I'm sorry, I can't turn the rain off...

[bhskittykatt]

It's autumn! Here in Western Washington State, this means our most violent weather of the year. It gets rainy (actually, it's rainy pretty much all year), and most of all it gets WINDY!!! I actually love it. Mother Nature's fury is awesome.

Unfortunately, it's also the time of year that customers' brains go into hibernation or something. Allow me to explain.

My motel doesn't have one of those nice covered entrances where you can park your car while you check-in. There's just parking lot with plain ol' parking spaces.

On too many occassions to count (today: 3 so far), not only will a customer drive up in bad weather to a near empty parking space (with several spaces close to the office), park about eight spaces AWAY from the office, and trudge through the wind and rain to get to me, they will then commence to COMPLAIN to me about the weather as if it's my fault! (Hello? You're visiting the great Pacific Northwest! We're kinda famous for our rain, you know. Maybe think about that next time before coming out here.)

The spots they are parking in are out by the pool. The office is on the corner of the first building. There's no building near where they're parking that could be confused with the office. It should be obvious that they're parking out in the middle of nowhere.

The ironic thing is that in the summer, people have no problem parking right in front of the office. It's only in foul weather. The wetter and windier it is, the further away they seem to park. I guess that's their perogative, but seriously, I'm not God, so don't complain to me about it. You're an idiot. I'm sorry, I can't help you with that.

[Shpepper]

At my hotel, they complain because they have to walk up steps. There's no ramp into the building. I just tell them, "This is Washington, if you don't like the weather, wait 30 minutes or drive 30 miles and most of the time you will find something different."

[EvilEmpryss]

The ironic thing is that in the summer, people have no problem parking right in front of the office. It's only in foul weather. The wetter and windier it is, the further away they seem to park. I guess that's their perogative, but seriously, I'm not God, so don't complain to me about it. You're an idiot. I'm sorry, I can't help you with that.

Are there puddles near those parking spaces? That would make people park there in good weather but not in bad weather.

[Pagan]

(Hello? You're visiting the great Pacific Northwest! We're kinda famous for our rain, you know. Maybe think about that next time before coming out here.)

It's like the tourists who come here for Balloon Fiesta and bitch about the fact that it's dry and it can be cold before the sun comes up (dawn patrol goes up at 5:45am, mass ascensions at 7am, right around sunrise). Um, you were aware that you were coming to a desert, no? Even the Sahara gets cold at night.

And it's only during Balloon Fiesta. The tourists that come during the summer seem to have a grasp on this fact.

[bhskittykatt]

Are there puddles near those parking spaces? That would make people park there in good weather but not in bad weather.

No, there aren't! Actually, down towards the end of the parking lot (where these people are parking) is where the puddles often form. Right in front of the office, it's actually sloped properly so there are no puddles!

[pitmonkey]

What will they do when the real weather hits in Nov. The "storms" that have been through the last week have been minor blows. Yes the rain has been a bit much (about 1" on two different days) for Oct but come on, the saying goes, we dont tan we rust.