I love Fall. The weather is perfect. I love the colors of the leaves and for some reason the smell of wet leaves after a rain reminds me of eraser dust and hand-me-down text books... hmmm...
I love decorating for Fall, and Halloween. Compared to Karissa and Doug, we suck. They already have their goblins and body parts laying around their house. But then again, Doug has been slowly gathering his halloween shit in their kitchen for a while now I guess... sneaking a picture here, a severed foot there, all making their way up from the basement since September 1st. Kevin was eyeing up some grave stones during our side trip to Target's seasonal department. (Side note, Aiden is probably going to be a Ninja for his first Halloween)
Another thing that October reminds me of is Rob Zombie, and not just because we're GOING TO HIS CONCERT on October 29th!!! But because the first time I really heard his music was at a halloween party like 8 years ago. Thank you Doug and Amadon. So now "Living Dead Girl" reminds me of leaning out of Amadon's shed in my cheap whore costume (yeah i said whore costume... what about it.) smoking with Jess who dressed up as living dead girl with a bottle of
Hot Damn. I think of that every October. Don't do the math, I dont' think I wasn't old enough to be doing either, sorry Mom.
We played that song at the Halloween party that Doug and I had at our place like 5 years ago. Me in my "80s girl" costume. Thats the night I threw Amadon down the stairs. Thats the same year that Karissa, Doug and I spent the whole month watching Friday the 13th movies preparing for Halloween. The last time I dressed up for halloween was for Kelsey's party where I was Little John and Kevin was the Punisher and Blake was Target worker :)
So yeah, I guess I have no reason to that whole story except for that song reminds me of past Octobers. and that I love Fall and I'm really happy that it is almost here.
Now my Halloweens will be remembered as the year Aiden was a..... **insert stereotypical kid costume here** I'm sure he'll never be cool enough to be a "Chainsaw Princess" like a certain little girl may be this year. But he'll make one damn good "Baby Ninja of Death"
Anyway, theres your random post for the week. Why can't I stop playing Michael Buble MP3s?
My ears are burning, yet very satisfied at the same time!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Sydney and Ian come to visit.
Sydney, Ian and Aiden
Sydney and Ian being way too cute!
Candid
My favorite
I don't know how I feel about the blue
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Sydney's Senior Pics.
Both Sydney and her big sis Mariah (my cousins) are so darn cute, they make my job easy. We had fun. Hope ya don't mind me showing these off before you got to see them Sydney, but I LOVE them, I hope you like them too!
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
More hotel stories... venting is theraputic for me....
So, I see you all got a kick out of my little hotel story... Anyone that has ever worked in any customer service job can tell you how idiotic people can be. Here are some examples of things people have said to me and I just looked at them with a blank stare and a blink because I can't tell if they're being seriously THAT ignorant, or they are just pulling my leg because it is impossible for someone to be that stupid. sometimes I can almost hear a very loud "DURRRRRRRR" in my head.
I'm getting tire of:
Me: The total room charges for your room is $Blah....
Guest: Is that is American or Canadian
My head: No, Yen, you idiot.
Why would I know that you are calling from Canada?
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Oh, and this was a new one I heard last week:
"Since I didn't USE my bathroom AT ALL during my stay, Can I only pay you for half of the room? You can go check the bathroom if you want, all the towels are clean and the toilet paper is still folded."
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and I've heard the following more times than I can count... believe it or not.
"What do you mean I have to stay in a smoking room if I have a pet... my dog doesn't smoke" They're just trying to be funny, but it looses its funny after the 5th time.
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"do your rooms have color TV?" Which is somethig I would maybe expect to hear if our hotel wasn't a chain and if it was located on the edge of some small dinky town and we were run down looking with roaches in the bed or something... but...
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"I ordered ALL DAY ADULT ENTERTAINMENT and I only got 12 hours, can I get my money back?" First of all, by 'all day', we don't mean all day AND NIGHT or 24 hours..... we have to turn off the porn by 11am-so that the next family that comes into that room doesn't have to be surprised with "naughty nurses XI" Second of all, who seriously needs that much porn? Lastly, it runs for 12 hours, but there are only like 3 different movies that are on a loop.
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"Why didn't I get my room cleaned today"
"It says here that you had the Do not Disturb sign on your door today."
"Well, yeah I did, but why didn't I get housekeeping?"
We should have a sign that says... "Do not Disturb, except for housekeeping"
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"90.00? Thats your rate for tonight?! Wow, thats really expensive, do you have any discounts?"
"Yes, its 10% so your rate would be $89.99" (this was obviously a slip up on my part, I meant to say 79.99)
"89.99, okay, thats better than $90, I'll take the room."
I'm getting tire of:
Me: The total room charges for your room is $Blah....
Guest: Is that is American or Canadian
My head: No, Yen, you idiot.
Why would I know that you are calling from Canada?
____________________________________________________________
Oh, and this was a new one I heard last week:
"Since I didn't USE my bathroom AT ALL during my stay, Can I only pay you for half of the room? You can go check the bathroom if you want, all the towels are clean and the toilet paper is still folded."
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and I've heard the following more times than I can count... believe it or not.
