training. Next we got this one:

“We have to train and coach…”

Here is this putz’s football reference continued. Yeah coach me asshole. And Finally here is the last one and it is a dozy:

However, he didn’t say when a decision whether or not to change the name of the hotel would be made.

Say goodbye to Holiday Inn. It’s gone. Waiting for them to come and take the sign down. I got the camera loaded.

Fuck me. I’m really trying to be a “team” player. But I’m doing really bad. I’m not a team player. It’s one of those fact things. Anyway here is what my “coach” had to say (and this is supposed to be a pep talk, I think):

I am the Coach of the Team, I would coach, teach and train all of you to make the TOUCHDOWN. YOU ARE THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THE TOUCHDOWN. TOUCHDOWN TO ALL OF US MEANS A HAPPY AND SATISFIED GUEST.

“TOUCHDOWN TO ALL OF US…” Oh Jesus H. Christ. I have read this two page note (that among other things says we are switching brands) many times and I still don’t feel inspired to be one of the team.

“TOUCHDOWN TO ALL OF US…” does that sound foreign to you? Just wondering. If you could only see the insipid coach who wrote this dreck. Sorry that was a random thought.

“Coach” also has an ad in the paper for night auditors. This has my Grandma all shook up (Uh-Huh). Me? I don’t know how I feel. It’s not sending that team vibe to me.

Speaking of getting lots of team spirit (or the lack hereof) I got paid today. I had about 56 hours total and cleared 23,234.20 Pakistani rupees (Remember this isn’t something I’m supposed to talk about). I went with Pakistani rupees to be different. That means I make 542.13 Pakistani rupees a hour. Whoo! This neat Currency Conversion thing is fun.

Well I have been really bad as of late about responding to e-mails and I have been really bad about updating the website. So I’m going to kill two birds with one stone.

Ross one of these days I got to come and visit again. I had a lot of fun the last time I saw you and the wife. Not much is going on here in my fiefdom. I have gave up my idea of fighting “them”. My oldman advised me that it was a no win scenario. But I’m having some trouble being one of the team.

I think that subconsciously my brain won’t let me be one of those team players. Yeah maybe some psychological help could be in order. It’s just that one side of me thinks that just doing what they want is a good idea. But that other part of me ends up saying stuff I hadn’t planed on saying. I even realize this while I say some of the shit I shouldn’t. I think to myself damn what made just say “the managers are all pussies.”

As far you sounding like Dennis Miller, to me I have always felt you sound like Mr. Miller. You know a lot of shit. Half the time I have to look up some of the references you make. The other half of the time I try to pretend I know what your talking about and then go look it up.

Sorry for my lazy ways. I’m so into this damn Dark Age Of Camelot online rpg. It’s all I do when I’m at home. Later man.

Well the good news is I have kicked my Everquest habit. The bad news is I’m addicted to another mmorpg. This one is called the Dark Age of Camelot. This one just went live a week ago or so. It’s fun. And it’s not like Everquest. Here are a few snaps of the game:

New game, so that lets me have my moniker I use here. Which I was happy about. It’s a little more friendly to the people who want to go out on their own. I happen to fit into that anti-social group. I have to get ready for work, but I will be talking about this some more.

So it seems “they” are sticking it to me. My hours have been cut. Instead of working four days at 10 hours a pop “they” have shaved a hour off of each day. So goodbye 40 hours a week and hello 36 hours a week. Not counting the week when I get three days, because of the rotation of days.

What can I do? Besides having my attitude problem flare up. I filed my claim to the Department Of Labor about not getting breaks. So I wait now to see what happens with that. I’m also going to check if I can get unemployment. Fuck “them”, those bastards can expect a lot more attitude from me.

I had screwed up something big time for people who use the Hotelblues.com E-mail. It’s fixed now. But if I ever fubar it again you can bookmark this: Hotelblues.com E-mail. Sorry if this has been a problem for anyone.