Hello, and welcome to Mind of Micah.

Today is Part 4 of Micah's Read of the Week.

We're talking about a piece from Washingtonian magazine, Washingtonian.com, written by Jessica

Sidman, entitled, Trump Hotel employees reveal what it was really like catering to the right

wing elite, four years worth of stories about VIP visits and grooming protocols, palm

greasing rotten vegetables, and the time they lost Steve Mnuchin's coat.

Part 1 we heard about the standard operating procedure required for serving the president.

Part 2 we heard about what it was like taking care of people like Rudy Giuliani.

And other VIPs who were often at the stake house.

Part 3 we learned about sort of the burdens some employees felt that they carried working

at a place that had the name of a divisive leader on it.

And now we go to Part 4 when COVID shut down everything.

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On to Part 4.

When COVID-19 shut everything down last spring, the restaurant laid off its entire workforce.

But once indoor dining restrictions lifted, the lobby and the stake house came alive again.

And staff now had the added duty of trying to enforce safety protocols.

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