Ok, so I can put up with a lot....but I reached my breaking point.
Christmas day....should have been awesome....the morning was AMAZING! About 20 of us from the hostel headed to the beach for the morning. I had woken up at 5:30 to watch the sunrise and it was fabulous! We all headed to the beach around 11:00 and had a great time in the sun. The weather was amazing and we all had lots of laughs.
As I have stated before, the owner of the hostel is mentally unstable. He can be nice when he wants to, but he is constantly yelling and belittling people. You can never gage his moods. He can be set off by the smallest thing. He is high or drunk...a lot. He will yell at staff in front of customers. he screams and shouts and anyone that he feels like.
I have been biting my tongue for a while now, just trying to keep the peace. I would walk away when he was being rude, and try to explain to the young German girls that he would rip a strip off that it's not their fault.
Christmas Day I could not do it anymore. He came down to Fritz around 10:00 pm. We were all in our room hanging out. He walked into the shower and then started yelling over and over "someone was at the beach, someone was at the beach". Then he came in said very rudely "is someone going to clean the sand from the shower"?" Jo said right away "I'll do it!". The conversation should have stopped there.......
Dave started going off on us "you know...there are PAYING CUSTOMERS HERE...it's not just YOU guys that stay here...blah blah blah!" That's when I just lost it. I told him that we all work 2-2.5 hours a day;...and that minimum wage is 14.25 an hour...and a night stay at the hostel is $27. Also, that his "paying customers" are the ones that left the kitchen an absolute write off in the morning...not staff.
I told him that is he wanted us to do something for him..that he can be an adult and just ask us directly...not just float around with rude comments.
He did not like that I was talking back to him...as usually people take it from him and say nothing.
He called me a "psycho bitch" and then told me "fuck you". Keep in mind that this is a 60 year old man...and it's Christmas day.
I lost it. I was holding a water bottle and I threw it on the floor. I went into my room and started to pack. It was now 10:45pm on Christmas Day. I had no idea where I was going to go, but I knew that first thing in the morning I was gone. I will not allow anyone to talk to me like that. So rude.
5:00 am the next morning I got up, took my stuff and walked to McDonalds. I sat there for a while wondering what I was going to do next, as I had to work at 11:30 (it was Boxing Day) and most of the hostels were booked up because of the time of year. I knew that everything would work out....it always does if you believe it will :)
Around 10:30 my Jo texted me and walked down to meet me. She told me that she was going to come with me. wow. What a friend. I told her she should stay there, as we are heading North to Auckland January 12th, and it would be easier for her. Free rent. But she said no. She was going to pack her stuff and come with me.
I brought all my stuff with me to work and got ready in the bathroom. I was emotionally exhausted and looked like shit all day. I got through the day though :) We were referred to another backpackers on the other end of town and when I called her she said she had two beds left for us. Sweet!
We are now staying at the Prince Albert backpackers. The shitty thing is that we have to pay $25 a day (they don't do weekly rates here). But I don't care. To be out of the Palace is good. I think it is sad that Dave gets away with what he does. It is not ok to treat people the way that he does.
Could I have shut my mouth, and stayed there for free (kind...I work 2 hours a day). Would that have been easier? Yes..absolutely. But I refuse to not stay true to myself and allow someone to treat me like shit. I would rather take the harder road, but be happy and not have to walk on eggshells everyday. Honestly...he was a time bomb.
I am so lucky to have Joanna and we are both taking every day as it comes. We both work right up until we leave for Auckland. We are heading to Big Day Out for my birthday.
Oh the Adventure continues...:)
Miss you all soooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xoxoxoxo
Christmas day....should have been awesome....the morning was AMAZING! About 20 of us from the hostel headed to the beach for the morning. I had woken up at 5:30 to watch the sunrise and it was fabulous! We all headed to the beach around 11:00 and had a great time in the sun. The weather was amazing and we all had lots of laughs.
As I have stated before, the owner of the hostel is mentally unstable. He can be nice when he wants to, but he is constantly yelling and belittling people. You can never gage his moods. He can be set off by the smallest thing. He is high or drunk...a lot. He will yell at staff in front of customers. he screams and shouts and anyone that he feels like.
I have been biting my tongue for a while now, just trying to keep the peace. I would walk away when he was being rude, and try to explain to the young German girls that he would rip a strip off that it's not their fault.
Christmas Day I could not do it anymore. He came down to Fritz around 10:00 pm. We were all in our room hanging out. He walked into the shower and then started yelling over and over "someone was at the beach, someone was at the beach". Then he came in said very rudely "is someone going to clean the sand from the shower"?" Jo said right away "I'll do it!". The conversation should have stopped there.......
Dave started going off on us "you know...there are PAYING CUSTOMERS HERE...it's not just YOU guys that stay here...blah blah blah!" That's when I just lost it. I told him that we all work 2-2.5 hours a day;...and that minimum wage is 14.25 an hour...and a night stay at the hostel is $27. Also, that his "paying customers" are the ones that left the kitchen an absolute write off in the morning...not staff.
I told him that is he wanted us to do something for him..that he can be an adult and just ask us directly...not just float around with rude comments.
He did not like that I was talking back to him...as usually people take it from him and say nothing.
He called me a "psycho bitch" and then told me "fuck you". Keep in mind that this is a 60 year old man...and it's Christmas day.
I lost it. I was holding a water bottle and I threw it on the floor. I went into my room and started to pack. It was now 10:45pm on Christmas Day. I had no idea where I was going to go, but I knew that first thing in the morning I was gone. I will not allow anyone to talk to me like that. So rude.
5:00 am the next morning I got up, took my stuff and walked to McDonalds. I sat there for a while wondering what I was going to do next, as I had to work at 11:30 (it was Boxing Day) and most of the hostels were booked up because of the time of year. I knew that everything would work out....it always does if you believe it will :)
Around 10:30 my Jo texted me and walked down to meet me. She told me that she was going to come with me. wow. What a friend. I told her she should stay there, as we are heading North to Auckland January 12th, and it would be easier for her. Free rent. But she said no. She was going to pack her stuff and come with me.
I brought all my stuff with me to work and got ready in the bathroom. I was emotionally exhausted and looked like shit all day. I got through the day though :) We were referred to another backpackers on the other end of town and when I called her she said she had two beds left for us. Sweet!
We are now staying at the Prince Albert backpackers. The shitty thing is that we have to pay $25 a day (they don't do weekly rates here). But I don't care. To be out of the Palace is good. I think it is sad that Dave gets away with what he does. It is not ok to treat people the way that he does.
Could I have shut my mouth, and stayed there for free (kind...I work 2 hours a day). Would that have been easier? Yes..absolutely. But I refuse to not stay true to myself and allow someone to treat me like shit. I would rather take the harder road, but be happy and not have to walk on eggshells everyday. Honestly...he was a time bomb.
I am so lucky to have Joanna and we are both taking every day as it comes. We both work right up until we leave for Auckland. We are heading to Big Day Out for my birthday.
Oh the Adventure continues...:)
Miss you all soooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xoxoxoxo
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