You might be in the hospitality industry if...….

* You sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for 8 different Managers
* Food left over from a banquet or meeting is your main staple diet
* You get really excited about a 2% pay increase
* You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet
* You get a strange twitch in your right eye when people say the word wedding
* When you get married, it will be in the wilderness where rounds mean shots fired with a gun
* You smile and say 'good morning' to total strangers in the street
* It's dark on your drive to and from work
* Communication is something your 'group' is having problems with
* You see a good-looking person and you know it's a visitor/guest
* You forget what you look like in anything but a suit
* All the work you were hired to do gets done before 9 and after 5
* You're already late on an assignment you just received
* Your boss's favorite lines are
a. When you get a minute....
b. In your spare time...
c. I have an opportunity for you...
* 50% of the people in your company don't know what you do
* The other 50% of the people in your company don't care what you do
* Vacation is something you roll over to next year, if you are allowed
* Change is the norm
* Nepotism is encouraged
* Six months is considered to be substantial longevity
* You dial '9' before the number no matter where you are calling from
* When you are walking in public, you have to fight the urge to pick up scraps of paper and rubbish on the floor
* Your toilet paper at home is folded in a triangle on the first sheet
* You answer the phone at home 'Hello this is...., how may I help you?'
* You eat in hotel restaurants for fun
* You inspect your hotel room when traveling
* You call your spouse or partner your "added value"
* You correct people when they use the word free, saying it's complimentary
* When friends visit you at home, they wonder why you always take them on a "site-tour"
* You've been found rocking yourself in the employee bathroom during RFP season