Racist.
Seriously. I called on behalf of a nice couple who needed a roof over their heads for the night. They were Muslim, and wore their faith on the outside, evidenced by their respective traditional head coverings.
When talking to me over the phone, the desk guy was nice enough, told me he had a vacancy, and that the total price after taxes was $75.
And then we showed up 30 minutes later.
"No, there is one room and it has a bad smell. We cannot rent it because you will be asking for your money back and I will not do this!"
It was the dumbest excuse ever. You're suggesting that they're going to con you, after paying cash, for their cash back, for complaining about something they just found out about from you?
He immediately started grabbing No Vacancy signs and haplessly posting them all over the doors and windows. He just got angrier with each successive attempt to reason with him.
How oddly convenient that you just ran out of rooms... on a Monday night.
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