10/4: Roger That

So this is a really, really nice, HUGE hotel, but the service already sucks. It took me like twenty minutes to check in because the chick at the desk, who looked all of about 14, was trying to tell me my stay wasnt pre-paid. I know good and damn well it was, as it always is, and she swore up and down that a reservation was made, but they never received authorization to take payment. Twenty minutes later, after I had to call my company travel group's emergency 800#, she goes back into the office and finds the preauthorization in some other stack of papers from Friday.

Then she wants to tell me that she needs my credit card to put a hold on some funds for incidentals. That's fine - pretty standard - but you not gonna tell me you gonna hold $50 for each day Im supposed to be there. Ive been outta town more than I been in town in the last couple weeks, and never have I had a hotel take $50 per day - in advance, at that. I just came back from upstate this morning, staying in a hotel all weekend, and they didnt do it either. I stayed at this same hotel chain last time I was here and they didnt do it then either, but I had gotten so aggravated, I told her to take the damn card and proceeded to leave a message for my admin, in front of her, telling her that I was not pleased with my experience and that she was not to have me booked there again LOL. Then I told her "as a matter of fact, see if you can arrange to have me moved tomorrow" LMAO! They aint hardly bout to move my ass, but I just wanted to piss the lady off cause she pissed me off LOL.

Then I go to the hotel store for a damn near $4 bottle of cranberry juice and get harassed by one of the bellhops and the lady behind the counter, who swear up and down that Im from Africa LOL. Talkin about "dont hide it, be pride, be pride!" STFU LOL. They worse than the fools in the pizza parlor down on 167th in the Bronx, who, summer after summer, wanted to argue me down about whether I was Dominican or not LOL. WTF is wrong with people?

But anyway, I havent been happy with any of my business stays besides the one I wrote about. Its a little ways away from the office down here, but I think I'd rather pay for the longer cab ride and be content with my arrangements, than be close to the job and ready to burn this bitch to the ground. Actually, I need to see if its possible to just have them rent me a car, so I can drive down and be mobile while Im here. Im gonna look into that. I took the train this time, which was a much better experience than the plane fuckery I've been having to endure, but Im a driver. I'd much rather do that. Im gonna see if the powers that be will approve that.

I had a good time with the midgets at home this weekend, and didnt get to see all of my friends, nor the random ass people requesting that I drop by, but I enjoyed myself with the couple of people that I did catch up with. I made a valiant attempt to talk to my mother but.... she'll never change. I'll leave it at that. My son isnt quite the innocent though. He's contributing to their drama with his attitude and laziness, so I had to have a chat with him about that too. I have to monitor that situation some more over the next couple of weeks. I dont want to make any rash decisions, with only half the information.

A whole lotta money later, I was exhausted this morning (shocker LOL) and totally not looking forward to any further travel, but the upside is that hotel beds are always ridiculously comfortable. I'll definitely get a good sleep and Lord knows Im due for one. I forgot my vitamins, so to compensate, I've decided to fast this week: Im gonna live on bacardi and Lays LOL. Dont question my methods LOL.