Well here's one that shocked me, I arrived at a very very dated hotel, massive though, but not stylish at all...the receptionist v grumpy looking face just stared at me and I said "oh hello I'm checking in" she answered with " well that's not 'till 2" ...so I said "ooh that's a lovely greeting, I thought you might have one ready so just arrived a little early" I can be a bit well, very sarcastic , if someone's rude because I'm just not.
Anyway she said "oh sorry ( didn't look it) you'll have to wait in the bar" at that point I'm thinking shit , tiny square reception on door, pounced on by her , hotel looks empty ...car clamp signs in car park etc.......shit shit shit ..then " hi are you ok your rooms ready" much nicer to me so I said I'd prefer to look at it first thinking I'll just have to turn it down..anyway she came with me, massive dated room , so I thought I won't have it , ok I can't believe this but here goes..........I then said "sorry I don't think this place is going to suit me as I have visitors" WTF !!! Can't believe it popped out think I thought she'd say ok then ......she said "no matter" I said "what they can come and go ok and what about cars etc clamp signs" she just said"don't worry it's all fine the cars don't get clamped they're old signs" I said ok cheers ,so your sure ? she just was really nice and said don't worry told her I'd give her a tip and she tried to refuse when I did couple of days later but it was Christmas so I said just treat yourself.
Didn't really work though but didn't lose ,mainly because the room was huge but not at all my style and place filled with contractors so I didn't put the postcode in just answered regular callers and I told them what I'd done on the phone before booking and they laughed at me ,they know me well enough to know it was totally out of character plus they laughed again when they saw the room !! When I left I said "cheers for that I appreciate it she said " no problem and happy Christmas !!! I'm definitely not advising that little sentence that popped out of my mouth but hey just shows ....some really just don't care !!!!
Seriously must start using paragraphs properly I just get in a flow !!!!