This week at the Hyatt downtown was a disaster with the hydraulic line

I got called in on Monday for a routine check on the freight elevator at the Hyatt downtown, and by Tuesday I was elbow deep in hydraulic oil. The main line had a pinhole leak that sprayed all over the machine room floor... took me three hours just to clean up the mess. Then the parts guy told me the replacement hose would take two days to ship from their Dallas warehouse. So I had to rig a temporary patch just to keep the kitchen running for the lunch rush, and the hotel manager kept asking why it wasn't fixed in an hour. Anyone else deal with hotel staff breathing down your neck while you're trying to do a proper repair?

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dakota_miller934d ago

Happens all the time with everyone rushing you like your time doesn't matter... people just don't get that some things can't be rushed without making the problem worse. It's the same with anything from fixing a sink to waiting in line at the grocery store, everyone wants it done yesterday but nobody wants to wait for the right way. Makes you wonder if the whole world has just forgotten what patience even means anymore.

fionat553d ago

I actually was just reading this article about how modern workplaces are pushing this "urgent everything" culture and it's literally making people worse at their jobs. The whole point was that when you rush people through complex tasks, they make mistakes that take even longer to fix later. It's like the plumber who shows up and you want them done in 20 minutes, but then the pipe bursts again because they had to skip steps. Grocery store lines are the perfect example too, everyone stares at you like you're holding things up on purpose. Sometimes I wonder if we've all just forgotten that good things actually take time, and that's not a bad thing at all.

fionanguyen4d ago

Totally feel you on this, it's rough when people act like your time means nothing to them.