Douche Bag Chelsea Hotel Manager to Get the Boot?

We’ve heard from multiple sources that today is Director of Operations Glennon Travis’s last day at the Chelsea Hotel.  (And if it’s not today, then it’s reportedly coming up soon.) Our only question is, what took so long?  In his brief tenure here at the hotel, Glennon has managed to alienate nearly everyone he has come into contact with: residents sane and otherwise, guests, employees, union reps, reporters, you name it.  His habitually obnoxious and abusive rejoinders to anything from mere pleasantries to valid questions by concerned residents, have led us to speculate on this blog that BD Hotels may be using him as a kind of one-man harassment crew to drive out the rent-stabilized tenants and union employees.  In that respect we can see how he might be a useful employee, and if that was BDs intent, I’m sure they’ll keep him on the payroll at one of their other properties.

Glennon himself, however, doesn’t seem to be fully cognizant of this adverse effect he has on people (or perhaps he just can’t help himself), and in that sense he is truly pitiful.  Our advice to him is to seek counseling, and for God’s sake to find a job where he doesn’t have to interact with people on a routine basis.

            How will this gaping void be filled?  (Okay, two questions.)  And is this just the beginning of the end for BD?  (Three questions!)  As annoying as he is, let’s not forget that Glennon is merely the sacrificial lamb.  BD bigwigs Born and Drukier (and of course General Manager David Bernstein—who you damn sure don’t see around here much) have been setting Glennon up as the fall guy all along, because once they saw the public outcry and media firestorm that resulted from their slimy takeover of the iconic Chelsea, they knew that nothing good was likely to come of the deal.

But rest assured, no one is fooled, least of all board member Marlene Krauss.  BD has screwed this place up from the perspective of residents and shareholders alike, and we expect further heads to roll.

            As for Glennon, if you’re in the lobby tomorrow (or his reportedly soon-to-come last day) and see him heading out the door with a cardboard box, be sure to snap a picture.  We’d love to put it up on the blog. -- Ed Hamilton

Comments

[Old & Crappy]

If you can't find David Bernstein just check his favorite haunts -- Jamba Juice and Breadstix.

Literally! Thats where this guy hangs out, at Breadstix...usually alone

[Ricky Ricardo]

The Desk clerk was just as bad....maybe their a team

[broke]

bd can no longer be paid, the hotel is broke.

[techtool 7]

i think that was their plan all a long to bankrupt the hotel why else would they bring in a 28 year old kid to run a 125 year old hotel who had no exprience!!! he and BD were and are big crooks to boot too. that d.bernstien guy would come in for a few hours a day and then go to lunch for an hour and give every one who work here the run around so nothing got done.let us hope they will be gone very soon, what a big joke these jackass's they turned out to be

[LP]

Nobody but the Bards know how to run this unusual hotel. BD messed up big time. In less than one year, they've reduced the hotel to this? Bring back the Bards and let them start undoing the damage.

[The Ghosts]

yes, an unusual hotel requires unusual management. It's a shame Marlene and david didn't see this, posdsibly because they spent so little time in the hotel under the Bards tenure and probably did little real research into its heart. Let's hope they are smart enough no to walk away. It's never too late to try to correct a mistake.

[Rob from Aus]

goodbye to stinking, filthy trash! assholeism should be a death penalty crime.

one down, several to go.

[easy target]

Marlene was swayed or persuaded, or who knows what motivated her, to believe that the Bards could be replaced and bring in bigger revenue. What she failed to see was how deeply integrated they were with the success of the hotel. The significance of the Chelsea over other hotels in the neighborhood was Stanley's commitment to artists. He put that at the forefront, and I can assume that during the years in which Chelsea was not exactly a desirable location, he made the hotel profitable. So to reduce his skills to a level where an obnoxious little twit like Glennon could fill his shoes is so miscalculated. It is not an easy feat to run a hotel successfully for 40+ years.
The hotel has now been dragged through a tumultuous unsuccessful time where 15 apartments have been vacated due to BD's aggressive motives to residents. Ira and Richard should stick to glossy glass towers with no soul.

If they don't turn it back over to the Bards now, Marlene K and David E are worse than fools.