Be careful about hotels in the country

I went to Miyazaki to coordinate a round table discussion on editorial advertising. There were four doctors participating along with some clients observing.

When we do round table discussions, doctors and clients sometimes make unreasonable requests. Some of them are irritable, so I must brace myself for a discussion.

However, this time, the problem was the worker who in our banquet. He was useless! There was only one person available. It was impossible! One hour before the meeting began, I asked him to exchange the table which was already installed for a bigger one, but he didn’t have enough time to do it. I also told him to give the doctors a “welcome drink”, but it took 30 minutes for him brought some coffee. And I had asked the hotel in advance to record the meeting on tape but they forgot to. I feared that someone would fly into a rage and it would mess up the meeting.

Maybe what we asked for was more than he could handle. However, I think that the hotel should have sent more employees to our meeting place.

Luckily, there weren’t any major troubles. In the end, the young boy’s boss apologized to me.

Later, a colleague said that I should be careful when I work at hotels in the country, because many people in the country aren’t as concerned with details. Originally, I grew up in the country, Saga, Kyusyu. I guess living in Tokyo has made me hasty, inflexible and irritable.