I recently took a business trip to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Because Cheyenne is an old western town I decided to go with this theme and instead of staying in the usual Hilton hotel that I would be adventurous and stay at The Plains Inn Hotel in downtown Cheyenne. This seemingly charming hotel is an old western hotel and a historical landmark. An adventure it was! The hallways to the guest rooms look nothing short of the hotel in The Shining. I expected the twin girls to show up every time I walked down the hall to my room. I decided to eat in the hotel restaurant. I sat up at the bar and a very pleasant young woman waited on me. I asked her to see the wine list. She proceed to point to a variety of Barefoot Winery blends of wine. They had it all, Cab, Merlot, Pinot Grigo, Moscato, Chardonnay all in large jugs displayed with pride. I asked her if there was something else she could offer me? She gets a serious look on her face and tells me she will be right back. A few minutes later she returns with what she refers to as the "high end" wine. It was a Coppola Cabernet that I happen to know retails for around $12.00 a bottle. I tell her, "Good enough." She opens the bottle with care and pours a sample for me to taste. So I indulge her and take a taste. "Pour away!" I say. I drink my wine with my dinner and ask for the bill. When the bill is presented to me I noticed I was charged $11.00 for this "very special" wine! The Barefoot was $2.00 a glass. Maybe I should have choked that down instead!
The adventure continues................
The next morning I get up to start my day of visiting clients. I turn on the shower and the water is cold and barely coming out of the shower head. I'm already undressed and do not have time to call the front desk to address this issue. So I decided to power through. I have long hair. The minute I get shampoo lathered in my hair the water shuts off. I desperately play with the faucet, handles whatever I could to get the water on without success. I jump out and go to the sink to try and rinse my hair out. I'm not sure how to describe this old bathroom sink other then to say I could barely get my head underneath the faucet. As soon as I get my hair rinsed the shower comes back on spitting cold water out. I jump back in and proceed with putting conditioner in my hair. Once again, the water turns off. I return to the sink to rinse out my hair. You guessed it. The second I get my hair rinsed out the shower turns back on. I take another chance and jump back in to finish my shower. This time it provides enough freezing cold water to finish my shower. I was just about to jump out when the shower head finally provides a steady stream of warm water. As I was checking out I complained to the front desk clerk who was a very polite young man about the shower experience. His response to me was as follows. "Mam, you're on the fourth floor and it takes about 20 minutes for the water to reach you." I couldn't help but think that if there were a fire in the building would it take 20 minutes for the water to reach the sprinkler system on the fourth floor?
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