Our Big Adventure

THE SHORTEST JOB I HAVE EVER HAD, (5 days)

Well I start work on the Monday and it’s totally different from what I was expecting. Rosemary, a very pleasant woman is the Spa Director and manages this spa here in Guernsey and also one on the mainland in Dorset, South-western England. She travels between the two by ferry, a three hour voyage each way, at least twice a week, and works 10-12 hour day’s, usually 7 days a week. I don’t know when she has time to sleep, or anything else for that matter, unless it’s on the ferry. Three beauty therapists are employed here, one experienced and the other two young and recently out of college. More experienced therapists are needed here urgently. This position is turning out to be more of a challenge than I originally thought. It does have some good points, free gym membership at the club attached to the spa and hotel, and free food, breakfast, lunch and dinner, except you don’t have time to enjoy any of those things. Forty five hour weeks are expected, but were never mentioned at the interview, and I only accepted the position under the provision that I would only have to work one weekend a month maximum, The new roster arrives and I have been scheduled on every Saturday and also 3 out of the next 5 Sunday’s, 9am-7pm. It’s not long (three days to be exact) before I’m thinking this job is not for me. This adventure is about new experiences for us, but not killing ourselves working and not having time or energy to do anything else. We invite Rosemary for dinner, a lovely roast that Brian cooked while I was at work, (he also did the laundry that day) at our little apartment and break the news to her. She was disappointed as we got along really well, but did understands the reasons. So I do finish up the week, with my last day on Saturday doing six 45 minute treatments, a couple of reflexology’s and to top it off finish with a 75 min Hot Stone massage. At 7.15pm I gladly walked out of the door at The Old Government House Hotel and Spa for the last time and am now in between jobs again.

posted by Brian and Julie @ 3:20:00 AM