Only this time I wasn't there, but it was yet another person I knew. I'm reading the paper this morning and I glance over at the obituary's section, a place I hardly read about as I don't want to risk seeing someone I know. Except, of course I do it and see someone I know. Bonnie Rose Sweet. -- She came into the Hotel as our Housekeeping Manager and at the time it was extremely conflicting for many of us because we were wary of adding someone new to the folks we already had. -- But the girl she was replacing had been transferred to another Hotel, so we had no say more or less.
A lot of girls didn't really take a shine to her. So much so that the following day they even walked out of the job in the middle of our morning meeting. It was fairly pathetic looking back on it now, these 2 women in their early 30's storming out on their job just because they didn't "like her". I will admit though that I was cold around her at first, not because of the kind of person she was but because she had caused a huge change in "MY" work environment. I was 15, give me a break. As time went on, though, I really grew to like her. She was a lot easier to talk to and she seemed to genuinely appreciate all of us on her staff. The girl that she replaced had a tendency to pick and choose favorites as well as lie blatantly to better her own cause.
Bonnie really seemed like she wanted to help us the best she can and after a short amount of time we all loved her. She was always so positive and sweet to everyone. I ended up going part-time at the Hotel and she was supportive of that whenever making my room list and board. She was just a great woman. She died August 31st and she was only 46 years old. I called the Hotel this morning so I can speak to our GM to try and find out what happened to her, but he isn't in. I'll try back later. This whole thing sucks: death, I mean. I never once thought about this woman after I left unless I was retelling a particular story from my time at the hotel and now that she's gone, it feels like I was just talking to her yesterday. Poor woman.
A lot of girls didn't really take a shine to her. So much so that the following day they even walked out of the job in the middle of our morning meeting. It was fairly pathetic looking back on it now, these 2 women in their early 30's storming out on their job just because they didn't "like her". I will admit though that I was cold around her at first, not because of the kind of person she was but because she had caused a huge change in "MY" work environment. I was 15, give me a break. As time went on, though, I really grew to like her. She was a lot easier to talk to and she seemed to genuinely appreciate all of us on her staff. The girl that she replaced had a tendency to pick and choose favorites as well as lie blatantly to better her own cause.
Bonnie really seemed like she wanted to help us the best she can and after a short amount of time we all loved her. She was always so positive and sweet to everyone. I ended up going part-time at the Hotel and she was supportive of that whenever making my room list and board. She was just a great woman. She died August 31st and she was only 46 years old. I called the Hotel this morning so I can speak to our GM to try and find out what happened to her, but he isn't in. I'll try back later. This whole thing sucks: death, I mean. I never once thought about this woman after I left unless I was retelling a particular story from my time at the hotel and now that she's gone, it feels like I was just talking to her yesterday. Poor woman.
