Friday, July 11, 2008

Moving on

I felt I needed some closure to the situation on the whale watching boat before I left the company. I spoke with the Captain yesterday and told him what I thought about the whole fiasco, as well as how I feel the deck crew was wronged by the end result. He essentially agreed, but made as if his hands were tied. That's crap, because he's the captain, but it's out of my hands. I then spoke with the owner this morning and basically gave him the same spiel, to which he responded in a way that makes me glad I'm leaving now, rather than later. It is obvious to me that the problem will persist, and so I thanked him for the opportunity to work for him and told him that I won't be available to work on his boat so long as the current "policy" regarding distribution of tips is in place.
Closure achieved. Just in talking to three of my other employers today, I've wracked up enough work to more than make up for the days I was spending on that boat. In the words of my good pal John-Paul:
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!

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