"What do you mean I have to stay in a smoking room if I have a pet... my dog doesn't smoke" They're just trying to be funny, but it looses its funny after the 5th time.
____________________________________________________________
"do your rooms have color TV?" Which is somethig I would maybe expect to hear if our hotel wasn't a chain and if it was located on the edge of some small dinky town and we were run down looking with roaches in the bed or something... but...
____________________________________________________________
"I ordered ALL DAY ADULT ENTERTAINMENT and I only got 12 hours, can I get my money back?" First of all, by 'all day', we don't mean all day AND NIGHT or 24 hours..... we have to turn off the porn by 11am-so that the next family that comes into that room doesn't have to be surprised with "naughty nurses XI" Second of all, who seriously needs that much porn? Lastly, it runs for 12 hours, but there are only like 3 different movies that are on a loop.
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"Why didn't I get my room cleaned today"
"It says here that you had the Do not Disturb sign on your door today."
"Well, yeah I did, but why didn't I get housekeeping?"
We should have a sign that says... "Do not Disturb, except for housekeeping"
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"90.00? Thats your rate for tonight?! Wow, thats really expensive, do you have any discounts?"
"Yes, its 10% so your rate would be $89.99" (this was obviously a slip up on my part, I meant to say 79.99)
"89.99, okay, thats better than $90, I'll take the room."
Friday, September 07, 2007
Whose on first?
Me: Thank you for Calling the Grand Forks Comfort Inn, My name is April, How can I help you today?
Guest on other end: Yeah, Eva, I was wondering if you have rooms available for tonight.
Not Eva: Yes we do, were you looking for smoking or Non smoking
Guest: We want the second floor
Me: We do have rooms available on the second floor, however they are smoking, if you want a non smoking room, you would be on the first floor this evening.
Guest: We don't smoke.
Me: okay, then you would have to be in a non smoking room on the first floor.
Guest: You just said there were rooms on the second floor...
Me: Yes, ma'am but those rooms are smoking
Guest: I told you I don't want smoking
Me: Yes, I know but we only have non smoking rooms available on the first floor for tonight.
Guest: So you have to smoke if you want the second floor?
Me: No, we do have non smoking rooms on the second floor, but they are not available for tonight.
Guest: WE DON'T SMOKE!
Me: uh... you uh... don't have to smoke.... um...
Guest: Eva, do you or do you not have a room, non smoking on the second floor for tonight.
Not Eva: .......... no Ma'am
*Click*
5 minutes later
Me: Thank you for Calling the Gra....
Guest: Yeah Eva, I just called your 1-800 line and they said you DO have non smoking rooms available for tonight
NOT EVA: We do, but only on the first floor.
Guest: Not this again... we want the second floor.
Me: We do not have any more rooms on the second floor available. They are all full.
Guest: I thought you said you had smoking rooms available on the second floor.
Me: I thought you said you did NOT want smoking.
Guest: We don't.
Me: um.. (how many different ways can I explain this...) The 1-800 number does not see the exact room numbers available, just room types, they can not guarantee certain rooms or floors or areas of the hotel. Room assignments are left up to the hotel directly.
Guest: I'm going to call Choice Hotels and I'm going to give them your name, Eva, and I'm going to tell them that you were very confusing to speak to.
Me: Sorry I could not have been more helpful to you Ma'am.
*Click*
Guest on other end: Yeah, Eva, I was wondering if you have rooms available for tonight.
Not Eva: Yes we do, were you looking for smoking or Non smoking
Guest: We want the second floor
Me: We do have rooms available on the second floor, however they are smoking, if you want a non smoking room, you would be on the first floor this evening.
Guest: We don't smoke.
Me: okay, then you would have to be in a non smoking room on the first floor.
Guest: You just said there were rooms on the second floor...
Me: Yes, ma'am but those rooms are smoking
Guest: I told you I don't want smoking
Me: Yes, I know but we only have non smoking rooms available on the first floor for tonight.
Guest: So you have to smoke if you want the second floor?
Me: No, we do have non smoking rooms on the second floor, but they are not available for tonight.
Guest: WE DON'T SMOKE!
Me: uh... you uh... don't have to smoke.... um...
Guest: Eva, do you or do you not have a room, non smoking on the second floor for tonight.
Not Eva: .......... no Ma'am
*Click*
5 minutes later
Me: Thank you for Calling the Gra....
Guest: Yeah Eva, I just called your 1-800 line and they said you DO have non smoking rooms available for tonight
NOT EVA: We do, but only on the first floor.
Guest: Not this again... we want the second floor.
Me: We do not have any more rooms on the second floor available. They are all full.
Guest: I thought you said you had smoking rooms available on the second floor.
Me: I thought you said you did NOT want smoking.
Guest: We don't.
Me: um.. (how many different ways can I explain this...) The 1-800 number does not see the exact room numbers available, just room types, they can not guarantee certain rooms or floors or areas of the hotel. Room assignments are left up to the hotel directly.
Guest: I'm going to call Choice Hotels and I'm going to give them your name, Eva, and I'm going to tell them that you were very confusing to speak to.
Me: Sorry I could not have been more helpful to you Ma'am.
*Click*
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