Stupid Guest Tricks

Zazu wrote:When we went to South Africa a few years ago, I had bags with the blue Mickey Mouse print, and SWMBO had bags with the orange Tigger print. The South Africans are a very direct culture, and our driver said, "That's some really ugly luggage you have there. I'd never buy anything that looked like that."

"Did you have any trouble finding it among all the black bags?" I asked.

After a half-second's pause, he replied, "That's some really distinctive luggage you have there. I need to buy some that stands out like that."

Ever the good-will ambassador!!!

Ah, yes, service like that is what makes travel such a pleasure, after all.

We were in the Hartford CT airport last year and there was a space on the wall with a sign beneath that said "Courtesy Phone."

There was no phone, just a wall jack, empty.

My husband took a pic with his phone (sadly it got deleted somehow) and said "this sums up the travel industry these days, in a nutshell."

No phone above the courtesy phone sign. Yup. That's about right.

Zazu wrote:When we went to South Africa a few years ago, I had bags with the blue Mickey Mouse print, and SWMBO had bags with the orange Tigger print. The South Africans are a very direct culture, and our driver said, "That's some really ugly luggage you have there. I'd never buy anything that looked like that."

"Did you have any trouble finding it among all the black bags?" I asked.

After a half-second's pause, he replied, "That's some really distinctive luggage you have there. I need to buy some that stands out like that."

That's Funny! But What, there are no bags with your picture on them? :zazu: Scandal!

Whazzup wrote:Oh yeah? Try going on a Disney cruise - you will see multitudes of red (and other color) Mickey luggage in the baggage area! Everyone wants to use Mickey luggage when they are going to WDW or DCL, I guess. We have to attach LGMHPC (Lime Green Mickey Head Paint Chips) or some other identifying object to our red Mickey luggage in order to find it.

That's an awesome idea! We typically do colored yarn or ribbons, but I may have to raid my local Lowe's before the next trip!

Here's the luggage I want, sold by the Barbershop Harmony Society:


No mistaking these! I dropped hints for them last Christmas with my relatives, but it didn't work.

BRWombat wrote:That's an awesome idea! We typically do colored yarn or ribbons, but I may have to raid my local Lowe's before the next trip!

Here's the luggage I want, sold by the Barbershop Harmony Society:


No mistaking these! I dropped hints for them last Christmas with my relatives, but it didn't work.

Cool!

Zazu wrote:"Did you have any trouble finding it among all the black bags?" I asked.

After a half-second's pause, he replied, "That's some really distinctive luggage you have there. I need to buy some that stands out like that."

I picked up a yellow ABS suitcase in Seoul, Korea. That baby was blast-proof and very easy to find on the carousels.

BRWombat wrote:That's an awesome idea! We typically do colored yarn or ribbons, but I may have to raid my local Lowe's before the next trip!

Here's the luggage I want, sold by the Barbershop Harmony Society:


No mistaking these! I dropped hints for them last Christmas with my relatives, but it didn't work.

Wow - those are great!! Love the design.
Oh - it's Home Depot for the LGMHPCs, not Lowe's. However, some Home Depots have caught on to the fact that their LGMHPCs are disappearing at a high rate, so you have to be sneaky if you take more than one or two. ;)

It looks like the sheet music for a Christmas concert exploded all over it.

hobie16 wrote:I picked up a yellow ABS suitcase in Seoul, Korea. That baby was blast-proof and very easy to find on the carousels.

DW and I were in Boston on some family business, and needed an extra suitcase to get some family stuff home. We went over to Fileenes (sp) basement and got a hard sided cheapo case in RED. We got hooked as it was Sooo easy to spot. and dont care if it gets scuffed up!! I went on the web and found the same model, with a COW print!! Nedless to say, DW won't let me get it, as we also have some more expensive luggage she got me, when I travelled a lot!!

hobie16 wrote:I picked up a yellow ABS suitcase in Seoul, Korea. That baby was blast-proof and very easy to find on the carousels.

Back when I was working in hotels, I loved it when the Japanese came to stay with us. Their luggage was always very easy to stack in the back of the airport shuttle.