you just can't make this stuff up

i admit it, i am a voyeur. now, before you go down than path, i only mean i am a "people watcher". the more i observe, the more people become like those animals at the zoo. probably don't know someone is watching. equally, most don't care.

i have another one of those moments that i have got to pass along. i wrote about my experience in jacksonville with the security guard telling me that bus parking does not mean bus parking even though the sign say "bus parking only".

here is another one for your amusement and comes from the renassaince in mobile.

this hotel had spent tens of millions of dollars renovating this property. one thing they did was move the main entry from the water street side to the rear. at the rear is a large canopy for guests to check in and out.
i had been loading/unloading the players under the canopy which is about 3-4 car lanes wide. when i am doing a movement with the players, it is a pull up and get off or a park and scramble so i am there about 10-15 minutes.

about the 3rd day, i pull under the canopy and the players are coming on to the bus. one of the "valets" comes up to the bus with a message.
"Valet Manager says you can't come in here anymore". i asked "why"? i was told that he said it blocked traffic and they did not want me there. i said, "you know i am here for only a few minutes" to which she replied, "people only come in here for a few minutes and then leave, Valet Manager's orders". i looked over at a mercedes that had been parked under the canopy everytime i was there. i said, "how come i have to move but he parks here all the time"? she told me it was the Valet Managers!!! i told her i should be able to be allowed to stop here for 10 minutes twice a day. we have about 20 rooms here for 5 nights" to which she replies, again, "Valet Manager's" orders. By now i am fuming. I told her this was not fair and i demanded to see him.
her reply? "well, he is in a customer service meeting and told us not to bother him".

like i said, you can't make this up!!!

until next time...