“And that was the second thing that surprised me when I came to work here,” the Manager continued. “How seriously the Boss took the operation of this hotel. “I mean, it wasn’t just that he took it seriously—everyone I’ve ever worked for was serious about his business—it was the kind of seriousness he had. “It was as though the hotel was more than just a hotel to him. “It was like the hotel was an expression of who he was, a symbol of what he believed in. “So if I hadn’t taken the hotel seriously, it would have looked like I wasn’t taking him seriously, as a man whose values I respected.
