<![CDATA[problems with chlorine]]>as some of you know, i work overnight at a hotel. well, the pool exhaust hasn't been functioning properly for almost a week, which means that the humid, chlorinated pool air leaks out of the pool area (which is a separate room) and fills the rest of the lobby with noxious poison. anyway, the maintenance guy says that everything is working correctly, and there was someone else (hvac person?) who came and confirmed that story.

why am i so mad about this? i've worked here almost two years, and the only time this kind of thing happened was when the pool exhaust was declared "broken". 1+1=? is it not clear to everyone else that this is a similar problem? on saturday, staff and guests were complaining about eye irritation and people were leaving the pool coughing. there is something wrong with this picture.

if i weren't scheduled for four days of down-time starting thursday, this would be a bigger problem. it will be a bigger problem if they don't have a plan to fix the exhaust before my next shift.

/rant

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out there;296439 wrote:
the comment about the c'mon inn was an aside. clearly, the water in their location is not in a separate room.

the rodeway is not of the same caliber that the best western is, so i that does not surprise me. the general manager came in very early and commented on the odor of chlorine that shouldn't be there (because of the monstrous exhaust system)

Ah. Yeah the chlorine odor would get very strong when our maintenance man would add it to the hot tubs in the morning. I must've been immune to it though because other than those times I could never smell it. The size of the courtyard really helped dissipate the fumes plus there was really good ventilation in there and it was only 4 small hot tubs. Our pool room was a different story (that had its own room). Especially after they replaced all of the exterior windows that used to leak. Now it is like a heavily chlorinated sauna in there.

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00Accord;296377 wrote:
Wait a minute...you work at the C'Mon Inn?
the comment about the c'mon inn was an aside. clearly, the water in their location is not in a separate room.

the rodeway is not of the same caliber that the best western is, so that does not surprise me. the general manager came in very early and commented on the odor of chlorine that shouldn't be there (because of the monstrous exhaust system)

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284825https://fargostreet.com/post/284825Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:08:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:12:35 GMT]]>wow this is funny

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284818https://fargostreet.com/post/284818Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:12:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:45:11 GMT]]>I worked at the Roadway Inn on south University like 10 years ago, and dealt with the same crap. Sucks big time

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284770https://fargostreet.com/post/284770Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:45:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:50:49 GMT]]>Wait a minute...you work at the C'Mon Inn? What is your name? I worked there for over 3 years. I just quit in July.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284763https://fargostreet.com/post/284763Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:50:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:11:49 GMT]]>i spoke to the general manager this morning, something will be done about it. that's the last time i complain to the front desk manager... she's worthless.

now that i've seen how cheap gas masks are, i think i'll buy one and a few extra filters, just in case...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284754https://fargostreet.com/post/284754Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:11:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:10:25 GMT]]>call the dept of health in ND?

http://www.ndhealth.gov/

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284749https://fargostreet.com/post/284749Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:10:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:46 GMT]]>lol @ gas mask, do it. Can you imagine the look on a persons face coming into that hotel late at night and there you are wearing a gas mask.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284748https://fargostreet.com/post/284748Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:33:00 GMT]]>Sounds like over chlorinization of the pool and an exhaust vent frozen shut....at least partially.

I'd go with the gas mask though.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284746https://fargostreet.com/post/284746Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:33:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:14:04 GMT]]>normally, my eyes are very itchy and watery when exposed to chlorine in the levels that i experience in the pool area.
the last time the exhaust broke, my chest started burning after about three nights of exposure (when it finally occurred to me to leave the lobby doors open and the a/c on, because it might take a long time before the necessary part arrives). this time, i block the pool doors a bit better at the start of my shift, open the lobby exits until the temperature is in the 50s, and then relax until the aroma of poison seeps back into the area around 5.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284734https://fargostreet.com/post/284734Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:14:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:05:57 GMT]]>when you say noxious gas, is it more deadly than a fart?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284732https://fargostreet.com/post/284732Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:05:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:20 GMT]]>that's not a bad idea... although, i was planning to just make a very sound, logical defense of my position (like what i mentioned in my initial rant), and see what the response is. if that doesn't work, where can i find a gas mask around here? or am i going to have to search the intartoobz?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284731https://fargostreet.com/post/284731Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:17:24 GMT]]>Start working in a gas mask and see what the boss says....

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284730https://fargostreet.com/post/284730Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:17:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:18:49 GMT]]>i'm mainly concerned if anyone has some idea for what should be done.
chlorine gas = poison
how the c'mon inn has stayed open as long as they have is a mystery to me.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284729https://fargostreet.com/post/284729Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:18:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:21:54 GMT]]>Good story, save that one for the grandkids.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/284724https://fargostreet.com/post/284724Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:21:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problems with chlorine on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:35:21 GMT]]>outthere.blog.fargostreet.com

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