by Dara Harvey
It’s the first of the month and every once in a while a friend will ask me if I want to stay in a hotel with them for a couple days. They get an SSI check on the first of the month and I get my AND on the 3rd, so if it works out those first couple days, I’ll spring for the next two. It’s nice to sleep in a warm soft bed for a couple days, soak in a tub and space out on T.V. every once in a while. Keep in mind there are no strings attached to anyone that I stay with. I make that VERY clear from the beginning.
So this time a friend of mine and I found ourselves pushing our buggies to the Ramada on Colfax. After check in, my friend told me I could hide my cart and all its contents behind the dumpster out back because he had stayed there before and that’s what he had done in the past with no issues or complaints from the hotel staff. I took my valuables up to the room and came downstairs to hide the rest of my belongings. Not a moment went by when the hotel butt-kisser on duty came outside and told me I had to move my cart somewhere else or they would throw it away. Naturally I was frustrated and wasn’t about to leave all my bedding outside the walls for someone to take, so I dragged everything else upstairs to our room.
My friend and I had a relaxing couple of days and decided to check out because funds were running low and I needed to get to the shop and finish some work. I packed up all of my belongings on a hotel cart and found my empty buggy and proceeded to pack up my stuff and get the hell out of there. I hid my packed buggy for about five minutes to return the hotel key and when I came back outside to leave I heard a loud crash and a boom-boom coming from the dumpster area. I looked to see if my cart was gone and low and behold it was!!! I thought to myself, OMFG, they just threw my stuff away.
I ran out back and saw three men hopping into a truck. I ran over to the dumpster and found my friend’s cart and the rest of his belongings inside the dumpster but my cart was nowhere to be found. I was very angry by this time and approached the men and asked them what the hell they did with my stuff. They started laughing and getting all aggressive and defensive about it and then I said, “Hey man, I was a paying customer for two whole days in this overpriced piece of shit hotel and I was JUST checking out and about to leave!!! My buggy wasn’t abandoned and by belongings are NOT junk!! You didn’t have to throw my stuff away!”
They told me they didn't want to see me or my friend around there anymore and told me my cart was behind the dumpster. Geez guys, thanks for the courtesy screw. I grabbed my stuff and left and was thinking to myself the entire time...wow, how pissed off would those guys be if anyone of them were in my shoes and someone decided to be a jerk like that and toss all of their possessions and warmth into the garbage? Guess what Ramada Inn on Colfax, this is my YELP and you suck as a hotel. I give you a one star rating and recommend to other people to find a better place to stay.
So this time a friend of mine and I found ourselves pushing our buggies to the Ramada on Colfax. After check in, my friend told me I could hide my cart and all its contents behind the dumpster out back because he had stayed there before and that’s what he had done in the past with no issues or complaints from the hotel staff. I took my valuables up to the room and came downstairs to hide the rest of my belongings. Not a moment went by when the hotel butt-kisser on duty came outside and told me I had to move my cart somewhere else or they would throw it away. Naturally I was frustrated and wasn’t about to leave all my bedding outside the walls for someone to take, so I dragged everything else upstairs to our room.
My friend and I had a relaxing couple of days and decided to check out because funds were running low and I needed to get to the shop and finish some work. I packed up all of my belongings on a hotel cart and found my empty buggy and proceeded to pack up my stuff and get the hell out of there. I hid my packed buggy for about five minutes to return the hotel key and when I came back outside to leave I heard a loud crash and a boom-boom coming from the dumpster area. I looked to see if my cart was gone and low and behold it was!!! I thought to myself, OMFG, they just threw my stuff away.
I ran out back and saw three men hopping into a truck. I ran over to the dumpster and found my friend’s cart and the rest of his belongings inside the dumpster but my cart was nowhere to be found. I was very angry by this time and approached the men and asked them what the hell they did with my stuff. They started laughing and getting all aggressive and defensive about it and then I said, “Hey man, I was a paying customer for two whole days in this overpriced piece of shit hotel and I was JUST checking out and about to leave!!! My buggy wasn’t abandoned and by belongings are NOT junk!! You didn’t have to throw my stuff away!”
They told me they didn't want to see me or my friend around there anymore and told me my cart was behind the dumpster. Geez guys, thanks for the courtesy screw. I grabbed my stuff and left and was thinking to myself the entire time...wow, how pissed off would those guys be if anyone of them were in my shoes and someone decided to be a jerk like that and toss all of their possessions and warmth into the garbage? Guess what Ramada Inn on Colfax, this is my YELP and you suck as a hotel. I give you a one star rating and recommend to other people to find a better place to stay.
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