W-O-R-K, N-O

[If...another front desker hadn't been so sick he could barely make the call...]

[If...the new general manager hadn't kept his new cell number a closely-guarded secret...]

[If...I hadn't have needed to cover for my ill coworker on swing, and turn around and be here again at 7AM yesterday...]

[If...the supervisor hadn't partied a bit too much in Vegas and decided not to come in or even call yesterday...]

[If...the reservationist, who normally breaks me, hadn't been covering for both the admin assistant (who's on leave and whose position the cash-strapped hotel is eliminating anyway) and for the supervisor (who was supposed to be doing payroll yesterday instead of nursing a hangover) had even had time to do her own job, so the phone hadn't been ringing off the hook...]

[If...the outgoing GM, who is transitioning (what a terrible verb) to another property, hadn't been flitting on and off this property like an unaccountable and unhelpful ghost...]

[If...a Greyhound bus with one of our regular account guests at the wheel hadn't been turned over when a psycho slashed the driver's neck with a pair of scissors on I-5, necessitating finding room here for the replacement driver and several traumatized passengers...]

[And if...shit didn't always roll downhill, maybe a mere 21 checkouts would've been the usual no-big-deal, and I'd have something interesting to say about my last 24 hours' quest for spiritual enlightenment, inner peace, and goodwill toward others.]

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