[ont.general] New Years spirit at the Chateau Laurier

chuck@bnr-di.UUCP (Charles Shnider) (01/02/89)

We had the usual 2+ hour wait for a cab home from downtown Ottawa on
New Years.  I was not at all impressed by the employees of the Chateau
Laurier that decided that they would rather let polite people freeze
outside than let them pop into the lobby to warm up a bit.  I say these
people have no goodwill or public relations savvy.  I would have gladly
been kicked out if there was even a single person there who was the 
least bit rowdy but everyone was just waiting calmy for cabs.  There
will never be enough cabs on New Years Eve; but it really burns me 
when people insist on making a bad situation worse.  Did anyone else
run into anything similar?  May we should make a list of places to 
avoid staying.          

--cs

Chuck Shnider
Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
(I froze for these opinions, so they're all mine)