The Miami Bananna Republic Blog
12/07 So in the Herald 2 weeks ago there was an article on the front page that said in 20 years or so the entire region would be underwater. OK. So whats the response from local Goverment?
These idiots announce that they are going to:
1. Build a Stadium for the Marlins
2. Bail out the Miami opera Building with Lord knows how many millions
3. Build a Street Car Trolly system
4. Build a NEW and Improved Park and Muesum
and heres the kicker:
5. Build a tunnel for trucks only going to the port
Can you say MONEY GRAB??
And all this is without any voter imput whatsoever.
First of all, at present, at the slightest amount of rain ALL of Biscayne Blvd floods 3 ft. Now how in the hell do these doofusses plan on building a tunnel in an area under sea level? Dont tell me, I dont want to know. And a Street Car trolly system? I wonder how that will hold up in a hurricane?
And this is just "business as usual" in the Bannana Republic. And the public just goes right along with it.
I'd REALLY like to know how amny of these local theif politicians have 2nd homes and an exit stratagy when the water starts to rise? ALL I'd bet.
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Recently there was a Congressman from Colorado calling Miami a 3rd world country,(tell us something we don't already know) and he managed to get everybody in an uproar over it.
The response from the areas career politician Alianna rossanna rossanna danna Ros-Lehtinen was "I invite you to come come down and stay in our 5 star hotals on the beach" I know, I know, your probably wondering why she wasn't manning her "Cuba radar" and focusing her concentration there as she usually does. And you are not alone.
The fact of the matter is, and if this stupid bitch actually paid attention to whats going on here instead of 90 miles away she'd know that a recent Miami Herald addressed the fact that there are no 5 star hotels on the beach. 4 yes. 5 no.
And this is the jest of this blog. I'm surprised several hotels have a 4 star ranking myself. I mean with the wages they pay these people I'm shocked that anyone of the hotel employees would give a shit beyond just showing up. There is ALOT of turn over though you can bet your ass on that.
My personal experience with these " know it all" professionals is one of frustration that I'd not like to repeat. So I don't. Simple as that. But while I've got my pen out might as well expose these fucks and jam it in thier hearts:
Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Fl. (at the time this was the largest hotel pool in the country. BFD right?) And I was in charge of its operations with 3-4 employees under my supervision. It came to my attention that the hotel was purchasing its Sodium Bicarbonate by the week and paying a retail price of $7 a bag. Well having freinds in the chemical business I quickley learned that the exact same product could be purchased in bulk at $2-$3 per bag, AND the company would store the bulk and deliver what was needed during the week at no extra charge. This came to a savings of $70,000 over a years time.
I took these figures to this shmuck named Dennis who was the GM of the hotel and instead of celebrating the fact that an hourly employee had taken the time and researched this I was shot down like a Japanese Zero over the Battle of Midway. "Were not interested in a few thousand dollars a month" this sawed off prick said in all his splendor "when we're billing over 1 million a month." In hindsight I should have gone directly to the owner but really, WHY? Its not like I was saving any money or would have been rewarded for being an outstanding employee.
So where is the incentive beyond just showing up for work and being there? Now multiply this times every fucking hotel in the area and you can see why I'm surprised that they even have 4 stars and can maintain them with the high turnover.
And I laugh at all these high and mighty middle managers in thier cheap suits who are basically low paid dirt workers with thier 60-80 hour work week and they don't even realize it because they are so busy trying to keep staff levels up and so on. Slaves. The story that sums them all up in a nutshell is the retard (I apologize in advance to all the retarded people out there for throwing this dumbass into your kind group) at Turnberry Isles. Now this Einstien managed to give the wrong rental car to a man and his wife staying at the hotel. So what does he do? He calls the people on thier cell phone while they are at a function they have flown in for, and this ass demands that they bring the car back. An argument ensues and this brainiac calls the police. Fast forward to several hours later and the couple pulls up to the reception of the hotel where the Terrorism fighting superHEROs of the day Aventura Police are waiting to put an abrupt end to this crime spree. The man and woman are roughed up and as always, thrown to the ground (thats mandatory folks).
Now would'nt it have been better to just have said nothing and switched the cars when they returned or at the least, send a valet to retrieve the car and giving the man the keys to the correct car. Not here. Not in this pocket of mental retardation. The middle management shcmuck showed them who's boss!! (and now the Mans lawyer will show them who is REALLY the boss and the couple will most likely walk away with a 6 figure out of court settlement, as there is no way in hell they want this to go to trial.) And this is the mentality that rules the day. How these fart sniffers managed to eak out 4 stars is beyond me. Maybe AAA lowered there standards?
