Friday, April 08, 2005

Too Funny

I was looking for a place to stay for when I fly out to Regina next week and I found a website for a hotel that uses the same booking system as our new one. Funny thing is that it doesn't seem to be working for them either. Good, I'm glad it wasn't just us that is getting screwed. The really big problem right now is our old (and what most people consider our good) system has been crashing and displaying error messages with alarming frequency. I'm so glad that I am out of here - it's like watching a time bomb tick towards 0. Here it is the perfect recipe for disaster.
1. Hire new girl, she can't type or answer phones (even after 1.5 months)
2. Hire second new girl who has a massive chip on her shoulder - she's got too much attitude.
3. Lose front office manager - don't get a new one.
4. Try running two systems; one that doesn't work and the other that is quickly failing.
and step 5. Slowly but surely have the remaining management make descisions that is driving everyone mad.
There you have it. I guess I can be a little critical, but I really don't understand how some people are not able to pick up our job. 1.5 month girl doesn't even know how to deal with the most basic problems - I could just scream - and if you try to correct her she gets all sorry for herself. I mean even the girl I thought was irritating, but now quite like, has no problem with the job. The funny thing is that it furthers the theory of it's not what you know but who you know. She was hired not because she is even vaguely competent but because she is known by the owner - yeah for blond hair and blue eyes.

Aside from the irritating bits - I am going to miss it here - it is so beautiful and there are some really great people here... mind you I don't work with many of them.....

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