
gran rey de los mono |
I generally don't change the price very often. It's my way of saying I don't haggle. One of the few times I'll adjust the price is if I just really don't want to sell the room for some reason (usually because the person reeks of cigarettes/weed/alcohol/etc...) so I raise the price to try and get them to go somewhere else. If it works, great. If not, well, at least they had to pay more.

gran rey de los mono |
Are you saying that someone stopped when they didn't have a stop sign? Because that's the opposite of what I usually see happen.
To be fair to them, they might not have known the area and were looking for a street sign to see if that was where they wanted to turn. Some people don't use GPS, and sometimes GPS just doesn't work.

Limeylongears |
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Anyone around ever read Eric or Melnibone? it's the series the blue oyster cult song: Black Blade was based on. I've been thinking about giving it a try.
Make sure to give yourself a read of Elric - it's grand, grand stuff, and the stories are nice and short and snappy, so no Wheel Of Time-style doorstops.
Elric is a bit of a whiny nob, but you don't need to pay any attention to that to enjoy the tales.
The Corum and Hawkmoon books (by the same author, Michael Moorcock) are also well worth your time.

gran rey de los mono |
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Had a guy walk in a little while ago, looking for room. We have lots, and our rate is really low tonight. But, he parked in a handicap spot to come in and talk to me, when he clearly wasn't (yes, there could have been someone in the car who was, but since he moved the car eventually and didn't ask for a handicap room, I doubt it), and he wasn't wearing a mask. So I quoted a rate $20 higher than what is in the system, hoping he would leave. He didn't. But, he did pay the higher rate, so I guess that's something.

Vidmaster7 |
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Had a guy walk in a little while ago, looking for room. We have lots, and our rate is really low tonight. But, he parked in a handicap spot to come in and talk to me, when he clearly wasn't (yes, there could have been someone in the car who was, but since he moved the car eventually and didn't ask for a handicap room, I doubt it), and he wasn't wearing a mask. So I quoted a rate $20 higher than what is in the system, hoping he would leave. He didn't. But, he did pay the higher rate, so I guess that's something.
It always makes me feel a little better. at least he's out 20 bucks. It's like the A-hole charge.

gran rey de los mono |
We're supposed to be opening our pool and exercise room again soon. I have mixed feelings about that. Bad, because there is no reason for those to be open during a pandemic, especially the pool. Good, because it means that they're bringing back the maintenance guy. Maybe he'll be able to get stuff running properly again. Eventually.

gran rey de los mono |
We've got one PTAC that's completely broke, one that sometimes works, and a couple that are noisy. Probably just need new belts. A couple of squeaky doors that need some oil, which we could do ourselves, but f@!% it. And then pool needs to be brought back to usable. We haven't messed with the chemicals since shut down, but he can probably get that all good in a couple of days, maybe a week.

Petyr Gabryl, Steampowered Bard |
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{reads from tomb clutched in the skeletal remains of a maintenance man:}
"They have taken the front desk… and the dining hall.
We have barred the broken doors… but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes.
Phone calls… phone calls… even in my nightmares.
We cannot get out. Shadows not wearing their required masks move in the dark.
We cannot get out…
They are coming!" -- Vidmaster7, last entry to Book of Mazarbul
{looks up suddenly at hearing drunken skittering nearby}

gran rey de los mono |
{reads from tomb clutched in the skeletal remains of a maintenance man:}
"They have taken the front desk… and the dining hall.
We have barred the broken doors… but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes.
Phone calls… phone calls… even in my nightmares.
We cannot get out. Shadows not wearing their required masks move in the dark.
We cannot get out…
They are coming!" -- Vidmaster7, last entry to Book of Mazarbul{looks up suddenly at hearing drunken skittering nearby}
Did you mean "tome"?