I post only to break up the summer wait for football. But I just experienced a Seinfeld episode and thought I could possibly give you a laugh for the day
Three months ago I dreamed of a concert trip with seven other adults to memphis. I actually convinced 7 people to trust me, yes that's super crazy, and I reserved an air bnb and a 12 person passenger van for last Friday thru Avis on Crittenden drive.
I called Avis the Tuesday before to confirm my van reservation. I called them again on Thursday, the day before, to confirm the reservation and showed up promptly at 9 am Friday to pick it up. The first thing I see when I arrive is a sign saying they have no place to leave your car. WTF?!? I am by myself so I have to call everyone else who is waiting for me to have someone come pick my car up adding an hour to the trip time.
I walk in the door and they first tell me the van isn’t ready. I sit there and wait forty minutes, by then three friends have arrived to help pick my car up, when finally the manager comes out and says, Hey, there are no vans in Louisville, sorry, you’re out of luck. WTF!!!!!!!!
She then tells us that instead of helping us find a solution, she’s going back inside to help the next customer and she’ll get back to us. WTF!!!!!!!!! There were already two other CSR’s inside helping and she tells us we have to wait longer! I basically lost it and could no longer speak rationally so the ladies in the group took over.
Surprisingly, I didn’t blow a gasket but easily could have thrown down a vulgar, profanity laced tirade which the likes haven’t been seen since the movie a Christmas Story. but I didn’t I took a deep breath and backed off. Actually impressive, considering.
I even was able to fully use the quote” ANYONE CAN TAKE A RESERVATION (throwing my arms in the air like crazy inflatable wavy arms balloon guy), IT’S HOLDING THE RESERVATION THAT’S THE IMPORTANT PART!!!). it actually felt good to drop that quote. Iconic. my friends I think were actually laughing, in frustration of course.
So the ladies go inside and we end up with two small suv’s at no kind of discounted rate. none. if I had the time I could have gone elsewhere and gotten a cheaper rate. One car was given to us on empty, the other car had alignment issues, And now two people who had to drive to Memphis instead of all of us riding together. Just plain screwed us over.
Thankfully, the band threw down both nights and the annoyance and frustration gave way to boogeying down with friends and like-minded spirits. And to end the story on a good note, I just got Avis to refund everything so the car rental was free. The lesson learned, anyone can take a reservation, but Holding the reservation is actually the most important part. Thank you Seinfeld.
Three months ago I dreamed of a concert trip with seven other adults to memphis. I actually convinced 7 people to trust me, yes that's super crazy, and I reserved an air bnb and a 12 person passenger van for last Friday thru Avis on Crittenden drive.
I called Avis the Tuesday before to confirm my van reservation. I called them again on Thursday, the day before, to confirm the reservation and showed up promptly at 9 am Friday to pick it up. The first thing I see when I arrive is a sign saying they have no place to leave your car. WTF?!? I am by myself so I have to call everyone else who is waiting for me to have someone come pick my car up adding an hour to the trip time.
I walk in the door and they first tell me the van isn’t ready. I sit there and wait forty minutes, by then three friends have arrived to help pick my car up, when finally the manager comes out and says, Hey, there are no vans in Louisville, sorry, you’re out of luck. WTF!!!!!!!!
She then tells us that instead of helping us find a solution, she’s going back inside to help the next customer and she’ll get back to us. WTF!!!!!!!!! There were already two other CSR’s inside helping and she tells us we have to wait longer! I basically lost it and could no longer speak rationally so the ladies in the group took over.
Surprisingly, I didn’t blow a gasket but easily could have thrown down a vulgar, profanity laced tirade which the likes haven’t been seen since the movie a Christmas Story. but I didn’t I took a deep breath and backed off. Actually impressive, considering.
I even was able to fully use the quote” ANYONE CAN TAKE A RESERVATION (throwing my arms in the air like crazy inflatable wavy arms balloon guy), IT’S HOLDING THE RESERVATION THAT’S THE IMPORTANT PART!!!). it actually felt good to drop that quote. Iconic. my friends I think were actually laughing, in frustration of course.
So the ladies go inside and we end up with two small suv’s at no kind of discounted rate. none. if I had the time I could have gone elsewhere and gotten a cheaper rate. One car was given to us on empty, the other car had alignment issues, And now two people who had to drive to Memphis instead of all of us riding together. Just plain screwed us over.
Thankfully, the band threw down both nights and the annoyance and frustration gave way to boogeying down with friends and like-minded spirits. And to end the story on a good note, I just got Avis to refund everything so the car rental was free. The lesson learned, anyone can take a reservation, but Holding the reservation is actually the most important part. Thank you Seinfeld.
