You Will not Discover Tougher Employees Than These in Key West and the Florida Keys!

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Inside the final week I used to be on a Fb
web page that was arrange for guests coming to Key West. Particularly, it was arrange for them to ask pertinent questions on visiting right here. The place to go, what to do, what to not miss.. and so forth. It is a
nice idea!

On this specific day this man from
Buffalo comes on and says he is planning on shifting right here and had
not too long ago visited.

He began off saying that the locations
he went have been all understaffed and that each one the employees listed below are lazy, not working, and are simply sitting round gathering unemployment checks.

What an uninformed pompous ass. Right here was a transparent case of somebody who does not know which finish is up, or candidly, his ass from his elbow.  

The unemployment charge in Key West is
3.2%. And about the identical all through the Florida Keys.

Inside a couple of days an area was saying
the identical factor “Individuals simply do not need to work. They sit round and
would slightly accumulate unemployment checks”.

Who put the thought in these jackass’s heads? 

Significantly, I would prefer to know?

Once more, the unemployment charge in Key
West is 3.2%.

Being a musician, I work with these in
the service trade. Bartenders, servers, cooks, deckhands and
captains, you title it. I have been doing this for the 13 years
that I’ve lived in Key West.

                                                                           

                                   

              Bartender at Two Associates, Fabiola, completely loves what she does!
                                                

These are the folks on this city that
make this city go. Consider me, I’ve seen these folks carry out and I am
normally awestruck. The deckhands and captains we work with on Sebago
are on the boats at 7am, prepping them for water actions
all through the day. They end off with the sundown sails that Dani
and I are taking part in on. After they go away on the finish of the night time, they’ve
cleaned and prepped the boat so it is able to go for the following morning and it is about 9:30
pm. In layman’s phrases, that is 14 and ½ hours.

The crew of Sebago Marquesa prepping for the following sail within the morning.

Throughout these 14 ½ hours they’ve taught
folks the way to snorkel, save somebody’s life, served snacks and meals,
carried out duties on the boat itself. The record goes on. And guess
what? On the finish of the day, they nonetheless discover it straightforward to have fun and a smile. I
cannot inform you how a lot admiration and respect I’ve for these
folks. They’re really extraordinary!

To the pompous asses who stated the employees
in Key West are lazy, I will not maintain again. These people is simply ignorant idiots. And sure, I edited the primary description I had for them, which was much more colourful.

Who put these moronic concepts of their heads to start with? The place did they get them?

Cease and give it some thought. In COVID lots
of individuals misplaced their jobs. House leases right here begin at $2Gs a month and confronted with  little, or no earnings,
many left the Keys. So,
hypothetically talking, if 1,000 jobs can be found, there are 750
right here to fill them.

I
recall two eating places opening earlier within the yr and so they had an
open home job festivals.

Nobody
confirmed up.

Individuals
in Key West are lazy and so they do not need to work. They only need to
accumulate unemployment”

Sorry
Jackass, The place did you get that woefully ignorant concept? They could not afford to stay right here anymore and regretfully left
city final yr. Our unemployment is simply 3.2%. Nearly everybody right here is working and dealing very arduous, I’ll add.

                                            

               Crew members Rachael and Josh prep for the following sundown sail for about 90.

                                               These crews are simply unimaginable!

As I say, I additionally work in bars and
eating places. Final yr was after all a write off. Nevertheless, in 2019 we
performed 366 gigs and in 2018 we performed 320. This yr we’re again on
the 300+ schedule. The purpose right here being we see quite a lot of what goes on
in eating places and bars. If I wrote a thesis on it, I would have a
doctorate.

                                             

                           A few of the workers at Two Associates Patio Restaurant closing out the night time.

                          Erin, bartending at Rick’s, all the time has a smile and loves her job!

These folks bust their ass. These are
excessive hustle jobs. There isn’t any time for a break. The definition of a
break is a cease on the espresso pot, take 5 breaths, and so they’re off
like a dragster once more. Many have three jobs.

The kitchens are all the time alive! In
there it is a fixed battle with the A/C and exhaust followers versus the
ovens and stoves. It is 85+ levels and if the A/C, or followers break
down, it is 100+. It is all the time scorching, only a matter of how scorching. That
does not cease them, nonetheless. There’s job to be carried out and so they get it
carried out.

As I stated, it is
no secret that Key West is pricey to stay in. It does not matter
what one does for a dwelling, condo leases begin at about $2000 a
month.
With this in thoughts, there is no shock why many within the
service trade work two and three jobs, or work fourteen and a half
hour shifts.

Moreover, they arrive from
in all places. Some could also be from Atlanta, Tampa, NYC, Chicago, Philly,
Maine, Arkansas, Portland, San Diego, St. Louis, or Dallas, whereas
others would possibly come from Serbia, Poland, Czech Rep, Ukraine. Look in
virtually any restaurant kitchen and you will find people from Haiti,
Mexico and Central America.

All of those persons are my heroes! I
have the very best admiration and respect for each considered one of these folks and I
think about it an honor and a privilege to work with them!

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