First Interview-Hospitality Manager

Arron stepped out of the SUV and looked around the parking lot for employee guests. Having played at several casinos back east and overseas, he had a certain expectation that the local casino may be a small building and maybe a 3 story attached facility. Decent and a good money maker but still nothing like a mega resort or anything of that nature. All the more surprising, then, that when he had turned off the highway about 45 minutes after leaving his house, he had already spotted the hotel off in the distance. Pulling up to the entrance way, he had passed a well-designed PGA-style 18 hole golf course, nature trails, RV parking and overnight encampment lot, and a gas station area that dwarfed most Costco gas stations.

In front of him was not the diminutive structure he had expected but a tall, maybe 20~25 story hotel with a multi-story gambling complex attached to it. Conference center parking lot and a valet station out front that was very busy with the attendants running back and forth. The marquees were freshly maintained and the grounds were immaculately kept. A part of him wondered if he had made a wrong turn somewhere, there was no way in hell he would be applying to be a manager for a place like this.

His heels made a gentle clicking noise as he walked measuredly to the employee entranceway as per the instructions on the email. There, he stepped through the sliding doors into a massive lobby and there was a tablet pad up front. The email had a punch-code which he put in and after a few moments, the screen faded and the doorway unlocked. Fancy...

Arron stepped into the waiting elevator and the doors were about to close when a woman came through the door and called out, "wait!"

He pressed the button and the woman, a bit out of breath, stepped into the elevator and flashed an appreciative smile before leaning to her side and gasping for air. "Thanks...."

He nodded. "What floor?"

"Five, please." She managed to take a look at him and nodded. "You're interviewing for the Manager job?" When he looked a bit confused at how she knew, she pointed at the packet in his hands. "That's the one given to managers. You must be Mrs. Andrews?"

Arron internally flinched at the sound of "Mrs" coming from the woman's mouth but he instead steeled himself and nodded. "Yes, though call me E..Alison."

"Nice to meet you, Alison. I'm Sandra Miller, I work over in the Hotel Division. You and I will be working together quite a bit."

The two of them talked a bit as the elevator rose up until it reached the fifth floor and the doors opened. "This is my stop. You'll want to go to the Eighth Floor, go right, and then take the first left. The HR office is straight down that hallway, can't miss it. Also, don't worry...from what I hear, you're the only one they called for the position."