We, Hotel management received official announcement from government in Monday about new measures that ministry of health will bring up this Friday. Namely, since the number of infected people daily increasing and because many do not follow the rules and regulations we have to shut down more of our capacities (restaurant and few more rooms). That means to fire more people. Before having the meeting with workers, e.b. met and discussed current problem yesterday morning. We decided which rooms we will lock and what shall we do with restaurant stuff. My Prince checked our financial status. He saw that we can “improvise” and he proposed we should help them financially at least for three months since governmental budged is overburdened and they won’t receive any money till spring. His proposition was fine and we, me, my Ivy, Ivy and Lidija accept it. Unfortunately, my Fran didn’t. Since we have to be unanimous about decisions like this my Prince’s plan failed. He and my Fran argued very hard. Fran said that he sympathize with our fired workers but we are risking financial catastrophe and our wages are on the stake too. We all took my Prince’s side but my Fran was very stubborn. Then my Prince said to him very angrily:

- You know, Fran, right now I think I do not know you. You behave like heartless jerk. You know all of them and you are familiar with their situation; most of them will have nothing to eat ……

Fran: I know, but it’s not our problem. They are government’s problem ….

Prince: If you wouldn’t be a family, I will punch you in the face now ….. Damn you!!! … Here is what I will do: I give my three wages to most needed workers …..

My Ivy said: Me too!

Fran: That’s stupid, you have bills and …

Prince: I will work for Antonio and I will find some side jobs. We’ll survive!

My Ivy: Me too!

I said that I will reduce my wage for another 25%. Lidija said she will do it too. So, the four of us signed a new contract for next three months. I was disappointed in my Fran. I talked to him after e.b. meeting in private and he firmly defended his stand view. At the end I told him that I still love him but he bit me in the heart. You see, our parents wouldn’t let us starve and be financially broken, but my Prince is not a kind of person who will ask for help as long as he can provide by working hard. My Ivy and I are very proud at him.

We had meeting with our workers yesterday afternoon. We named the people whom we have to fire but we promised we’ll help them as much as we can. My Prince held very inspirational and motivational speech in which he appealed on the workers who kept their jobs to renounce 10% of their wage in behalf of their colleagues. Most of them did it. So, we covered three months wages of fired workers. When my loves called Antonio and explained our situation, he immediately started to find bodyguard jobs for them. So far he arranged few jobs and more are coming in following days. My Prince was very content and happy that we helped our workers. I wasn’t surprised for my Ivy’s reaction at all because she blindly follows him in everything and support his every decision. My Fran? *sigh* We distanced a little bit. We talk, but we aren’t intimately close. I really hope that he didn’t start to change on worse. So we have relationship crises in the family. My god, I so fucking hate Corona and what it does to some people!!