you're stuck with the jinx.

So I've been working at the same place for just over a year. At the time, one of my friends worked there and she helped me get the job. I work at a small hotel in town. I love the job(when the guests are nice), and I work with some of the best people around. However, we're starting to see a trend...If something's going to go wrong, you can bet it'll happen on my shift/my day to work. This summer was the worst. Along with all the small things(the printer stops working, the computer system crashes, etc.) a few big things happened that made me consider the title "CIS Jinx."

• As soon as I came back from my vacation in Oklahoma, the cable company decided to upgrade all of our televisions to HD. Sounds great right? WRONG. We've had a million issues with the TVs since then. Its been 3 months, and we STILL have problems....but usually only on the nights I'm working. For all of the TVs I've fixed, I think the cable company should send me a check. 

• I had to call 911 for the first time ever this summer. An elderly man fell in the bathroom and cut his leg on something. It wouldn't stop bleeding so his wife had me call an ambulance. I freaked out. Literally, I had to go in the back and get myself together before I could dial 9-1-1. Scary stuff!!!

See that lean on the left pillar?
















• At 10:45 on a Saturday night, a man in a huge Ryder truck decided that he'd try to fit under our patio overhang, which was under construction and almost finished. (Did I mention that I got off work at 11:00pm?) Obviously, his truck was too tall and he scraped the top of the patio, causing it to lean. Renee and I freaked out. I tried to convince Renee that it "wasn't leaning that bad." But she was determined that the building was going to fall over. So I called the maintenance man who came in, he called the GM, and he called the police. Apparently it was a bigger deal than I thought. I had to tell the police officer exactly what I'd heard/seen. And then give him all of my info. Instead of leaving work at 11:00, I left around 2am. 

There's a big hole in the wall.

 

• This morning, a lady accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake. She drove right through the window in the pool room. Click here to see an article and video about the incident at our hotel that was on the local news. Thankfully no one was hurt, and her car is fine. But the same cannot be said for our window and wall. Now, I wasn't actually working when this one happened. But I did work tonight. So we think the jinx is expanding to just days that I work in general, instead of only when I'm actually present.

But regardless of my jinx status, I love my job! I've come out of my shell so much since working there. And I've developed great "working with people skills." Its really a great job for me! So my managers are just going to have to tolerate my bad luck for another 2 years, until after I graduate(as long I don't destroy the place before then).

Oh, and I forgot to mention my hotel creepers. But they're a year-round feature.