Oh yes, be courteous to hotel/restaurant staff! I'd like to think that goes without saying, but... Sadly, it doesn't. When I was in college, I reserved two rooms in my name for a big group of us. At check-out time, I did my OCD check of both rooms, just to make sure no one had left anything. I hadn't been in the other room before since the first day.
I was mortified. The other group had left a mess. There was garbage from meals they'd brought in, and for a tip they had left in a heap all the change they had. Canadian coins were neatly on top of the pile--and this con was in Chicago. It wasn't as if the staff was going to slip over the border to spend them. I only had a few minutes to clean it up. I managed to get up a little of the trash. I took the Canadian coins myself and tossed a small bill or two on the pile; it was all the cash I had left. The pile of coins was big enough that I could hope it was worth the staff's while--but I had to think it was just plain insulting to them. (I never took a second room again. My friends were all in the one room with me, and these were friends of friends.... In retrospect, it was stupid, and I should just be glad they didn't do actual damage for which I'd have been liable. But I was young and foolish then.)
Thanks for telling me about Jason Momoa. Good to know in case of future cons with Small Child. I might have suspected anyway--I've heard from several people that he puts away a fair amount of beer before and during panels and autograph sessions! Chris Judge and Michael Shanks were fine for the cons we attended, but I heard about another one where Chris started cussing, then said he'd give a dollar to every kid in the audience each time he did it again, and he did it at least twice more. He did pay up, though! (I can only imagine that my child would gladly relieve him of his money and then later say, "Ooh, Mom, did you hear what he said?", but he did nothing of the sort at the Vulkon we attended.)
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Date: 2009-07-21 12:55 am (UTC)Sadly, it doesn't. When I was in college, I reserved two rooms in my name for a big group of us. At check-out time, I did my OCD check of both rooms, just to make sure no one had left anything. I hadn't been in the other room before since the first day.
I was mortified. The other group had left a mess. There was garbage from meals they'd brought in, and for a tip they had left in a heap all the change they had. Canadian coins were neatly on top of the pile--and this con was in Chicago. It wasn't as if the staff was going to slip over the border to spend them. I only had a few minutes to clean it up. I managed to get up a little of the trash. I took the Canadian coins myself and tossed a small bill or two on the pile; it was all the cash I had left. The pile of coins was big enough that I could hope it was worth the staff's while--but I had to think it was just plain insulting to them. (I never took a second room again. My friends were all in the one room with me, and these were friends of friends.... In retrospect, it was stupid, and I should just be glad they didn't do actual damage for which I'd have been liable. But I was young and foolish then.)
Thanks for telling me about Jason Momoa. Good to know in case of future cons with Small Child. I might have suspected anyway--I've heard from several people that he puts away a fair amount of beer before and during panels and autograph sessions! Chris Judge and Michael Shanks were fine for the cons we attended, but I heard about another one where Chris started cussing, then said he'd give a dollar to every kid in the audience each time he did it again, and he did it at least twice more. He did pay up, though! (I can only imagine that my child would gladly relieve him of his money and then later say, "Ooh, Mom, did you hear what he said?", but he did nothing of the sort at the Vulkon we attended.)