I politely asked reception if they would be kind enough to phone my home airfield and ask if all was now well and offering to pay for the call. I got a blank refusal from an extremely stroppy receptionist.
[Rant]Not just in this context, but generally: I'm simply amazed that anyone could refuse such a simple, and effectively costless, courtesy. I know that people do, but can't understand why.
Reading some of the earlier posts in this thread, I'm also struck by the attitude of some of the experiences and comments that I would summarise as: "if there's no immediate benefit to me, why should I behave kindly to you?"
Perhaps if those subscribing to such a view were to have a flat tyre on a rainy Friday evening at the side of a busy motorway, they might wish heartily to meet someone who doesn't agree with it......
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Ah, that feels better!
