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theabortionator
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Yeah I know there were some rant threads over the years grinds my gears and whatever. I don't think any of them were that happening to dig up. I probably made one of them honestly. Whatever.

I figured if we could rant somewhere we'd be more docile creatures in the rest of the forums.
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zanga
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I just want to ski all the other seasons are bullshit winter is where it's fucking at. Even outside of skiing its the best season by far
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CLQ
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DIRTYBUBBLEdon’t date a skier girl

ski season is approaching and im not excited at all

i have so many bad memories attached to my home mountain now that I don’t really want to ski anymore


I feel that, good thing that mountain was Vail
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PeppermillReno
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This website doesn't work on my damn phone.

Only desktop.

Assholes.

Is there an NS app or some shit you gotta download?
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Non_State_Actor
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PeppermillRenoThis website doesn't work on my damn phone.

Only desktop.

Assholes.

Is there an NS app or some shit you gotta download?


What browser?
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oldmanski
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Damn homie, my identity was stolen about 15 years ago, had 3 houses in my name and was a million dollars in debt. I had no clue until I started getting phone calls from a mortgage company about payment, I was like what? Come to find out, there was a lawyer, 2 accountants and finance person that had stolen peoples identities from a credit union I banked at and purchased over 300 homes using others credit. They were caught and I got some info about it from the prosecuting attorney in the county they were from. It sucked bad for the following 5 years, I couldnt buy a paper clip if I had to use credit. It sounds like you may have some sort of protection with your info which is great! I wont go without it now.
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elcheapo
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Some people stole my health insurance and I got overwhelmed with med Bill's to the point i chose bad credit over sorting thru all the bs. Now nobody will steal my identity cause my credit is so fucked up. Alls well that ends well i guess.
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Rparr
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DIRTYBUBBLEdon’t date a skier girl

ski season is approaching and im not excited at all

i have so many bad memories attached to my home mountain now that I don’t really want to ski anymore


7 springs huh. Always seems like drama mountain
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profa_212
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Can't believe the Backcountry bullshit isn't talked about more here. That shit is wack
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270on420out
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Rparr7 springs huh. Always seems like drama mountain


Springs could host a Jersey Shore style reality TV show and not need to hire any actors.
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Mingg
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At the age of 12, someone, idk who, took out a mortgage in my name. So at the ripe age of 18 with literally nothing but this on my credit my score could have practically been negative. It was nuts. I couldn’t get a student loan. But it was all taken care of. Someone is out 300k but at least it’s not on my credit report anymore haha.
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LoathesRaisins
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Three more days of vacation before returning to my soul sucking job. And a heat wave for the next week. FML.
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Rparr
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DIRTYBUBBLESprings could host a Jersey Shore style reality TV show and not need to hire any actors.


it costs 33$ in tolls, gas and then their extortionate day pass rates for me to go ski there from Cleveland. I don't think it's worth it to me anymore
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The.Fish
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Rparrit costs 33$ in tolls, gas and then their extortionate day pass rates for me to go ski there from Cleveland. I don't think it's worth it to me anymore


But where else do you get to fight drunk girls at 12:30pm?
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Mingg
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Today was a fucking shit show.

First - I pick up a coworker and give her a ride to work most mornings. Fine. But today I tell her I'm on my way and when I'm halfway to her house we get a text/alert saying we are overstaffed so one person could be voluntarily downstaffed. She called off but this was after waking up a half an hour early to get her which was fucking frustrating.

The morning was crazy. 7 out of my 8-bed assignments needed total bed changes. 3 of them were because the overnight staff didn't check on our people and just let them soak in their own piss. 1 guy who literally asks for nothing ever requested it so I had no problem doing his. One person was a shower which we automatically change on shower days. Another person was put in bed without a bed protector so she soaked the whole bed. And then one person was discharged so the entire room has to be scrubbed down for the next patient.

Around 9:45-10 I was finally finishing up my morning work, which is usually done at 8:30. There was a million call lights, therapy and other staff members asking for help with other aide's assignments. I don't mind helping but I have no fucking clue where the rest of our aides were and I couldn't keep up and since I was the only one around, I was the only one that could help/be asked.

