why is it always on tuesdays? (really long, some language)

[Mamadrae]

It seems Tuesdays seem to suck more than any other day of the week.

please go back to bumfuckia and leave me alone

me- reservation desk, this is smileyeagle speaking, may I ask with whom I'm speaking?
sc- yeah, I have some questions that need to be straighted out
(that is never a good sign)
me- Ok, I should be able to answer those, and how can I help you?
sc- I notice on your website the parking charge is $14 per night, that's only for non guests right?
me- no ma'am, that is the rate for parking for guests.
sc- that is ridicules, I have never had to pay for parking before in my life
me- that is the rate for parking
sc- well why do we have to pay for parking
me- because the hotel does not own the parking garage, we just lease the space out of it.
sc- well you city folk need to get yourselves straighted out and start acting like you're in the real world *she then hung up*

ok bitch, you must come from some backwood bumfuck of a town if you have never had to pay for parking, not once... even the people in silver springs nevada, which up until today I thought was the model for least desirable place to live in understood the idea of paid parking, many of them had to pay for parking when they go into either carson city or reno... even my old roommate's parent's in kemner wyoming understood the concept of having to pay to park and the largest place they have ever been to was Logan.

oh and telling me that city folk need to act like they are in the real world is going to get you precisely nowhere with me because from my point of few you people outside of the big city need to start living like your in the real world.

I'm from the country technically (college smack by us makes it interesting), born and bred. I can say that yes I've never heard of parking rates. I however, have never stayed in a hotel in a city. I do know however that in the city you can't park anywhere for free. So it doesn't surprise me and makes perfect sense that in the city (where there is limited parking) a hotel would have to charge for parking.

I apologize profusely for the stupidity this moron has painted all us country folks to have.

[Jacen]

Paid parking doesn't exist around here, through I think it should... For a small town, my town seems to get VERY busy at times that it's hard to find a parking space and the ONLY real parking in town is at the only super market in town...

They do have paid parking (which is pretty common) in Bunbury (regional capital) and perth (state capital) through... But outside of the cities, it's kinda rare.

[smileyeagle1021]

And do I even want to know what "Office Full Frontals" is? It sounds like sexy secretary porn....

^-.-^

i have no idea... I ran a report 2 nights ago on the pay-per-views that were ordered the night before and that movie had been ordered like 3 times...

[Andara Bledin]

Aaaaaaaahhhh!! No Fair!!! I want to be staff at a gaming con....

Volunteer. It's just that easy.

Actually, I've been volunteering for this convention (3 times a year) for the last 14 years. I've only ever missed a single convention and that weekend I was without transportation and sick.

Nekojin & I are actually pretty much in charge of keeping the comput-... er... the video gaming room running. (why couldn't they just go with electronic gaming? video gaming brings to mind the wrong image, I think) When they needed someone reliable to be in charge we both kind of stepped back and said, "don't look at us, please, we're no good at admin" and they found someone else who is good at it and knows networking. He's a cool dude, too, so it's like a match made in heaven.

Because it's usually company policy to get a credit card number, even if you aren't going to incur any incidentals. A lot of the time there's no way around this. I've heard of some people getting fired because they never got a CC number.

actually... they may still need one... unless the convention is also paying for incidentals the hotel would need a credit card imprint at check in (ok, so we can block incidentals... but then you would miss Office Full Frontals for a deal at only $11.95)

They have a credit card. It belongs to the convention. The people who are staying in those rooms are volunteers who usually volunteer because they don't have things like credit cards.

And do I even want to know what "Office Full Frontals" is? It sounds like sexy secretary porn....

^-.-^

[smileyeagle1021]

Oh, and it's nearly Memorial Day, which means I've got a gaming convention to attend. My room is comped by the con because I'm on the staff, so I get to look forward to another fight with hotel staff about how we aren't required to submit a freaking credit card because they already have one from the convention. *sigh*

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actually... they may still need one... unless the convention is also paying for incidentals the hotel would need a credit card imprint at check in (ok, so we can block incidentals... but then you would miss Office Full Frontals for a deal at only $11.95)

[Ironclad Alibi]

Aaaaaaaahhhh!! No Fair!!! I want to be staff at a gaming con....

:-(

I'm jealous now!!

I can get you on the staff for a Lego con. PM me if interested. (Anyone else too.)

[Evil Queen]

My company charges a $20 surcharge for all wire transfer payments. It's almost never precisely $20, but that's right around the average.

As for incidentals, I make a point of having the hotel cut off everything that might be charged. Strangely enough, some hotels actually fight me about this. The clerks act like the idea of cutting off incidentals is completely foreign to them.

Oh, and it's nearly Memorial Day, which means I've got a gaming convention to attend. My room is comped by the con because I'm on the staff, so I get to look forward to another fight with hotel staff about how we aren't required to submit a freaking credit card because they already have one from the convention. *sigh*

^-.-^

Because it's usually company policy to get a credit card number, even if you aren't going to incur any incidentals. A lot of the time there's no way around this. I've heard of some people getting fired because they never got a CC number.

[Brightglaive]

*comes from bumfukeria's twin village* god, even i've heard of paid parking in the form of a parking meter; i seriously doubt that she's NEVER seen one of those.

urgh; i may be country, however, that doesn't mean i'm stupid.

unfortunately, she is country and stupid; another reason to migrate to bigger and better.

I think Jeff foxworthy said it best, " we're not stupid. We just can't keep the most ignorant among us from being on TV."

Oh, and it's nearly Memorial Day, which means I've got a gaming convention to attend. My room is comped by the con because I'm on the staff, so I get to look forward to another fight with hotel staff about how we aren't required to submit a freaking credit card because they already have one from the convention. *sigh*

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Aaaaaaaahhhh!! No Fair!!! I want to be staff at a gaming con....

:-(

I'm jealous now!!

[Geek King]

That.... explains so much.

Oh god...the PvPers are taking to the phones in their boredom. This needs to go into the Grand Unification Theory, stat!

[Evil Queen]

That.... explains so much.

[Snowbird]

Am I the only one thinking that it's a strange coincidence that Tuesday's are also the days WoW has its updates and is offline? Just a thought!

[Evil Queen]

Our hotel dont take wire transfer... at least to the best of my knowledge, and if the guest wanted to have someone to pay for the RT, he/she can fax us the copy of credit card, and the card holder's ID and authorize us to charge whatever the card holder's wishes, RT, meals, or... everything, but he/she needs to have a credit card for holding for guarantee the room in the first place........ once we receive the cc authorization form, and all the necessary documents (copy of cc, and cc holder's id) then we can process prepayment of the room.

We're the same way at my hotel.

[Dips]

Apologies if you already knew some or all of this.

I didn't know that per se, but I figured there was a good reason as I explained in the second paragraph of my post.

[smileyeagle1021]

Our hotel dont take wire transfer... at least to the best of my knowledge, and if the guest wanted to have someone to pay for the RT, he/she can fax us the copy of credit card, and the card holder's ID and authorize us to charge whatever the card holder's wishes, RT, meals, or... everything, but he/she needs to have a credit card for holding for guarantee the room in the first place........ once we receive the cc authorization form, and all the necessary documents (copy of cc, and cc holder's id) then we can process prepayment of the room.

oh how i hate trying to explain that to people (i'll fax out 2 or 3 of those per shift, been a while sense I've sent one out for your hotel)

oh and long time no see... btw, I've always wondered are you one of what we call the "gatekeepers" (the person who answers the phone who does everything in their power to keep us from talking to the front desk)

[Angry_Hippie]

Maybe "I have to pay for room service girl" was just stupid. Her miffed reactions fits with confusing room service with housekeeping.