Congrats, Kat! Well deserved.
Jesse, US of Secrets? Yeah, I saw part of that. Uhg.
t TL;DR So there's been drama brewing at the pool. 3 weeks ago, they fired the aquatics director. Right before camp and summer season. Baaaaad. I'd been getting a lot of scuttlebutt from him and various staff (pool and other) that he was trying to hire more guard staff for the summer, a much needed lessons coordinator and was getting major pushback from the director and a couple of gym floor managers on all his candidates for the past 6 months (I think the latter feared their positions would be cut because they aren't qualified to guard, and this is an issue when only one guard is on site. Also, that number of positions unfilled that long? WTF? He was only getting the ok on entry-level-guards who turnover fast.) I suspect that was a major factor, because he did keep everything running smoothly and was well liked.
Needless to say, it has not been smooth since. All the guards and swim instructors are pissed and confused. The director is trying to fill in, but is discovering it is a PITA at the end of the semester when he has guards that are leaving, guards needing time off for vacation, guards taking second summer jobs now that classes are over... Well, DUH.
Tonight, the floor manager actually caved drove out and picked up a guard at home (who just came home from college last week and hasn't worked here since last fall and figured she was the last # on the list) because the guard scheduled didn't show. Oh and I found out the one that didn't show? It wasn't his usual shift, so good chance he didn't know since he's super-part-time and they haven't had an inservice since this all went down. (DUH!)
People tell me all this shit, it's funny. (I got all the last para from the child watch manager tonight while waiting for the manager and guard to arrive.) But holy shit, talk about a mess of their own making. I'm tempted next time I see the director (I do often) to be a knowitall bitch and be all 'you know you really need a pool director AND coordinator AND more than one guard-certified on-site AND you know 3 of you guards are graduating and going to college this summer AND summers usually require 2 guards per shift, right??!! Because I know this by observation from the past 5 years.'
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The pool regulars are getting CRANKY with random closures (this was the first one I hit and I only had to wait half an hour) and the parents are getting pissed that the front desk is giving them wrong info about lessons and....
Also, I've been trying to find a way to get a hold of the ex-pool director because I think we might have a position at work opening up that's right up his alley (we'd talked jobs before) except he has a damn common name, even knowing he lives in Catonsville. I think I can get his info from someone, though.