Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Additional Fees

“Hi, are you checking out?” The young woman asks the man standing in line. “Uh, yes. Yes I am.” He replies while rummaging through his coat for his wallet. The woman types away on her keyboard behind the front desk. The man stealthily places his room keys on the counter.

“Okay, that will be $244 sir.”

The man goes pale while taking a step back, “Excuse me?? Are you serious. I already paid for this room, and on top of that it should be no more than…”

“I understand your complaint sir, but the maids just updated the status of your room.”

 “STATUS OF MY ROOM? What do you mean?” The man rest both his forearms on the counter with a look of disgust.

“It says her that they suspected you bringing a dog into your room, when it clearly states that we carry a no-pet policy, sir.”

He looks up with a silly laugh, “Look, I never brought a dog to my room – hell, I don’t even have a dog to put in my room. What is giving the maids the idea that I brought a dog into the room?”

“They smelt urine in the bathroom, sir.”
The man mouths the words ‘urine-in-the-bathroom’ to himself silently. “It’s a bathroom…”

“They found it in the shower, sir.”

The man stops himself from continuing with his rage speech and thinks to himself while the woman at the front desk continues typing.

“Well…there might have been…”

“Sir, are you saying that you did or did not have a dog?”

The man suddenly looks behind sees just how much the line has grown. Someone catches his glance and yells out, “C’mon man, hurry up! Just fess up. We’ve all done it before. I got a plane to catch.”

He turns back around and leans in while speaking under his breath, “…I uhh….did it.”

“I’m sorry sir, what was that?”

“There was no dog, please waive the charges because….I did it.”

“Sir, you’re going to have to….”

“I DID IT! I WENT IN THE SHOWER, ALRIGHT?” The man abruptly shouts out to the line behind him. The woman at the desk behind him leans in, “Sir, are you alright? You don’t need to yell.”