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Old 09-02-2019, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Marathon Man View Post
This is pretty ridiculous.

First off, TV has a resposibility to get the work done and the workers out of harms way before the storm hits. Not everything in life is about money.

Second, if staff did not make decisions erring on the side of caution, many of the same people complaining about early closures would be criticizing their lack of judgment.

They have a thankless job. How about giving them a break.
I was addressing the response that some people had saying that closing the amenities gave the employees time to get their homes prepared. This hurricane was predicted to impact our area on Monday or Tuesday. Now they're saying Wednesday. It has been one of the slowest moving storms in history to those predictions were pretty accurate.

I have friends who had all of their outside stuff pulled in last Thursday. That's pretty ridiculous IMHO. Again, how long does it take to prepare your house? If it takes days, you're not preparing properly to begin with.

Yes, closing up the rec centers and pools takes a bit longer but 4-5 days? I would think that if they kept them open until they had a better idea of what was going to happen, closing them down could be accomplished in a day. They might even ask employees who were off to come in and assist with the closing up operation since they are going to miss out on several days pay.
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