Bill's Notes

[Industrialblog, December 17, 2006]
On the road again
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- Vacation! Had to start a little late -- had to finish up some work on Saturday morning, but by one o'clock I was done and hit the road. Off until Jan. 1! Envy me.

Nondescript trip, lots of traffic, but moving, and finished up about 7 last night. Made a reservation by cell phone on I-95, and I suppose the funniest thing that happened was my talking to an Indian customer service agent about the next Holiday Inn on I-95 south in North Carolina. (I gave up, it would be like my giving her directions from New Delhi to Bombay -- "Uh, you take this red line until it hits the blue one and turn left".)

Anyway, found a serviceable motel and I'm going to get my complimentary breakfast (that I no doubt paid for somehow) now.

Best to all.


Harry (on Firefox) (mail) (www):
You may discover that the management, staff, and phone operators at the Holiday Inn are all Indian. Possibly all with the last name Patel, which is a common name among the innkeeper caste in India. Most of the hotels and motels I have stayed at in the last few years have been owned and managed by people originally from India. So it's entirely possible you were talking to someone local.

It's good when breakfast has nice things to say about you. I also like when my writing paper is stationary.
12.17.2006 10:15am
Bill (mail) (www):
I looked it up. It's the right complimentary :)

Thanks for the info on the Patels. Interesting background and stuff I didn't know.

I also like it when the writing paper doesn't move.
12.18.2006 11:01pm