Welcome to my world.

routejumper · Mar 16, 2009

Ever been surprised naked in a motel room by a maid who doesn't knock? Been injured in the process? Want to file lawsuit? Made to feel bad about it later?

Welcome to my world.

Friggin' truck is broke down, I'm in where-the-hell-am-I Tennessee, when I should be on hometime with family in Jersey. I'm at sink, preparing to shower. Shower door is behind me. I drop towel, turn around, front door opens up, cute hispanic lady screams, I scream. I reach out to close door, she pulls door closed, hard, on my fingers. Now I really scream, thinking I got 2 broken digits. I get dressed one-handed, go to front desk. Manager man will come to my room to fill out report in case I have to go to hospital. I cross lobby, open door to staircase, and then stop in my tracks, hearing 2 voices, three flights up.
1st voice: "You opened the door, saw him naked, then broke his hand??"
2nd voice: "Yes."
1st voice: "Who?"
2nd voice "The hot trucker in 218."
(Me, thinking: Never been called "hot" in my life. She must need glasses, which would explain misssing the "Do Not Disturb" sign.)
1st voice: "Now what?"
2nd voice: "I'll probably get fired if the motel gets a hospital bill, which really sucks because my parents were laid off at the factory last week, and we need my job just to eat."
(Me, thinking: AAAWWWW SHIIITTTT!)
I leave stairwell, cross lobby to use elevator. Stop at ice machine to get 2 buckets of ice. 1 for the hand, 1 for the vodka, to hell with the shower. Head and hand should be throbbing by the time manager man shows up.

Anyone want to trade lives with me?

DougTravels · Mar 16, 2009

Great Story- you could invite her up for some vodka after her shift. She does think your hot.

ATeam · Mar 16, 2009

routejumper said:
Ever been surprised naked in a motel room by a maid who doesn't knock?

Brother, I feel your pain. That happens to me ALL the time! It gets old after a while, doesn't it?

highway star · Mar 16, 2009

I'm wondering if you were meant to hear the conversation. Appealing to your compassionate side for damage control.

And, you may be hotter than you think. Why, just a couple of weeks ago I was at a Hooters having a healthy supper of wings and beer, and I was informed that I'm a "sweetheart". Who knew!??!

pelicn · Mar 16, 2009

Ummm....snicker....giggle....guffaw!! Sorry, Route I can see this was painful...How's the hand?

routejumper · Mar 16, 2009

pelicn,

I called my sister, who's a sports-injury rehab therapist and she told me to do this, that, and the other thing with my hand and fingers, and give her a rating of pain from 1 to 10. Then she told me to go to sleep, call her in the morning, and we did the routine again. According to her, and I think she's right, no bones were broken, and the swelling went down drastically after sleeping for 8 hours with my hand in an ice bag contraption. I never went to the hospital. Of course the bed was wet from all the ice so I had to take the "do not disturb sign " off the door and guess what? Same maid shows up to change the wet sheets, etc. She apologized profusely, I told her to relax, accidents happen, I'm not going to the hospital, and I will talk to manager again and ask him not to penalize her in any way, which I did.

My hand still hurts a little, and the manager gave me a free night's stay (saved $55). He told me the maid's job is safe, and I drank too much that night.

My daughter thought this was hysterical, hadn't heard her laugh like that in a long while.

moose · Mar 16, 2009

highway star said:
I'm wondering if you were meant to hear the conversation. Appealing to your compassionate side for damage control.

And, you may be hotter than you think. Why, just a couple of weeks ago I was at a Hooters having a healthy supper of wings and beer, and I was informed that I'm a "sweetheart". Who knew!??!

They work on Tips ....

Moose.

moose · Mar 16, 2009

Hey , RJ , Look on the bright side ,
at least she got the fingers ...
and not...

Moose.

Humble2drive · Mar 16, 2009

In order to determine if legal action should be taken, a cost analysis needs to be done. I have experience and can help with that:

Cost of embarassment . . . . . . . . . $50.00

Cost of medical treatment . . . . . . .$600.00

Value of cute hispanic woman
saying your "hot" . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priceless!

It looks like you have no basis for a lawsuit, you have already received ample compensation.

Streakn1 · Mar 17, 2009

ATeam said:
That happens to me ALL the time!

Gee, I thought the object in the big sleeper was not to have to get a motel room all of the time. The exception being during a breakdown.

We are happy with the money we have saved on motel rooms since purchasing our large sleeper back in June of 2007. Prior to that we were spending an average of $5000.00 per year just to get out of the small sleeper on the weekends. To date we have been fortunate enough to only require a motel room twice and have no desire for one otherwise.

TeamCaffee · Mar 17, 2009

routejumper great post! Had to laugh out loud reading it and your predicament!

Glad the fingers are not broke!

MCBuggyCo · Mar 17, 2009

I did have the front desk clerk once make a duplicate of my key and send a couple to my room but fortunately I was dressed and they did not hit me with the door. They apologized and we all had a laugh. I did not get a free stay, however.