Hotel Palaver - Season 1 - Episode 28

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Hotel Palaver - Season 1 - Episode 28

Adesuwa’s POV
Some personnel jumped for joy after i resumed work. Others were jealous and angry especially Mummy B whose mood changed on seeing me.

She was definitely disappointed. She thought I would be gone for good. “What are you doing back here? You handed in your resignation”

“Why don’t you go and ask the Manager and not bother me with questions?” I snapped back knocking on Mr. Henry’s Office then i entered with a faint smile.
“Good morning Sir” i greeted and he nodded.

He seemed preoccupied with a lot of things, especially his laptop
. “I just came to thank you once more for helping me out of jail and thank you for giving me my job back.”

“You’re welcome and I didn’t give you back your job. I didn’t fire you in the first place” he answered and I laughed.
“You seem like you have a lot on your plate. What’s going on today? The hotel seems…” I stalled, “Busy” I continued and I saw him type on his laptop.
“Yeah…. Hotels are usually busy around this time… It’s the festive season. You should know” “Apart from that, it’s like something important is happening today”
“Yes” he answered still typing.
“The whole reason for asking is to know. I’m just saying not like I’m standing here to get the gist, I could go meet a few persons to”

“Gossip?” He asked then chuckled
. “I heard that’s like your major” he said still typing and I scoffed. He finally took his eyes off the laptop.

“There’s a meeting today to choose the assistant manager”
“Who?” I asked smiling. The assistant matters a lot.
“Emmanuella Okoli”
“Who?”

“The lady with my girlfriend the other day at the restaurant” he answered and I scoffed. “Are you serious?” I asked, “What?”

“You’re going to put this hotel in your absence in the hands of a bimbo like that?”
“Adesuwa” he said in a warning tone.
“That girl hasn’t handled anything in her life, I’m pretty sure the only thing she can handle is her make up”

“Adesuwa!”
“Sue me if you want Sir, fire me if you want but I’ll say the truth. That girl is no Assistant… Maybe an assistant make up artiste. This isn’t her field. She doesn’t know Jack about the hotel management”
“She’ll learn”
“Listen to yourself Sir, you just said she’ll learn. Learn what? Why would give a position to a person who doesn’t know shit about the job. Your girlfriend probably suggested it Shea? She’s trying to help her friend”
“You don’t understand”
“Understand what?”

“The pressure I’m under from everyone! Mom… I already promised” “Think of the hotel Sir, for the first time, I think the hotel finally has a good person to manage it. If there’s anyone that can make this hotel good again, it’s you and every decision you’ll make will either make or mar the management. Think of this”

“What am I supposed to do? The boards are waiting, Jummy already told me Emmy organized a after party this night”
“You’re the boss, I’m not telling you to disappoint them. Just do what is right for the hotel”

“What should I do about the assistant?”
“The assistant should be someone who has experience with managing people. If you want my opinion, I don’t think there’s any reason looking for what’s under your nose.”

“I don’t understand”
“If there’s one person that should be your assistant, it should be Mrs. Haruna. She knows this hotel well enough and has tried to managed in the absence of a manager. She’s amazing, and she knows every worker, she should be a better assistant. The essence of an assistant is having someone relieve you of your workload not having a workload you may need to relieve yourself of” I paused.

“Good day Sir” I added then I left him to think about it.