Rogat+-+Memo+-+Describing+Events

Michelle Rogat

Describing Events - so as to give the reader a background feel of how the club works and the persona it has, and then elude to the ways it relates to sustainability issues


 * changing colors of the uniforms- how wasteful it was, the whole process, then when I interview XXXX what she might have to say that could provide insight
 * ordering new uniforms from k&m
 * the current situation where the club orders uniforms is a inefficient and illogical, but there are some reasons for it still. When new uniforms are ordered, only 1 or 2 per worker is given out, even if they work every day of the week. So that puts the pressure on the worker to have to do laundry so many times a week even if they don't have enough clothes for a load. Then when ordering, the sizing of the shirts is often unknown, such as if it's a number size or is the uniform sized as XS, S, M, L, XL etc, and often times work uniforms run a couple sizes big, so that even if one orders their "size" the clothing swamps them. This causes reordering of uniforms and waste in shipping and handling costs and energy expenses. What also causes those exact costs are that since an employee is only given a shirt or two, they often go to the uniform place on their own time, which they are encouraged to do by the club, and order and buy more uniforms for themselves out of their own pocket and using their own time and transportation. But this happens so often that the place that sells the uniforms actually spoke up to an employee about how wasteful and time consuming it was, and why doesn't the club just get another group order in to save everyone time, money, and reduce the amount of shipments. However, there are reasons for this happening, as I've asked a manager, (MAKE SURE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE CLUB THAT I CAN INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION) Sometimes there are inefficiencies like this in business because there is something like a budget to fall under, or the avoiding of having to get the transaction of that cost approved all at once which would delay the ordering... Then there's also the notion that the new uniforms might get replaced soon enough anyways and it might not be worthwhile in one manager's mind and so they save the company money that they know is going to get thrown away once the uniform is changed to yet another color. This all seems to come down to a lack of communication and organization amongst management, but they might have a good honest excuse why things get so chaotic, they might be onto their 3rd GM within a year.
 * spotting the bald eagle just off of the porch
 * when there was a bald eagle perched at the top of a pine right off of the porch its presence did bring in a small crowd of people marveling over it - reflects on members sentiment over wildlife to some extent
 * wildlife logging that might be put in place, or the nature walks, and what could come out of that
 * how when I put in the recycling bin people are still lazy or just don't care and put plastic cups in garbage
 * when there weren't enough male bartenders to staff the Men's Lockerroom when the 3 male bartenders went on vasation over the summer, and D had to bartend and serve the lockeroom, the members treated with with some offensive and hurtful behavior, like being rude and having a general lack of respect that by the end of the week had really wore her down. I've personlly had to go into the Men's Lockeroom before to check on something or deliver a tray of food and it's always a bit nervewracking going in there.
 * for the future - if a project does get cleared to go through at the country club, I will be analyzing the whole process to understand any problems that will come up
 * STARTED A MEMO PAGE FOR Describing the Research Process at the CC