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At least they acknowledge your existence. The rest of this country gets bundled together as "the south" or "flyover states". Really, the term "flyover state" is incredibly insulting, and Matt Lauer uses it on the Today Show like it's perfectly acceptable.
American geography as taught to me by American television: you've got New York in the "tristate area", you've got Washington DC, there's "cold northern place" usually represented by Washington state, there's California (made up solely of San Fransisco and Los Angeles), Texas (desert and oil), Florida (only made up of beaches and Disney World)...Hmmm...Oh, I think some shows are in "random other city", usually called "Chicago". And occasionally people will go on holidays, which is always Hawaii. And the "deep south", right. Bible-belt-idiot-creationist-zealot-country. That's usually called either "Mississippi" or "South Carolina".
that's all there is to your country, right?
Thanks to a couple other desk guys heading out of town, I wound up on the afternoon shift yesterday.
A guest who has been here for a week or so has his dog with him. A boxer. Beautiful, happy dog. A dog that can open doors. As I found out when he showed up at the lobby door with no leash and no master. He came right into the lobby when I opened the door, but idiot me, I thought I could direct him back to the room without a leash.
That's when the dog decided it was PLAYTIME! The game was Dodge the Desk Clerk. For a good 20 minutes I chased that dog around the parking lot while he bounced, weaved, juked, and stayed just out of reach. I swear that dog was going neener neener neener at me the entire time. After a while, and with the help of a couple of very patient guests, the dog went back into the lobby and I got the leash on him and I half led and was half dragged back to his room. I unhooked the leash and CLOSED THE DOOR.
Not a minute after I was back behind the desk, the dog was back at the lobby door.
This time I just kept him in the lobby while I process the backlog of guests. After about ten minutes, the owner came back from dinner to collect his dog.
A guest who has been here for a week or so has his dog with him. A boxer. Beautiful, happy dog. A dog that can open doors. As I found out when he showed up at the lobby door with no leash and no master. He came right into the lobby when I opened the door, but idiot me, I thought I could direct him back to the room without a leash.
That's when the dog decided it was PLAYTIME! The game was Dodge the Desk Clerk. For a good 20 minutes I chased that dog around the parking lot while he bounced, weaved, juked, and stayed just out of reach. I swear that dog was going neener neener neener at me the entire time. After a while, and with the help of a couple of very patient guests, the dog went back into the lobby and I got the leash on him and I half led and was half dragged back to his room. I unhooked the leash and CLOSED THE DOOR.
Not a minute after I was back behind the desk, the dog was back at the lobby door.
This time I just kept him in the lobby while I process the backlog of guests. After about ten minutes, the owner came back from dinner to collect his dog.
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Hey, you could work in Hollywood. Or any of our national news channels. No wait. Your geographical knowledge it too advanced.American geography as taught to me by American television: you've got New York in the "tristate area", you've got Washington DC, there's "cold northern place" usually represented by Washington state, there's California (made up solely of San Fransisco and Los Angeles), Texas (desert and oil), Florida (only made up of beaches and Disney World)...Hmmm...Oh, I think some shows are in "random other city", usually called "Chicago". And occasionally people will go on holidays, which is always Hawaii. And the "deep south", right. Bible-belt-idiot-creationist-zealot-country. That's usually called either "Mississippi" or "South Carolina".
that's all there is to your country, right?
You missed "Outdoor Adventure" that is Arizona and the Grand Canyon, nobody actually lives there and there are no cities, just a giant rocky trench with a river in it, and Indians.American geography as taught to me by American television: you've got New York in the "tristate area", you've got Washington DC, there's "cold northern place" usually represented by Washington state, there's California (made up solely of San Fransisco and Los Angeles), Texas (desert and oil), Florida (only made up of beaches and Disney World)...Hmmm...Oh, I think some shows are in "random other city", usually called "Chicago". And occasionally people will go on holidays, which is always Hawaii. And the "deep south", right. Bible-belt-idiot-creationist-zealot-country. That's usually called either "Mississippi" or "South Carolina".
that's all there is to your country, right?
Now try watching ESPN. There are no sports teams in the off-season than the Yankees and Red Sox, Eagles (maybe the Jets) and Patriots, Lakers and Magic...
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SeraRelm
And Pennsylvania is full of zombies and Philadelphia (west, to be precise, where they were born and raised)
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makare
Actually I am quite happy that most of the country just flies over us >.>
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SeraRelm
Apparently I'm awesome, but because the store isn't, I get my review based on that instead.
Yay team...
Yay team...
That fucking sucks.
So, in all the everything that happened today, I forgot to mention that I managed to transfer OC spray from my hand to my... equipment. Didn't realise I still had it on my hand until I was already making my head call.
There is no pain quite so exquisite... I could have cried....
There is no pain quite so exquisite... I could have cried....
I feel your pain, brother. I cough just thinking about the times I caught a whiff of that stuff.
So I check Stub Hub for tickets for today's Pirates-Mets game. I see 2 right behind home plate for $15 each. Cool! I call a friend to see about going. No answer, so I leave a message. Ten minutes later I decide to go ahead and get those tickets anyway just in case. Now there's nothing left. Wha? I check in Firefox thinking Chrome is borked again. Nothing available.
Only then do I see it's a 12:35pm start. It is currently 10:55am, and I'm 75 miles away with a big list of chores to do just to be ready to head out the door. Go me.
Only then do I see it's a 12:35pm start. It is currently 10:55am, and I'm 75 miles away with a big list of chores to do just to be ready to head out the door. Go me.
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SeraRelm
To be fair, that's not a loss. You didn't waste $30 on something you wouldn't have been able to attend.
Also pirates suck/mets suck.
Also pirates suck/mets suck.
I dated an idiot who found my purse-sized pepper spray bottle in my nightstand and thought it was breath spray. Thankfully he didn't spray it in his mouth. He accidentlly sprayed it on my bedroom wall before he got a chance to do that. Dummy.
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SeraRelm
Would have been funnier if...
"What is this, spray lube?"
A cop friend of mine locally. has a desk next to the restroom. Whenever the department has OC training, they don't remind the rookies to wash their hands BEFORE using the restroom... He found too much joy in their screams of agony.
now that is tacky.
Naw... he seemed to have a good hold on the situation
Oh, that is like the 14 year old boy that took Viagra. He was admitted to the Emergency Room with Third Degree Burns...
to his hands.
GasBandit
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It's funny to see how much the bullshit artists in my industry fear the light of transparency. Though, in this case, I can see why - if they're forced to flat out put their political rates on their website where anybody can see them, not only does it give their competition ammo, it makes every last one of their non-political customers VERY unhappy because, by federal law, what we would normally sell to McDonald's for 50 bucks a pop we HAVE to give to "John Jackson for Local Office" for the lowest price we've ever given anyone in that slot before, even if it was a loss leader to get them to commit to a bigger deal elsewhere. Like, $15. Or, for instance, if we give a local bar a discount and his spots go for $20 a pop because he spends 2 grand a month every month like clockwork, we have to give THAT rate to every single political candidate who wants it, no matter how much or little they want to buy. Which, again, goes on that website, where the $40 and up clients can see it and start demanding discounts too.