Most awkward hotel check in ever

I had been in airport world for 12 hours and then had to drive two hours in a beat up rental car to a hotel in wine country in California. Back home I would’ve been in bed for a few hours already.

I was tired and in need of a shower.

I almost told the young woman behind the front desk, “Good morning,” when I pushed my way in through the front door. I hoped she would just throw me the key to my room and I could go and collapse on the bed.

Instead she was chipper.The kind of chipper that exhaustion doesn’t like. The kind that just reminds you of how tired you are. We went through the motions–the credit card for incidentals, the complimentary breakfast instructions–and then things got awkward.

“You are in room 19,” she said. “That’s one of my favorites.”

Awkward silence.

 
4 comments
Stinger Contos says:

Favorie Room?!?!?!?!? Once you are inside don’t they all look the same?

Becki says:

She wasn’t very observant. The one time I could have had a really disastrous motel check-in, I didn’t because the clerk was observant. I had been up all night waiting for my husband to get out of surgery, and was trying to check in at 6 a.m. The motel clerk did a great job of taking care of everything quickly (especially as I didn’t have a reservation), took a look at my face, and said “breakfast is being served now but I don’t think you’re interested in that.” I did smile, took my key, and crashed in my room. I don’t think they even charged me for that first “night”.

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