Wednesday, July 21, 2010

"You've been checked out"

Well it’s been forever since I’ve written something, per my many request (cough) Angeles ;) leads me to here.

Let’s start with:

"I'm sorry but you've been checked out of our Hotel by your husband, Mr. Maldonado"

Background:

My work requires me to fly into Utah twice a year for a week for Faculty meetings and training. So my trip starts out like this:

--Agenda Tuesday, July 13, 2010--


  • · 5:00am Wake up, brush teeth, shower (a must) a get ready
    · 6:00am Dad picks me up to drive me to airport
    · 6:30am Arrive wait in line of 300 people*

o Wait wait wait, sorry miss, but you need to come with me!


  • § Um okay- why? Random security search

  • · MY MIND ( yeah right, my random my ass )

o Here I am thinking badly of this poor oversized woman that could probably eat me for breakfast

o She leans in and whispers hands up please,
· SCARED!!!

o Okay, she wipes my hands with some weird machine and says you’re all done you can cut in front of all wink*


· Creep y but hey I’m in front of every YAY


  • · 7:00am Waiting

  • · 7:30am Boarding flight
  • · 10:30am Arrive in Salt lake (time difference it wasn’t a long flight)
  • 11:00am Arrive at hotel check in, change for meeting at 12pm
  • 11:45am Walk my happy self down to the meeting and to my surprise I’m sorry but all the meeting today are for Managers only, did you not get the email sent a week ago!
  • o WHAT THE SMOKES NO I did not!
  • o If I knew that I wouldn’t woken up at 5 freaking am made my poor dad travel my way and pick me up rushed to get ready in my suit, and this is the part I strangle her
    § All in my mind of course
  • · 12:00pm – 1:00am
    o Bath
    o Watch TV
    o Room service
    o Sleep
    o More sleep
    o Open window
    o Close window
  • · OH YES do not forget in UTAH it doesn’t turn night until 945 freaking pm yeah so that sucks can’t sleep till 1am!

So that was my 1st day there, the week goes by and come Friday, in a meeting and my feet hurt so I run to my room to change shoes but my room Key doesn’t work!? Hmm I see the maid and she says this room changed been check out, I said how I am here till Saturday and walks away, Then this follows:

1. Ring Ring: Hi Yes I am in room xxx and my key does not work oh yeah that’s cause you checked out? Hmm there some be some mistake let me go down there
2. Walk walk walk


3. Hi yes, I just called BEFORE I could say any word my he throws a paper at me and says Miss

“I'm sorry but you've been checked out of our Hotel by your husband, Mr. Maldonado"

4. WHAT?!! I don’t have a husband, I don’t even have a boyfriend,


a. Yes miss Maldonado, he called himself Mr. Maldonado we reviewed the charges you’ve made with him and he signed off


5. WHAT?! Like I said I DO not have a husband, did you check id
a. Blank stares


6. I call my work representative and they are outraged, you’re telling me you gave my information to a stranger, reviewed my charges without checking ID
a. He knew who you were


7. I’m the ONLY one registered in this room why would you do that
a. He had a key to your room
b. And we have a lot of foreigners come through here


8. BLOOD drops to the floor WHAT!!!
a. But do not worry Ms. Maldonado here is your key you are all set
9. I’m in shock walk back to my room, call my sisters and they knock some sense into me


  • a. A stranger claims to be my husband
    b. A man knows me by name
    c. Had a key to my room
    d. Could be watching me
    e. Maybe had gone into my room
    f. I freak out pack my things and walk to the lobby

10. Hi yes can I speak to you manager, I no longer feel safe here, you gave my information to stranger gave him my information, let him check me out, he could be waiting for me, who in the right mind claims to be someone else and BY NAME singles me out for fun NO one he wanted to


  • 1. Rob me
    2. Hurt me
    3. Worse!

  • ii. Tears start pouring out, I can’t help it but I’m in fear of the whole situation.

11. I’m sorry Ms. We’ll put you in a new room and under a different name

  • a. Don’t you have security cameras how do I know this man Is not still here?

12. Well nothing was taken from your room, and you are okay, so there really isn’t much we can do. Here is your key the bell man will take your bags to your room


13. Walk to the elevators and bing bing bing to my surprise the put in the nicest room alive picture below, it was nice to be in this room but my peace of mind was taken from me at night I had to put a chair against the door because I was soo scared.

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Bathroom





Bedroom




Living room








14. That night we had a mixer for our work and all I could think about was, are you him, are you him why is that guy watching me, who is following me. Needless to say I was glad to be home and away from it all.

Its funny how one little thing can disrupt your life, I’m still a little creeped out by the whole thing and next trip will try to take one of my family members with me so I won’t be scared . My Brother in law wants me to sue but i just want it over... Needless to say what a scary adventure.