Upgrade Me
Went back to LA to do some more work on the Friendster Stacked promo. First stop: get my Pontiac Grand Am or equivalent from Hertz. Well, they were all out of their Pontiac Grand Ams or equivalent, so they offered me some crappy Fort Taurus. I haggled a bit and managed to get a luxury model Hyundai with a sunroof. Hello sunshine! Or smogshine. Take your pick.
After a crazy long work day, I checked in to my hotel room at the classic art-deco Argyle Hotel on Sunset. They told me that my room had been upgraded. This room was almost as big as my pad in SF. Clearly they saw me roll up in my luxury Hyundai and knew that I was a man of means…and possibly even a celebrity.
If I hadn’t been so tired I might have been able to figure out how to parlay my upgraded car and room into some other free stuff, like a star on the Hollywood walk of fame or something.
May 1st, 2005 at 10:45 pm
Ex-squeeze me? Do I detect some SF haughtiness towards the LA region?? How typical!! We are definitely the sunshinier California peoples, welcoming all who look good or have a little bit of cash to spend…