Thursday, July 10, 2003

Remember this? And this?

I’m having to book flights and hotels again. This time things are pretty much set, so I won’t be cancelling anything. However, I got a great phone call yesterday from the Administrative Officer of the PD’s office.

We’re wondering if you could put them up at the [names a specific hotel] rather than the [names another hotel, where the other people happen to be staying already] because hotel #1 has a pool.

Uh huh. Here’s the deal:

1. I’m not your travel agent.

2. These people are not coming here for their vacation. They are witnesses to testify in a trial.

3. The government is not upgrading your hotel so your witnesses can have access to a pool. I don’t care how hot it is.

4. Your witnesses will be booked at the first and cheapest hotel I can find. I seriously doubt hotel #1 will be the place.

So this morning I had a voice mail from her.

I called [hotel #1] and they don’t have any rooms available, so it looks like it’ll be [hotel #2].

Uh huh, if they have any rooms available. It’s summertime and we’re in the town that butts right up to DC. Please see #4 above.

Sheesh.