And if you have ANY doubts about what I'm saying is true just look at the Sunday papers employment section: The same hotels week after week offering the same low paying jobs.
Pay the fucking people a decent wage and maybe you could retain them and they'd actually give a damn, thus keeping training cost, not to mention having to advertise the same jobs over and over saving more on ad cost. YOU THINK? Obviously they don't and the bottom line profits are ALL that matters so you get what we have here today.
Sad but true.
Then there is the 7-11 on Alton road. This is a perfect example of everything I'm saying. DO NOT hand these fuckers a $10 0r $20 and assume that they are giving you your change. Count your change or better yet, dobn't give them the opportunity to rip you off. Then you see them not using the scanner for the cup of coffee you are buying and they take the money and put it in the register. These people are stealing from the company and the unsuspecting consumer. Why? Maybe because the corporation is not paying them a decant wage? I remember a few years back 2 cashiers at MIA where pocketing $800-$1000 per shift. Alarms started to go off when those in the community wondered how these people could have 2 houses each, brand new cars all the time etc. on a cashiers salary. When the manager was notified he answered cluelessly "I had no idea!" Duh? Maybe your sky high food cost should have been an early indicator? YOU THINK?
You get what you pay for and you see it every fricken day. The rude uncaring employee, the complete and total lack of caring wether they are doing a good job or not. And again: Why should they? I've found out first hand that giving 100% just makes you stand out more than the other employees and you will be the one who is fired because you make all the other slackers look bad.
I'm shocked that there are 4 star hotels on the Beach given the current circumstances of Low wages and unaffordabe housing for the working class.
And this is the way it goes here in The Bananna Republic workforce. Loyalty means nothing. Having pride in your work only means you will probably be the 1st shown the door. It doesn't pay to give it 100% and I'm not the only one that knows this, just the one with enough balls to say it. And like I said: If you can't handle the truth log the fuck off this site and go to Foxnews and get some pretty lies you can swallow down your tiny little chicken necks, because all your going to get here is your tender feelings hurt with the ugly truth.
In the late 90's to present day, the area underwent a phase (especially the Sunny Isles area) where hotels closed down and in there place huge eyesore condominiums were built blocking out the sea veiw for the majority. I explore this more in the blog titled: Condominium Horror Stories Vol I. (true stories from the front lines.)
These idiots announce that they are going to:
1. Build a Stadium for the Marlins
2. Bail out the Miami opera Building with Lord knows how many millions
3. Build a Street Car Trolly system
4. Build a NEW and Improved Park and Muesum
and heres the kicker:
5. Build a tunnel for trucks only going to the port
Can you say MONEY GRAB??
And all this is without any voter imput whatsoever.
First of all, at present, at the slightest amount of rain ALL of Biscayne Blvd floods 3 ft. Now how in the hell do these doofusses plan on building a tunnel in an area under sea level? Dont tell me, I dont want to know. And a Street Car trolly system? I wonder how that will hold up in a hurricane?
And this is just "business as usual" in the Bannana Republic. And the public just goes right along with it.
I'd REALLY like to know how amny of these local theif politicians have 2nd homes and an exit stratagy when the water starts to rise? ALL I'd bet.
___________________________________________________________________
Recently there was a Congressman from Colorado calling Miami a 3rd world country,(tell us something we don't already know) and he managed to get everybody in an uproar over it.
The response from the areas career politician Alianna rossanna rossanna danna Ros-Lehtinen was "I invite you to come come down and stay in our 5 star hotals on the beach" I know, I know, your probably wondering why she wasn't manning her "Cuba radar" and focusing her concentration there as she usually does. And you are not alone.
The fact of the matter is, and if this stupid bitch actually paid attention to whats going on here instead of 90 miles away she'd know that a recent Miami Herald addressed the fact that there are no 5 star hotels on the beach. 4 yes. 5 no.
And this is the jest of this blog. I'm surprised several hotels have a 4 star ranking myself. I mean with the wages they pay these people I'm shocked that anyone of the hotel employees would give a shit beyond just showing up. There is ALOT of turn over though you can bet your ass on that.
My personal experience with these " know it all" professionals is one of frustration that I'd not like to repeat. So I don't. Simple as that. But while I've got my pen out might as well expose these fucks and jam it in thier hearts:
Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Fl. (at the time this was the largest hotel pool in the country. BFD right?) And I was in charge of its operations with 3-4 employees under my supervision. It came to my attention that the hotel was purchasing its Sodium Bicarbonate by the week and paying a retail price of $7 a bag. Well having freinds in the chemical business I quickley learned that the exact same product could be purchased in bulk at $2-$3 per bag, AND the company would store the bulk and deliver what was needed during the week at no extra charge. This came to a savings of $70,000 over a years time.
