Eleanor the BARISTA/RECEPTIONIST/SERVER.....

Nory has become somewhat of a celebrity among the hotel staff.  Yesterday morning she became BFF's with a lady named "Marina", who picked Nory up, told us to eat our breakfast, and then continued to do her work with Nory in tow.  Nory was serving fancy coffees, checking people into the buffet, and assisting with table clean-up.  At one point, I took Nory back from Marina (thinking that she must be ready to be relieved of childcare duties) and Nory IMMEDIATELY reached out to be picked up once again by her new hotel comrade.  It was so cute.

Imagine how the male staff on this morning's shift responded to Nory's careful observations.  The minute she heard the fancy coffee machine in action, she crawled across the restaurant to inspect what was going on.  Then she sat beneath the machine and stared up - not moving a muscle!  I had to explain to the waiters that she had been employed during yesterday's shift and isn't so sure about this off-duty thing.  They laughed and got a real kick out of her sweetness.  Alas, they were no multi-tasking Marina!

We can only hope that Marina returns for tomorrow's breakfast!