3-14-07

Today I learned a number of important things about ordering breakfast room service at the Hilton.

First of all, when you check the "6:30-7:00" box on the card, it does not eliminate the possibility that your breakfast will arrive at, say, 6:27.

Second, the breakfast is not delivered (as I had naively hoped) Fed-Ex style. They do not knock on your door, put the tray down, and walk away. They keep knocking -- once, twice, three times if necessary -- until you answer.

Third, your breakfast will be personally handed to you by an extremely well-dressed, extremely professional-looking woman. It is therefore inadvisable to answer the door in your underwear.

Fourth, it is really hard to print your name, sign your name, calculate a tip, and add the tip to the original amount, in your underwear, having just woken up, with an extremely well-dressed, extremely professional-looking woman watching you.

On the plus side, you don't know if she's hot or not. She's kind of blurry all around because you're not wearing any glasses.