tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post4335846453150592245..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: the fawlty codeHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-58195293675240546432007-10-10T20:44:00.000+00:002007-10-10T20:44:00.000+00:00saif, I was going to respond to your comment in th...saif, I was going to respond to your comment in the comments, but perhaps I should put further developments in the main postHelen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-38339611141293637142007-10-10T18:40:00.000+00:002007-10-10T18:40:00.000+00:00I have spent two days trying to decide whether I s...I have spent two days trying to decide whether I should book a week's tour in Morocco in December and I'm already looking for alternatives!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-57456655765417757752007-10-10T13:45:00.000+00:002007-10-10T13:45:00.000+00:00aieee, ja, downside(s) of Morrocco... sounds very...aieee, ja, downside(s) of Morrocco... sounds very familiar, that Alice in Wonderland logic playing out around you, very different way of operating. I was never really able to relax - there was a constant tension in the air..."Post-Google" by TAR ART RAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164248659631146885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-22122625226721353642007-10-10T12:15:00.000+00:002007-10-10T12:15:00.000+00:00anon. I wasn't afraid anyone would do anything, ce...anon. I wasn't afraid anyone would do anything, certainly not that the police would cause problems, I just thought it would be a nuisance to wait around for the police to turn up. It seemed simpler to go back to the hotel and talk than wait for the police and then go back and talk. <BR/><BR/>My impression is that the management of the hotel did think money was a personhood currency. One thing they might have done was see the room they had rented out as a sunk cost; they had 500 dirhams on it and could move on. Another thing they might have wanted was to try to extort extra money for the room, whether by intimidation or other means. Neither of these seemed to be what they wanted. What they wanted, somewhat oddly, was to haul a departing visitor back to the hotel so that they could explain that it was unacceptable just to leave the money on the counter and walk out without explaining, insist that the receptionist was not responsible for making clear the terms on which a room was offered, and so on and so forth.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-26551382919399504682007-10-10T00:26:00.000+00:002007-10-10T00:26:00.000+00:00But helen, I don't understand--money is not a pers...But helen, I don't understand--money is not a personhood currency, you should not feel bad you should just pay what you want and move on. You should not be afraid of the police because they won't hit you in all liklihood if you are an adult woman and if you are american and right in the argument. Just pay what you feel is the right price and leave, and as they are trying to talk to you yell a little and make a scene, it is one of the only good things about being a girl--in most cases and cultures (virtually all aside IL) people won't hit you. I don't really understand what is the bigger problem, maybe if you can explain.do you think they will hit you?(i have not been to that country but many of my friends grew up there---still maybe i don't know an important fact?) Thank you!<BR/>smbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-15578045799900676842007-10-09T20:27:00.000+00:002007-10-09T20:27:00.000+00:00I have a colleague with whom my dealings have alwa...I have a colleague with whom my dealings have always been helpfully colored by my more-than-subliminal awareness that he basically IS Archdeacon Grantly from Barchester Towers and The Warden.<BR/><BR/>(I am sorry your hotel stays were so troublesome, but it is definitely economical to make judgments about people in this way. It is the technique Agatha Christie--annoyingly--associates with Miss Marple, who is always reminded of some character in St. Mary's Mead--you know, the mechanic's boy who jilted the baker's daughter, or whatever. But your way is better!)Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.com