I took these figures to this shmuck named Dennis who was the GM of the hotel and instead of celebrating the fact that an hourly employee had taken the time and researched this I was shot down like a Japanese Zero over the Battle of Midway. "Were not interested in a few thousand dollars a month" this sawed off prick said in all his splendor "when we're billing over 1 million a month." In hindsight I should have gone directly to the owner but really, WHY? Its not like I was saving any money or would have been rewarded for being an outstanding employee.
So where is the incentive beyond just showing up for work and being there? Now multiply this times every fucking hotel in the area and you can see why I'm surprised that they even have 4 stars and can maintain them with the high turnover.
And I laugh at all these high and mighty middle managers in thier cheap suits who are basically low paid dirt workers with thier 60-80 hour work week and they don't even realize it because they are so busy trying to keep staff levels up and so on. Slaves. The story that sums them all up in a nutshell is the retard (I apologize in advance to all the retarded people out there for throwing this dumbass into your kind group) at Turnberry Isles. Now this Einstien managed to give the wrong rental car to a man and his wife staying at the hotel. So what does he do? He calls the people on thier cell phone while they are at a function they have flown in for, and this ass demands that they bring the car back. An argument ensues and this brainiac calls the police. Fast forward to several hours later and the couple pulls up to the reception of the hotel where the Terrorism fighting superHEROs of the day Aventura Police are waiting to put an abrupt end to this crime spree. The man and woman are roughed up and as always, thrown to the ground (thats mandatory folks).
Now would'nt it have been better to just have said nothing and switched the cars when they returned or at the least, send a valet to retrieve the car and giving the man the keys to the correct car. Not here. Not in this pocket of mental retardation. The middle management shcmuck showed them who's boss!! (and now the Mans lawyer will show them who is REALLY the boss and the couple will most likely walk away with a 6 figure out of court settlement, as there is no way in hell they want this to go to trial.) And this is the mentality that rules the day. How these fart sniffers managed to eak out 4 stars is beyond me. Maybe AAA lowered there standards?
And if you have ANY doubts about what I'm saying is true just look at the Sunday papers employment section: The same hotels week after week offering the same low paying jobs.
Pay the fucking people a decent wage and maybe you could retain them and they'd actually give a damn, thus keeping training cost, not to mention having to advertise the same jobs over and over saving more on ad cost. YOU THINK? Obviously they don't and the bottom line profits are ALL that matters so you get what we have here today.
Sad but true.
Then there is the 7-11 on Alton road. This is a perfect example of everything I'm saying. DO NOT hand these fuckers a $10 0r $20 and assume that they are giving you your change. Count your change or better yet, dobn't give them the opportunity to rip you off. Then you see them not using the scanner for the cup of coffee you are buying and they take the money and put it in the register. These people are stealing from the company and the unsuspecting consumer. Why? Maybe because the corporation is not paying them a decant wage? I remember a few years back 2 cashiers at MIA where pocketing $800-$1000 per shift. Alarms started to go off when those in the community wondered how these people could have 2 houses each, brand new cars all the time etc. on a cashiers salary. When the manager was notified he answered cluelessly "I had no idea!" Duh? Maybe your sky high food cost should have been an early indicator? YOU THINK?
You get what you pay for and you see it every fricken day. The rude uncaring employee, the complete and total lack of caring wether they are doing a good job or not. And again: Why should they? I've found out first hand that giving 100% just makes you stand out more than the other employees and you will be the one who is fired because you make all the other slackers look bad.
I'm shocked that there are 4 star hotels on the Beach given the current circumstances of Low wages and unaffordabe housing for the working class.
And this is the way it goes here in The Bananna Republic workforce. Loyalty means nothing. Having pride in your work only means you will probably be the 1st shown the door. It doesn't pay to give it 100% and I'm not the only one that knows this, just the one with enough balls to say it. And like I said: If you can't handle the truth log the fuck off this site and go to Foxnews and get some pretty lies you can swallow down your tiny little chicken necks, because all your going to get here is your tender feelings hurt with the ugly truth.
In the late 90's to present day, the area underwent a phase (especially the Sunny Isles area) where hotels closed down and in there place huge eyesore condominiums were built blocking out the sea veiw for the majority. I explore this more in the blog titled: Condominium Horror Stories Vol I. (true stories from the front lines.)
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