In the loft I found 40 year old records of my apprenticeship journals.
I learnt the Hotel Business.
I learnt all aspects like reception, kitchen, serving, bar, clean rooms and running a hotel.
We had to write weekly reports, had them signed by the mentor and by the big boss.
It was fun to read them all again.
Life has changed in this electronic age…..look at that 🙂
This is how credit cards worked in 1982, the machine imprinted the guest’s and Hotel’s name. There were 3 copies , the last one for the guest, the the other 2 for the CC company and the hotel file.If you had breakfast in my hotel, your table would look like that in 1981For lunch and dinner you would find the table like that.A four course dinner looks like this. It was fish for the 1st course. You can see the ideal wine glass shape. Cheers!
There were no computers back then.
The Hotel journal was written by hand with a carbon paper and added up in the evening.
All reservations were taken by post or telephone and recorded on a chart.
It is funny to think this life without computers.
I really enjoyed my time in the Hotel with wonderful guests and colleagues.
It has been another year of challenges and growth and we will have again learnt plenty. May we be different people in a hopefully positively different world when we see an end to it all.
Until then, stay safe, stay healthy, stay positive ( in spirit and attitude).
May the New Year be full of
Kindness
Peace
Hugs
Light
Gratitude
Honesty
Health
Smiles
Understanding
Forgiveness
Comfort
Acceptance
Compliments
Presence
Encouragement
Hope
Friendship
Patience
Support
Fun
and full of LOVE