Comments on: SRPs celebrate MLK: surviving holidays in the service industry http://takenforranted.com/srps-and-mlk-19/ Proud member of the vast liberal conspiracy Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mario Savioni http://takenforranted.com/srps-and-mlk-19/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Mario Savioni Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:18:10 +0000 http://takenforranted.com/?p=19#comment-14 Yes, Ranter as you say, your vacation and my existence bodes well for the legislation. These SRPs can conjure delight at the prospect of crossing a picket line, snicker at dishonoring a boycott, or if they are not interested in the prospective discomfort of watching the little people, they can avoid the whole event in its entirety with the proposed whisper over the phone: An Argument for the “Right to Know” Legislation It sounds horrible doesn’t it? Imagine that, someone telling a prospective client the truth about the prospects of their investment or in this case a visit to a hotel. Too often, I think we let our businesses get away with too much spin or misrepresentation. Something a jury of one’s peer’s might find offensive as say scaffolding outside a bay window or even the smell of a freshly painted room; there’s a bit of an odor of disingenuousness wouldn’t you say? I am a traveler, say to a very elegant, somewhat famous hotel and I’ve been in a plane for 14 hours and the plane was delayed. I am tired. I get there, well actually I am about to be driven up to the portecochère and there’s a great number of strikers outside. Well, I have two choices. If I am from Europe or from just about anywhere, I might understand immediately the implications of people out on the line. There could be few inside to accommodate me or perhaps I would not like to cross the picket line. Because it’s a very nice hotel, should one assume that I might see a strike as a bit of a capitalistic sport? “Oh, look at those poor people out on the line. It’s winter. It must be cold outside. I say give them a little run for their money. Teach them to respect those who provide them with jobs. I hate those filthy bastards, so low class, immigrants, all of them!” “Or I could say my father used to be in a union? I remember his involvement. How he went to meetings and tried to up the wages for himself and his fellow workers. I cannot cross that line. I have to respect the memory of him. I know what he would be thinking if I crossed the line. He would be rolling in his grave.” No matter how you look at the event of a boycott or a strike, it’s like the question: “Would you care for a smoking or a non-smoking room?” “Do you care for the bay view or that of the mountain?” “Do you need a Queen-size bed or a King?” “A roll-a-way, perhaps?” All of these are contingencies to the visit. So, is a boycott or a strike, both of which would imply that there’s a bit of a strain on services at a hotel something worth mentioning? Wouldn’t you like to know? The argument then goes to the details of a potential visit. Doesn’t it make sense that a guest is apprised of a boycott or a strike? Or have we become so callous that the hardships of the workers of an establishment are less important than the décor or the expectations of a guest? If not, than shouldn’t the company be required to include it in the advertising that certain aspects of the institution have its variations? Just like questions of a potential girlfriend of her new-found love, “Is there something I should know?” Mario Savioni 1305 Boulevard Way, #313 Walnut Creek, CA 94595-1214 Savioni@astound.net Http://www.Savioni.com 925-256-7142 Yes, Ranter as you say, your vacation and my existence bodes well for the legislation. These SRPs can conjure delight at the prospect of crossing a picket line, snicker at dishonoring a boycott, or if they are not interested in the prospective discomfort of watching the little people, they can avoid the whole event in its entirety with the proposed whisper over the phone:

An Argument for the “Right to Know” Legislation

It sounds horrible doesn’t it? Imagine that, someone telling a prospective client the truth about the prospects of their investment or in this case a visit to a hotel.

Too often, I think we let our businesses get away with too much spin or misrepresentation. Something a jury of one’s peer’s might find offensive as say scaffolding outside a bay window or even the smell of a freshly painted room; there’s a bit of an odor of disingenuousness wouldn’t you say?

I am a traveler, say to a very elegant, somewhat famous hotel and I’ve been in a plane for 14 hours and the plane was delayed. I am tired. I get there, well actually I am about to be driven up to the portecochère and there’s a great number of strikers outside.

Well, I have two choices. If I am from Europe or from just about anywhere, I might understand immediately the implications of people out on the line. There could be few inside to accommodate me or perhaps I would not like to cross the picket line. Because it’s a very nice hotel, should one assume that I might see a strike as a bit of a capitalistic sport?

“Oh, look at those poor people out on the line. It’s winter. It must be cold outside. I say give them a little run for their money. Teach them to respect those who provide them with jobs. I hate those filthy bastards, so low class, immigrants, all of them!”

“Or I could say my father used to be in a union? I remember his involvement. How he went to meetings and tried to up the wages for himself and his fellow workers. I cannot cross that line. I have to respect the memory of him. I know what he would be thinking if I crossed the line. He would be rolling in his grave.”

No matter how you look at the event of a boycott or a strike, it’s like the question: “Would you care for a smoking or a non-smoking room?”
“Do you care for the bay view or that of the mountain?”
“Do you need a Queen-size bed or a King?”
“A roll-a-way, perhaps?”

All of these are contingencies to the visit.

So, is a boycott or a strike, both of which would imply that there’s a bit of a strain on services at a hotel something worth mentioning? Wouldn’t you like to know?

The argument then goes to the details of a potential visit. Doesn’t it make sense that a guest is apprised of a boycott or a strike? Or have we become so callous that the hardships of the workers of an establishment are less important than the décor or the expectations of a guest? If not, than shouldn’t the company be required to include it in the advertising that certain aspects of the institution have its variations? Just like questions of a potential girlfriend of her new-found love, “Is there something I should know?”

Mario Savioni
1305 Boulevard Way, #313
Walnut Creek, CA 94595-1214
Savioni@astound.net
Http://www.Savioni.com
925-256-7142

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