Probably A Good Time To Leave

There are two types of people in the Resort - the Summer Program people (99% Cubans) and the Easter weekend families just here for the one holiday weekend. The start to yesterday was filled with some of the unsuspecting weekend family members coming into the office, complaining about the noise and the carrying on of the partying groups that are here for the summer weekends. One individual, who was here with his wife and young daughter said that this was not a campground, but a housing development. He said he was leaving because it wasn't safe for his daughter to be here. He had checked in on Friday and paid for a whole week to stay. They couldn't sleep for much of the night as a result of the loud music and speeding golf carts and scooters, many of which were being driven by kids under 10 years old. He wanted to get suggestions from us on other campgrounds that might be in the area. As mentioned in a previous post, the police had been called in on several occasions last year to provide crowd control for these parties. Another example of why we are leaving.

We kind of feel a little sorry for the staff we are leaving behind. They are being handed extra work - like there is time for extra work - by the temp manager to improve chances of collecting monies from people that are now leaving the campground without clearing their balance. Now, we can't collect any balance they have because their credit card information isn't saved. She has set up a procedure to create a folder for each site that is checking in the next day with all kinds of forms and information to be completed by the office staff and handed out by the gate attendant when people come in after hours. The problem is that this system works in the campground she came from - which has less than half the spaces to rent - and those people don't have to handle the possibility of 15-20 people checking in after hours.

Some day, this may be a great place to work, but they have a long way to go. We would like to return if they ever get things right. That also includes hiring an experienced Security person who will be firm and enforce the rules they have which are broken all the time. What a shame. We have enough experience at the parks we've worked to know what it is like to work in a stable and fun environment.

Today is a short day for us. We expect to work until around noon and then there is a pizza lunch that the manager is having for the staff. We will turn in our uniforms (shirts) and keys and say goodbye to everybody. There are, of course, some friendships that we have established that will survive our stay here. Those are the people we keep in touch with via emails. That is the good part of working anywhere we go. So--- we'll hope for a happy ending...

HAPPY EASTER!!!