The Redemption Tour - the report
One of George Carlin’s Basic Rules of Insult Comedy: it’s alright to rag on your own kind.
Re the use of the word appalling in your complaint letter: that's a GREAT word, and highly effective for some reason. Probably best said aloud with a British accent, like the word rubbish.
Thanks for the entertaining report.
Re the use of the word appalling in your complaint letter: that's a GREAT word, and highly effective for some reason. Probably best said aloud with a British accent, like the word rubbish.
Thanks for the entertaining report.
When we come to place where the sea and the sky collide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
I'm exhausted but loved it!! What an adventure complete with puke and all!! My trips are pretty dull compared to yours (but dull is good at my age). Now I need to read the unedited version to relive the agony and the ecstasy all over again in living color LOVE IT!! LOVE IT!! LOVE IT!!
I especially loved the Vinnie story. There are even more Vinnie's around during high season which is another reason that we usually avoid high season. That crowd is fun to watch if you're not within ear-shot of them. The cruse ship ladies with the high healed sandals and big hair crack me up! They are just one more reason reason to NEVER ever go on a cruise.
I especially loved the Vinnie story. There are even more Vinnie's around during high season which is another reason that we usually avoid high season. That crowd is fun to watch if you're not within ear-shot of them. The cruse ship ladies with the high healed sandals and big hair crack me up! They are just one more reason reason to NEVER ever go on a cruise.
Hysterical...loved every minute of it. Started this morning, finished tonight!
My father drank Schaefer like it was going out of style (oh, that's right, it did). He passed away last December. Shitty as it may be, I'd drink a Schaefer with you any day!
GREAT trip report....thanks for sharing
My father drank Schaefer like it was going out of style (oh, that's right, it did). He passed away last December. Shitty as it may be, I'd drink a Schaefer with you any day!
GREAT trip report....thanks for sharing
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WOW Pipanale, you oughta write a book or do a weekly newspaper column! I read the whole thing through, with beer in hand, and enjoyed every word. What great memories TheKid will have. You're lucky the two of you could do the trip with her.
Now I have to put down the beer and pick up a pen, go back and re-read your story and write down all the highlights of your trip so I can do some of the same things next time I'm there.
Thanks again for a great read.
Nancie
Now I have to put down the beer and pick up a pen, go back and re-read your story and write down all the highlights of your trip so I can do some of the same things next time I'm there.
Thanks again for a great read.
Nancie
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What a fun read!
My boys are begging for dinner and I just keep saying "Just a few more minutes . . . I'm almost done . . . . wait . . . gotta finish the Marriott letter . . . hold on . . . give me a break and make your own d@mn dinner!!"
Thanks for the wild trip Pip! Glad it all worked out in the end~
My boys are begging for dinner and I just keep saying "Just a few more minutes . . . I'm almost done . . . . wait . . . gotta finish the Marriott letter . . . hold on . . . give me a break and make your own d@mn dinner!!"
Thanks for the wild trip Pip! Glad it all worked out in the end~
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Thank you...I wanted to make sure I used all the right words when writing to them. they key, as I've learned, to hotel complaints is to remain so calm and firm that you scare the desk staff to death.jmq wrote:Re the use of the word appalling in your complaint letter: that's a GREAT word, and highly effective for some reason. Probably best said aloud with a British accent, like the word rubbish.
If I'd gone there and screamed, I'd not have gotten the same resolution. I feel the key was stressing my disappointment and loss of confidence in the brand. that stuff is HUGE to people. That's a comment they would NEVER take lightly. And a scan of my file would show my 200+ nights on Marriott properties in the past 4 years. they know that I know the brand.
By the way...did I mention that they wrote back and gave me all 85,000 points? Know how many points that is? A metric crapload. That's how many