<sigh> the All-Star Game

[Crab]

"What's Mine is Obviously Yours."

I brought a Snapple iced tea to work today for lunch because soda, although tasty, is evil and it is killing me... Our desk is tall and my side is just below the customer's writing surface. I put my unopened, ice cold, inviting Snapple up on my side of the desk to check someone in when some middle aged guy with an Oakley shaped sunburn on his face walks up, takes it and says:

Sunburn Guy: "Nice, Snapple, thank you very much!"
Me: Sir, i have some bottled water back here.
SG: No i'm cool with this thanks.
Me: But i brought that from...
SG: Hold on a sec <and he answers his phone and walks off, drinking MY tea>
First Customer: Do you have any more of those?
Me:

"STOP! THIEF!"

[BusBus]

And, strangely, i find myself missing the wayward, suckassery i used to deal with on a day to day basis.

You don't learn, do you?

"What All Star Game?"

Me: Thank you for calling.. blah blah blah...
Clueless Lady: Yes i need a reservation for Sunday through Thursday.
Me: We have a room for tomorrow night but we're sold out of everything for Monday and Tuesday nights.
CL: Oh! My goodness! Why?
Me: The baseball All Star game is in town those days.
CL: Oh well i'm staying on business, i'm not going to that.
Me: Ok...
CL: ...
Me: ...
CL: Do you need a credit card or my name or something?
Me: Oh, uh... Well we don;t have any rooms for the nights you need.
CL: But i'm not there for the stupid game! This is BUSINESS RELATED.
Me: I'm sorry but we don't have any rooms available for any purpose.
CL: Whatever. This is stupid!

What part of sold out did this guy not understand? Was he pulling the "you must have some in the back for special people like me" equivalent of the hotel industry?

"What's Mine is Obviously Yours."

<snip>
SG: Hold on a sec <and he answers his phone and walks off, drinking MY tea>
First Customer: Do you have any more of those?
Me:
</snip>

There is no way he could have honestly thought that it was available to him. What an asshat.

"Two beds are better than one."

Walk in sucky customers are way worse than phone sucky customers for obvious reasons. This illustrates it.

Lady: I need a room with two beds for tonight.
Me: We're sold out of doubles tonight, i';m sorry. We have single kings.
Lady: No, i need a double.
Me: Wish i had one. They're all reserved or occupied.
Lady: No. Double bed.
Me: Yeah, sorry, i only have Kings.
Lady: <glares at me, then yells at husband who wandered off toward the pamphlet racks> THEY ONLY HAVE KINGS! NO DOUBLES
Man: Sonovabitch! <and he drops the Branson brochures he picked on the floor>
Man: I TOLD you to make reservations! Dammit! <and they then start some Jon and Kate Plus 8 style argument on the way out the door.>

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I can't imagine why they didn't want to share a bed...

[Pagan]

I am not even a baseball fan, and I have known the All Star game has been coming for...weeks, months? Anyway, a while now. I wouldn't even want to venture into St. Louis around this time. Guh, people are idiots.

And considering that they've already announced next year's is at Angel Stadium and 2011's is at Chase Field....

It's not just sporting events that will create hotel fill-ups out the wazoo . . .

Tell me about it. I've got four words....Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Every October, our hotels are filled and we're invaded by RVs. All of the locals know to not even attempt to eat out then, either.