Among these requests, therapy asks me to take a resident to the bathroom. She is moderately panicking. Not unusual as she is chronically confused/has dementia. I help her on the toilet but as she is sitting she says she needs help. Aside from the physical movement, there isn't much I can do. I try to reassure her that she is safe and to relax. But homegirl takes my relaxation recommendation seriously and fucking PASSES OUT. I thought she died as this was my first experience with this situation. In denial, I told myself she was seizing which looking back, definitely could have been a possibility. But yeah, thought she died. She didn't, thank god. But it was stressful. And I had to go into the next room like nothing happened which was stressful and i had zero time to process what happened.

Then shortly after 10 my coworker leaves. No one knows why, she just fucking left. So the assignments got jumbled around and I had the majority of her people- she never finished her morning assignment and passed it off to me. So now I'm technically still responsible for my morning work and I have to finish hers as well as doing afternoon tasks on a longer set of patients since we were down a person.

It was chaos. I attempted to start a shower at 1pm. But it wasn't actually 1pm, it was 2:05 and the end of my shift. If I clock out after 2:07 I have to get supervisor and scheduler approval for potentially going into overtime hours... and I literally had no idea because I was running like a chicken with my head cut off all day. I don't think I actually had a moment to breathe and really just wanted to die.

**This post was edited on Nov 9th 2019 at 1:59:15am
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Mingg
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And despite all the fucking words above, I'm still stoked to go to work on Monday. I love my job. It is truly an awesome one. I love the work itself, sometimes not the structure and circumstances. But it's nice to not feel dread of going back even after a shitty day. I think this is where I am realizing I'm on the right career path.
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theabortionator
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Bass heads are worse than jam band fans...
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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I dont know why I build up so much static electricity throughout the day, but somehow every door handle and button has been giving me the worst static electricity shocks I've ever received in my life https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/944191/Ed--Edd-n-Eddy---Static-Electricity
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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I've almost dropped groceries coming in my door

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Mingg
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My parents, niece and nephew and I planned a trip for Disney in March. I booked the room and bought myself a plane ticket.


Now, my parents niece and nephew aren’t going. And I’m stuck with a plane ticket that I can’t get a refund for. I have no friends to go with. I asked all 2 of them.


if there’s ever been a fucking reminder of how much of a fucking loser I am, it’s right now.
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PeppermillReno
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I’m not a Disney hater I went as a kid my mom had work conferences in Orlando it has no appeal as an adult nor does Florida in general BUT that’s probably a good place to go solo and get drunk. Lots of vacations aren’t skiing is rare in not needing a friend. Just talk to other people you see drinking. Can you afford a hotel, park tickets, Uber, booze? Don’t see any way to go cheap and it not suck.


Or just go with chubz.
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theabortionator
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Another friend OD'd. We weren't super close the last few years but we hung out all the time going to shows and stuff at one point.

I honestly don't know how many friends I've lost. Honestly probably far more than I even know since I'm on the move and out of the loop.

Fuck every piece of shit scumbag politician pushing "We're gonna get hard on drugs!!! Crack down and stop this"

Fuck them and every ignorant piece of shit that thinks similarly. I'm usually pretty cool with people believing stupid bullshit, but people are fucking dying.

Fuck people bullshit agendas. Thankfully we're making SOME progress. Too little to late maybe, but something. Unfortunately too many ignorant fucks are like "Yo drugs are bad, say no to drugs, put em in jail, fuck treatment options etc".

RIP Forest
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OregonDead
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MinggMy parents, niece and nephew and I planned a trip for Disney in March. I booked the room and bought myself a plane ticket.


Now, my parents niece and nephew aren’t going. And I’m stuck with a plane ticket that I can’t get a refund for. I have no friends to go with. I asked all 2 of them.


if there’s ever been a fucking reminder of how much of a fucking loser I am, it’s right now.


should be able to switch the ticket easy tho or just get it as credit with the airline
fly someplace else and ski instead
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HypeBeast
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OregonDeadshould be able to switch the ticket easy tho or just get it as credit with the airline
fly someplace else and ski instead

Depends on the airline. Some charge penalties if he booked basic economy which sounds like it
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OregonDead
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BlumpkinPumpkinDepends on the airline. Some charge penalties if he booked basic economy which sounds like it


Yeah should of booked SW if that is the case
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CLQ
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theabortionatorAnother friend OD'd. We weren't super close the last few years but we hung out all the time going to shows and stuff at one point.

