People Never Cease to Amaze Me!
So we're down in LA tonight because tomorrow, there is a Orthopedics workshop/clinic/whatever and Frankie's thumb is one of the cases being discussed. So we were invited down to participate.
Well we get to the room, which was PRE-PAID for us, and the manager tells me there's a $50 deposit. We barely had enough money on hand for gas! Tom's credit card was compromised when some website he visits was hacked and mine had expired and BofA still hasn't sent me a new one. I tried explaining to the SOB what we were down here for but he didn't give a damn. I demanded to see the manager (I didn't know that was him), and so he called out the owner.
The only thing the owner cared about was the fact its a non-smoking hotel and I had a pack of cigarettes in my wallet. He then tried to tell me the deposit was $100 if I paid in cash! I was then grabbing my phone and dialing the corporate number. But they finally agreed that if I could come up with the $50 that was fine. Between me, Tom and the ashtray in the car, we came up with $40. They still wouldn't budge.
The guy waiting to check in behind us then pulled out his wallet and plopped a $10 on the counter. He then went and ripped the manager and owner a new one for the way they treated me.
I tried to get the guys information or offered to leave it at the desk when we check out, but he refused it! He said to spend it on spoiling Frankie, it sounded like he needed it!
And all of this in a bad part of downtown LA! Heck there was even a couple of hookers in the parking lot!
Well we get to the room, which was PRE-PAID for us, and the manager tells me there's a $50 deposit. We barely had enough money on hand for gas! Tom's credit card was compromised when some website he visits was hacked and mine had expired and BofA still hasn't sent me a new one. I tried explaining to the SOB what we were down here for but he didn't give a damn. I demanded to see the manager (I didn't know that was him), and so he called out the owner.
The only thing the owner cared about was the fact its a non-smoking hotel and I had a pack of cigarettes in my wallet. He then tried to tell me the deposit was $100 if I paid in cash! I was then grabbing my phone and dialing the corporate number. But they finally agreed that if I could come up with the $50 that was fine. Between me, Tom and the ashtray in the car, we came up with $40. They still wouldn't budge.
The guy waiting to check in behind us then pulled out his wallet and plopped a $10 on the counter. He then went and ripped the manager and owner a new one for the way they treated me.
I tried to get the guys information or offered to leave it at the desk when we check out, but he refused it! He said to spend it on spoiling Frankie, it sounded like he needed it!
And all of this in a bad part of downtown LA! Heck there was even a couple of hookers in the parking lot!