lessons
HOnestly, sometimes I am not amused by the way things turn out in life..the ironic sense of humor posessed by what we call destiny.
From having two jobs to choose from about a week ago..I now stand without any job at all. And who to blame? The hotelier which i obviously insulted by asking for a raise in order to stay with him and not going to his competitor..insulted him to a great extent indeed since he saw it necessary to call his competitor and tell them not to hire me since that would be considering stealing his staff..a violation of the Hoteliers association agreement which says not to steal echothers staff during summer season.. this freaked the other hotelowner right out. Too scared to be unofficially blacklisted among fellow hoteliers they decided to take back the offer they had made me for a job.
My anger knew no limit. I confronted the old man and employer alike, who made this possible, his answer was a loud shouting into my ear and a straight NO! to the question wether I could come and collect my salary after the job.
Luckily NIkos sorted things out for me..I was too upset to call back there and do anything for that matter. NIk, called the owners son and they decided I could go the next day and collect my money.
As I stepped through th doors of the reception a wind of regret hit me slightly , why had i decided to leave?" I actually liked this place, full of nose and life and jokes from the fellow staff..as I had said before, a great crowd, loyal and honest and warm crowd...most of them.
The hoteliers son and I discussed the issues that had arisen the previous day. Our versions weren't excactly coherent let me summarize it in that way. He offered me, which I had also excpected, to work there again. I had to frankly say No thank you. I could never have a normal and juste relationship to his father again..I felt nothing but disgust when I saw his face. The son tried to convince me however, that I never had to deal with his father but only with him (as if that would be any better Ithought to myself..) and I admit I was tempted to say I'd think about it..but then I thought if the consequences of crawling to the cross. I had made a decision to leave and I had to stand for it. No matter what. I had my pride. And I learned my lesson well. I can summarize my insights from this whol ething into three...
1. Don't think you can combine honesty with greed ( I decided to leave because of the higher salary in the other place and was honest about it to my boss)
2. Never think you can play it fair when dealing with companyowners in this country. Asskissing and lies is the way to go. (which I should have learned by now after having had 6 different employers in this country).
3. If you fall hard..you bounce high. I won't give up..
From having two jobs to choose from about a week ago..I now stand without any job at all. And who to blame? The hotelier which i obviously insulted by asking for a raise in order to stay with him and not going to his competitor..insulted him to a great extent indeed since he saw it necessary to call his competitor and tell them not to hire me since that would be considering stealing his staff..a violation of the Hoteliers association agreement which says not to steal echothers staff during summer season.. this freaked the other hotelowner right out. Too scared to be unofficially blacklisted among fellow hoteliers they decided to take back the offer they had made me for a job.
My anger knew no limit. I confronted the old man and employer alike, who made this possible, his answer was a loud shouting into my ear and a straight NO! to the question wether I could come and collect my salary after the job.
Luckily NIkos sorted things out for me..I was too upset to call back there and do anything for that matter. NIk, called the owners son and they decided I could go the next day and collect my money.
As I stepped through th doors of the reception a wind of regret hit me slightly , why had i decided to leave?" I actually liked this place, full of nose and life and jokes from the fellow staff..as I had said before, a great crowd, loyal and honest and warm crowd...most of them.
The hoteliers son and I discussed the issues that had arisen the previous day. Our versions weren't excactly coherent let me summarize it in that way. He offered me, which I had also excpected, to work there again. I had to frankly say No thank you. I could never have a normal and juste relationship to his father again..I felt nothing but disgust when I saw his face. The son tried to convince me however, that I never had to deal with his father but only with him (as if that would be any better Ithought to myself..) and I admit I was tempted to say I'd think about it..but then I thought if the consequences of crawling to the cross. I had made a decision to leave and I had to stand for it. No matter what. I had my pride. And I learned my lesson well. I can summarize my insights from this whol ething into three...
1. Don't think you can combine honesty with greed ( I decided to leave because of the higher salary in the other place and was honest about it to my boss)
2. Never think you can play it fair when dealing with companyowners in this country. Asskissing and lies is the way to go. (which I should have learned by now after having had 6 different employers in this country).
3. If you fall hard..you bounce high. I won't give up..
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