Jim and I decided to go down and eat out by the pool. On the way we passed the jewelry store. Our salesman was standing in the doorway and he shook hands with Jim and asked if we'd been doing any thinking about the rings.
"Well, they sure are pretty and I'm sure the price is good. It's just a lot of money right now"
"It's good to see you two again, have a nice stay."
We continued out to the bar and placed our orders. Christine was working and she introduced us to Mr. Porter, her boss.
"It's nice to meet some of our customers. How do you like the resort?"
"Oh, wow! This place is wonderful"
"Yeah, it's so luxurious. Everything is so plush and the people are always there to help."
"That's right! It's like all of the staff is really interested in how we're doing and wants us to be happy."
"I'm happy to hear that. We like our staff to be attentive to everyone's needs."
"Well, they are. I bet it's a fun place to work, too."
"We try to keep it that way."
"That's good because I bet it's tough to have to keep finding new people."
"That's right. We have some openings right now and it will probably take some time to find the right people. Enjoy your stay and, if you need anything at all, call me." He gave us his card: Doug Porter, Executive Manager, Hotel and Resort. Wow!
Christine brought our food and we told her about talking to her neighbors. She got excited along with us. Jim and I discussed various things about the job and kept coming up with new ideas.
Just as we were about to go Christine came back over and said Mr. Porter likes us and he wants us to go to the personnel office and interview for some job openings. One is on the front desk and another is for a bellboy position but also room service and helping out with the conferences. These sounded like good jobs and we'd have fun, too.
The interview only took about 45 minutes, they did us both together, and at the end explained some of the benefits. There is a 401K, paid medical, dental, vacations, holidays, raises after 6 months and annually, something where they give you up to 12% of your salary extra if you put in that much of yours. There was so much it all started to run together. They told us that in our first six months we could expect to make between $19,000 and $23,000 and it would go up from there. And that doesn't include the tips. Mr. Porter, apparently, started in another of their hotels and moved up the line until he was manager of this one! Oh, they have a program where they will move you to another hotel for a cultural swap.
Our heads were swimming with all this new information. It was already after dinner time and we were hungry, already after dinner time and we were hungry, tired from the sun, the exercise and all the anticipation of learning about the exciting job offers. We passed Mom and Dad in the hallway, they were coming from the elevators and we, well, we hadn't even thought about where we were headed.
"Say, kids, we were just about to call you. It ran late this afternoon but we're going to have an early evening tonight. Do you still want to talk about those job offers?"
"Oh, yeah! We've got so much to tell you."
"We'll be back up here around 9:30-10, will you be here then?"
We looked at each other. "I'm sure we will, Dad. Right now we're pretty exhausted. I think we're going to hit the hot tub, order some food and go to bed early."
"But, please, please wake us if we're not up when you get there."
We all hugged and kissed and went on up to the room.
I had my blouse unbuttoned when we stepped off the elevator and was naked before the door could close behind us. "Babe, I am so hungry now! Would you order me two of everything!"
"Hello, room service. Please deliver 4 of everything to our room." Jim was pretending to talk to them while he got undressed.
Meanwhile I started the hot tub going. I poured in a packet of the Waterfall Flowers scent and slipped in. When Jim finished telling room service what we really did want, and it included a couple pitchers of mai tai's, he slipped in beside me. We both put an arm around each other's back and just stretched out enjoying the bubbles and the smell of flowers.
"I sure hope Mom and Dad let us do this."
"It'll be kinda weird, neither of us have been away from home for that long before."
"That's what'll make it fun. We'll be learning all this together."
"Well, Mom's kinda worried about us. She thinks we see too much of each other."