Monday, September 4, 2017

Kindness and Late Check-Out

“It is the service that we are not obliged to give that people value most.”
~ James Cash Penney

No matter that we get late check-out at hotels – my family and I are generally scrambling to get ourselves out the door even by the extended time.  During a recent weekend away, I was able to secure a late check-out of an additional hour.  As we closed in on the hour, one of us was still showering and the others were rushing to get everything packed up.  I called the Front Desk to see if I could negotiate an additional half an hour.  To to my great surprise and delight, the young woman who answered said, “Don’t worry, take your time.”  I breathed a sigh of relief.  We ended up needing only an additional 15 minutes, but not having to run around breathless was a great gift.

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