I honestly don't know how many friends I've lost. Honestly probably far more than I even know since I'm on the move and out of the loop.

Fuck every piece of shit scumbag politician pushing "We're gonna get hard on drugs!!! Crack down and stop this"

Fuck them and every ignorant piece of shit that thinks similarly. I'm usually pretty cool with people believing stupid bullshit, but people are fucking dying.

Fuck people bullshit agendas. Thankfully we're making SOME progress. Too little to late maybe, but something. Unfortunately too many ignorant fucks are like "Yo drugs are bad, say no to drugs, put em in jail, fuck treatment options etc".

RIP Forest


Its ridiculous that Narcan/Naloxone is kind of hard to get. We are in an opioid epidemic but getting something that can stop people from ODing is hard.
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coolflash8
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someone killed me in my video game and told me "sit retard"

little jerk
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Mingg
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OregonDeadshould be able to switch the ticket easy tho or just get it as credit with the airline
fly someplace else and ski instead


I got a credit but it has to be used by november of next year. I'm starting school full time in May and will have at most 3 days off from May until Winter break. So I can't use it anytime next year. I'd use it for a winter trip but our PTO for Jan-April was due last week. I'd have a hell of a time getting off from work for an appropriate weekend. Can't rent a car though and I have no one who wants to go with me. So I'd rather be out $350 than spend more money on a trip that might not even work out and waste more money. Idk. I'm stressed out and gave up on this.
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OregonDead
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MinggI got a credit but it has to be used by november of next year. I'm starting school full time in May and will have at most 3 days off from May until Winter break. So I can't use it anytime next year. I'd use it for a winter trip but our PTO for Jan-April was due last week. I'd have a hell of a time getting off from work for an appropriate weekend. Can't rent a car though and I have no one who wants to go with me. So I'd rather be out $350 than spend more money on a trip that might not even work out and waste more money. Idk. I'm stressed out and gave up on this.


yeah sounds frustrating. just chill on it tho maybe it will be useful. you might get one of those winter illnesses where you have to call into work for a few days midweek and fly someplace to ski pow pow
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Mingg
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And to top the fucking day off. My brakes are really sketchy right now. There are not necessarily going to go out at any moment, but close enough for me to get a Lyft or Uber to work tomorrow so that I can safely get my car to the shop and not risk anything.

I told my coworker who relies on me for rides and I'm pretty sure she is pissed. This is why I hate people relying on me. I'm not reliable and it's stressful when shit goes wrong because then I have to explain it to other people and it fucks them over. I just want to be completely independent for like 3 weeks and not have to worry about stupid shit.
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GreezyBastard
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MinggAnd to top the fucking day off. My brakes are really sketchy right now. There are not necessarily going to go out at any moment, but close enough for me to get a Lyft or Uber to work tomorrow so that I can safely get my car to the shop and not risk anything.

I told my coworker who relies on me for rides and I'm pretty sure she is pissed. This is why I hate people relying on me. I'm not reliable and it's stressful when shit goes wrong because then I have to explain it to other people and it fucks them over. I just want to be completely independent for like 3 weeks and not have to worry about stupid shit.

This is when you tell your co worker to fuck off, or pay for your new brakes
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Mingg
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GreezyBastardThis is when you tell your co worker to fuck off, or pay for your new brakes

True. I would, but I have to work with her every day hahaha. I like her, I do. And I really don’t mind every now and then but I hate feeling like I’m being relied on, for anything really. Ive been picking up shifts because I need money and it messes with her ride schedule. I shouldn’t feel bad because it’s not my problem, but I do. I also work at a ski shop so sometimes I go from my full time job straight to the shop and can’t take her home. Again, something I shouldn’t feel bad about, but I do.


Life is so much easier when you’re on your own. But I’ll still complain about being lonely by next week so I really can’t win hahaha.
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theabortionator
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Bad hookups are bad.

I just wanna drink some beers smoke a blunt and watch a shitty movie by myself.

Wasn't really trying to hookup. Wish I hadn't lol. At least it's over and my terrible memory will prolly erase it soon.

