It was a little bit too much to hope that some of this great technology worked..
The view from my door - straight down!
I'm not sure but I think it was meant to be kitchen corner..under the staircase opposite the toilet
This place under the staircase is a place where to get yourself ready to work..it's a shame you can't see the autumn leaves on the floor and feel th ecold breeze or smell the stink coming from the toilet/shower next door...
This is the room where I had to climb in through the window. Very pleasantly clean
The door from my room..the lock was broken and I had to put a plastic bag to keep the door shut..because of the draft..
And from that picture you can see how clean it was on my arrival and how welcoming filthy mattrass was waiting for me...As my job finished with the season in Mallaig I spent a week doing pretty much nothing and enjoying it. Then looked for a job.
I was offered a place back in England. In a brand hotel. The Green King's chain. A hotel belonging to Old English Inns ..In Cotswolds. Everything sounds quite nice, doesn't it? It's a lovely hotel.. The Old Manse..( http://www.oldmansehotel-gloucestershire.co.uk/ ), The front of the house seemed great. Because it's quite long way down there from the Highlands, I phoned them up to ask some questions before I go all this way down ..and perhaps for nothing. After the phone call everything seemed to be just perfect. I was even told to take all my belongings so I could move right in..
The phone call was on Sunday.
I hopped on the train on Monday morning.
Got to Birmingham eight pm. Stayed over at my friends. And then went to Bourton-on-the-water. And it was a long ridiculous joke!
After still having to fill in a job application and having a stupid interview as I applied for a director's place I was told that they actually haven't got the advertised position and I was offered some alternatives..and then I was sent away with words that they have few more interviews and they will call me.
So I went to a B&B and then I had a call in the evening and was asked to come straight away. I stayed in the B&B and told them that I'm coming in the morning. when I went there in the morning ..no one knew that there's a new person coming..so after waiting for hours in the lounge for further instructions I was sent to the staff house..and after that I made up my mind within three hours that I don't have to go through this..as much as I needed the job..
I was sitting in my "room" on my "bed"..having to climb in through a window (no keys)..I couldn't unpack my belongings. I went back to the hotel and talked to some of the kitchen staff (no sign of the manager)..and I heard some interesting things about working there..such as not having a day off for three weeks already for some people..and so one..
Finally I found an assistant manager, a young lady who was very helpful and concerned about my decision. I asked whether she had ever seen the staff house , she said no. And I showed her.She understood me..and said that she wouldn't be staying there either. Then she told that she had just started three day ago and she had already done 30 hours..with three days.
And I left..
Fortunately I had a place to stay for as long as I needed to. The place I used to be volunteer took me in.I stayed there from Wednesday til Sunday. Because I got a new place back in Scotland!! I actually thought that I was overreacting a bit about the place in Cotswolds because I didn't want to stay in England ..but I wasn't ..
And now I am back in Scotland and had my first working day again!
The phone call was on Sunday.
I hopped on the train on Monday morning.
Got to Birmingham eight pm. Stayed over at my friends. And then went to Bourton-on-the-water. And it was a long ridiculous joke!
After still having to fill in a job application and having a stupid interview as I applied for a director's place I was told that they actually haven't got the advertised position and I was offered some alternatives..and then I was sent away with words that they have few more interviews and they will call me.
So I went to a B&B and then I had a call in the evening and was asked to come straight away. I stayed in the B&B and told them that I'm coming in the morning. when I went there in the morning ..no one knew that there's a new person coming..so after waiting for hours in the lounge for further instructions I was sent to the staff house..and after that I made up my mind within three hours that I don't have to go through this..as much as I needed the job..
I was sitting in my "room" on my "bed"..having to climb in through a window (no keys)..I couldn't unpack my belongings. I went back to the hotel and talked to some of the kitchen staff (no sign of the manager)..and I heard some interesting things about working there..such as not having a day off for three weeks already for some people..and so one..
Finally I found an assistant manager, a young lady who was very helpful and concerned about my decision. I asked whether she had ever seen the staff house , she said no. And I showed her.She understood me..and said that she wouldn't be staying there either. Then she told that she had just started three day ago and she had already done 30 hours..with three days.
And I left..
Fortunately I had a place to stay for as long as I needed to. The place I used to be volunteer took me in.I stayed there from Wednesday til Sunday. Because I got a new place back in Scotland!! I actually thought that I was overreacting a bit about the place in Cotswolds because I didn't want to stay in England ..but I wasn't ..
And now I am back in Scotland and had my first working day again!
But the saddest thing is that someone is most likely already living there in this filthy room and earning one's pennies., Oh, nearly forgot - they charge for the accomodation 23 or was it 27 pounds a week! :)and there is no Internet connection in the room and phone coverige was agains the window..So if You would like to work there- they are looking for a new slave.
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