3oaks wrote:
toedtoes wrote:
Look at it this way: If the office HAD messed up and the buddy was arriving at any moment (or you were staying for multiple nights). You could have been setting up camp, only to have to take it right back down, move to another space, and repeat the process.
I don't think he was rude so much as I think it was failure of communication between you both.
He could have come over and said "how long are you staying?" and you would have said "one night" and he could have walked away happy.
OR
You could have responded to his actual comment with "the office assigned us this space, we're here for only one night", to which he could have replied "oh, OK. My buddy isn't arriving until tomorrow so that works perfect."
It does sound like he was anticipating an issue (maybe he's had that happen before) and that you were biased against him due to his being on the phone.
This one to me is a non-event. It didn't adversely affect anyone's stay and it took all of 10 minutes or less.
That probably would have defused and tension or animosity almost immediately. Very simple, without any hackles being raised in a defensive posture by either party.
True - but had he taken that advice he wouldn't have had anything to post about...