I've had worse I think maybe
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AbiH
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DIRTYBUBBLEdon’t date a skier girl

ski season is approaching and im not excited at all

i have so many bad memories attached to my home mountain now that I don’t really want to ski anymore


Ohhh that sucks. Maybe she’ll think the same thing and not ski there anymore. Been there though, it sucked. Could’ve been worse though, he sucked so I made him look bad haha.
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ModMommy
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Let my buddy look at my tinder and he super liked my ex. Great.
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GayWolf420
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safarisamLet my buddy look at my tinder and he super liked my ex. Great.

Brutal. What a dick.
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ModMommy
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DeebieSkeebiesBrutal. What a dick.

I’m so fucking mad at him. He knew that was D, and did it purposely. I guess D memes too since he matched. I do goddamn mad.
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GayWolf420
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safarisamI’m so fucking mad at him. He knew that was D, and did it purposely. I guess D memes too since he matched. I do goddamn mad.

yeah considering everything going on thats a total shitty move to do, maybe something funny to do like in a year or two but not while the wounds still fresh and a bit bloody. at least hes got a sense of humor but shit man thats awkward. im sorry
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theabortionator
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CLQIts ridiculous that Narcan/Naloxone is kind of hard to get. We are in an opioid epidemic but getting something that can stop people from ODing is hard.


It's gotten a lot better but even then. And people actually fought it even being accessible at all.

Things are turning in the right direction but is way too slow. It's crazy that people will legitimately fight progress/people not dying.

I mean jesus. People are still getting arrested for weed in some states.

2019
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theabortionator
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Vail getting rid of HR was super sick. Vails new uniform policy is also hilarious. Ripped my fucking pants last night. My own pants cause I dont have a uniform lol.

I don't need one for parks but making snow you're outside. Tonight we'll hopefully be able to prumoduce a bit, but im gonna be friggin cold
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Mingg
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theabortionatorVail getting rid of HR was super sick. Vails new uniform policy is also hilarious. Ripped my fucking pants last night. My own pants cause I dont have a uniform lol.

I don't need one for parks but making snow you're outside. Tonight we'll hopefully be able to prumoduce a bit, but im gonna be friggin cold


HR? Like, Human Resources? Or something else hahaha
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theabortionator
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Xl but we've only been running 6 hour nights and out at 6. Ill prolly just rep my snowpants that are shitty and I dont care about tonight.

Shit just seems like it's getting more disorganized. Idk. It's my 3rd year, i wanted at least 2. If things piss me off this year theres another mtn I'd be excited to go to and wouldn't complain about a few more bucks an hour.

Ski industry lyfe

MinggHR? Like, Human Resources? Or something else hahaha


Yeah
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HypeBeast
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theabortionatorXl but we've only been running 6 hour nights and out at 6. Ill prolly just rep my snowpants that are shitty and I dont care about tonight.

Shit just seems like it's getting more disorganized. Idk. It's my 3rd year, i wanted at least 2. If things piss me off this year theres another mtn I'd be excited to go to and wouldn't complain about a few more bucks an hour.

Ski industry lyfe



Yeah


For all the money vail makes they should be providing park crews (and all outside crews) with full get ups all decked out and badass to look good for customers. Like "oh their employees look badass af".... Guess not.

Interesting because I'm sure they could prob get huge industry discounts and buying in bulk and such. Could easily clothe all their employees for the cost of their shittiest resort's single day's revenue.

That's unreal
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theabortionator
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theabortionator
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BlumpkinPumpkinFor all the money vail makes they should be providing park crews (and all outside crews) with full get ups all decked out and badass to look good for customers. Like "oh their employees look badass af".... Guess not.

Interesting because I'm sure they could prob get huge industry discounts and buying in bulk and such. Could easily clothe all their employees for the cost of their shittiest resort's single day's revenue.

That's unreal


I'm doing a month of snowmaking to pick up hours but would be pretty much the same pants for that either way. I don't wear snow pants in the cat unless blizzard nights but still good to have.

For snowmaking it's pretty clutch to have your gear if you're out getting soaked in the cold all night.
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GayWolf420
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Whats sad is this is a prevalent problem at not just your resort but at every vail resort in the country practically. Our lodging property last year was identical, I had maintenance guys answering calls to fix endless fireplaces along with running towels and bedsheets to rooms on top of being bellman. It was a fucking shitshow. ZERO fucking support from anyone above you at all and zero support for them either from their superiors. Its a great time telling people there isnt a manager on site when their ski vacation just went to shit.

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