Marriott - West Palm Beach, FL

Most of you know by now that I travel two weeks out of four with my job. While on the road we rent several rooms in upscale hotels. 12 of these rooms are transformed into offices to meet with the public who come to sell their old coins, jewelry and even sterling silverware. As support staff manager, I get to thrill of keeping all extra room supplies in my personal room where I sleep, keep my personal belongings and is used to meet with clients.

Today at noon my manger pulls me from the office and double-times me down the hall in front of my room and the one in front of it. "I forgot that I checked out of these rooms this morning. I need you to empty them before the cleaning staff gets here in about a half hour and we are charged the extra nights.

We stay in the same hotel for a week at a time so I like to fully unpack. Additionally, I have to unpack a lot of the room supplies so I can get to them in a rush. Finally, all of the furniture is rearranged in the room and has to be moved back. So I had a half hour to fully repack myself, the supplies bins and return the bed and tables. I am proud to say I pulled it off. The only problem was that I had to move it all into our "food room" that is kept in complete disarray.







It only took another twenty minutes to make room for me, the food, and the supplies while keeping everything accessible and enough room for everyone who comes in tomorrow for lunch.