you should know these things, Dave

[protege]

What KIND of grass and how often is the tree pruned???

Methinks that woman has been *smoking* some grass

Seriously though, I don't see why people get worked up over stupid things like that. I mean, call me crazy, but you're supposed to *relax* on vacations. When I take a trip, I don't mess around to get there. However, on the way back, I take it easy. Anyone who has read my LJ about the train trips knows this

Last September, I took a last-minute trip to Centralia, PA. There's not really much to see in Centralia...because the town no longer exists. It was largely abandoned and later bulldozed, because of the mine fire underneath. Still, you can see smoke wafting from under the damaged section of highway...as well as see for miles from the hill. I'd been curious about the area, even though I was up that way years ago. Back then, you couldn't get to Centralia from the south--the highway had been closed because of subsidence. But now, it wasn't too far from Scranton and I-80...so why not?

Most of my trips home are like that--unplanned, if I get lost, who cares, sort of thing.

[goldaries13]

Better yet, don't pack a thing, spin a pen on a map, hop in your car with a friend and another friend who came along at the last minute, gas up, pick up a fourth person at the gas station who parks her jeep and comes along for the ride, and go off on your road trip.

Sounds like the road trip the hubs and I went on after I graduated high school. We got up every day, each picked out a place on the map, and flipped a coin to see where we'd go. Best four weeks of my life.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

I hate to think how this woman behaved around her wedding.

[wagegoth]

Yes, the above happened to me. Early Nineties. Random road trip at 2 in the morning with my friend His Majesty, a female friend of ours, and some chick we met at the gas station, from Phoenix to Laughlin, Nevada, to gamble and have eggs and beer at sunrise.

It was even better than I made it sound just now.

I miss the cheap casino food in Reno. Some of it's good, some of it's bad, but it's cheap and there's a lot of it. I like eating in places where I think I'll get a waitress named Dot or Ruby.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Talk about spineless management. This lady could use a vacation....on the couch of a therapist's office coupled with some meds.

A few nights on her back under a professional would do her a WORLD of good.

[Jbball]

April Fools Day joke? This woman couldn't have been serious.

[tropicsgoddess]

Me: no ma'am not at all (yea right)

Guest: well I need a better description, Dave, it is very important to me, ok...(she starts crying) I know it's not important to you but we have saved for 5 years for this vacation and the thought that it wont be perfect is too much to bear....I'd die, Dave. I have no mental picture and it worries me. I need someone to gice me a better feel for this place or I wont sleep tonight. This is my vacation and its just too important.

Me: hang on

The manager actually went down there and had to take 47 pictures of the complex (I am not kidding) before this lady was finally satisfied. Uggggg

Talk about spineless management. This lady could use a vacation....on the couch of a therapist's office coupled with some meds.

[blas]

I'm starting to get really irritated at how all of your customers call you by name and they ALWAYS use it when they are letting you know how displeased they are.

If I were you, I'd twitch every time someone said "You're really disappointing me, Dave" or "Listen, Dave, I have a serious issue with the grass at this villa"

[zzapp the witch]

I've never had a vacation.....unless you count Basic Training. Somehow I feel slightly empty and left behind.....

[Imogene]

What KIND of grass and how often is the tree pruned???

Crab grass... that'd make it perfect for me.

[smileyeagle1021]

and here I thought the perfect vacation was defined by what you did and who you spent it with... and not so much whether the path is gravel or concrete and how often the tree is pruned... silly me

[RecoveringKinkoid]

What KIND of grass and how often is the tree pruned???



You know, I can think of better uses for the money she's been saving for the last five years. Her insurance might even cover some of the cost of therapy, too.

[tamezin]

Wow... I didn't know jellyfish could be managers.

No vacation is "perfect". That lady is in for a WORLD of disappointment.

That depends on who you take with you....

Pefect Vacation for Tamezin

1. Sun but not too much sun.
2. Swimming pool with no-one else around unless I want them around
3. All of my favorite authors conspire to release the next latest and greatest all at the same time ... just in time to take them on my vacation.
4. Hubby takes the kids to some theme park daily, I get to stay at the hotel
5. My kids forget how to say the word 'Mom'

Hell Vacation
Orlando with a 4 year old 6 year old 18 year old and my mother.

[Eireann]

That woman really knows how to get her way, doesn't she? Cry and talk about dying, and that's it; instant gratification.

Here's the appropriate response:

"You'd die? I hope you've made out a perfect will and found the perfect gravesite. Rest in peace. Goodbye."

[Jester]

...we have saved for 5 years for this vacation and the thought that it wont be perfect is too much to bear....I'd die, Dave.

Lady, things are tough all over. And it seems that, since things are never perfect, you are going to die. Tough noogies.

Wow... I didn't know jellyfish could be managers.

And here I thought you had been paying attention to this website....

The most interesting vacations are the spontaneous ones. Just pack a few small bags, such as a few days of clothes, standard toiletries bag, and perhaps a few books. Pick a direction, and then head off that way.

Better yet, don't pack a thing, spin a pen on a map, hop in your car with a friend and another friend who came along at the last minute, gas up, pick up a fourth person at the gas station who parks her jeep and comes along for the ride, and go off on your road trip.

Yes, the above happened to me. Early Nineties. Random road trip at 2 in the morning with my friend His Majesty, a female friend of ours, and some chick we met at the gas station, from Phoenix to Laughlin, Nevada, to gamble and have eggs and beer at sunrise.

It was even better than I made it sound just now.