Linda has no complaints about the boarding house's staff. Two weeks ago he underwent an operation to remove a piece of his brain that was causing him to have seizures. He's just returned from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, located across the street within a large hospital complex, where he had 42 staples removed from his head. While in appearance Rotel may look like a motel, it isn't, manager Suzanne Harrison points out. We check that very carefully.
Guests can smoke while they watch television in a common lounge downstairs.
Harrison has been managing Rotel, which opened in 1986, for about a year. Occupancy was 53 per cent last year and 64 per cent in 1996. Harrison says Baffin guests, who were booked in nine rooms last Friday, seem to be taking the move from Montreal in stride. She thinks the criticism from staff there is harsh. Making guests feel comfortable She and her staff are trying to make guests feel comfortable.