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Hotel du Pont Worse than the Grinch!

Matt Senge,a man in Wilmington, Delaware, wanted to give a special Christmas gift.  He booked rooms for two men, a woman, and her three kids at the Hotel du Pont.  Then he wrapped the room confirmation in red ribbon and delivered it to the people at their home, under the Amtrack bridge.  He wanted these homeless people to have a warm, safe Christmas night.

Enter the Hotel worse-than-Grinch.  Management cancelled the ,duPontereservation three hours before check-in when they realized the people were homeless.  They were worried that these people would rob and rape other guests!

On the bright side, the Christiana Hilton heard about it and offered ten rooms to the homeless, plus dinner, breakfast, and a hospitality room where they could relax rather than just having to stay in their rooms..

It’s reassuring to know that not everyone in the hospitality industry has closed minds and hearts.

Read more here.

 

It’s OK—I was Just Drunk

Hold the coke but lay the booze on me!  Apparently people in Toronto (and elsewhere?) feel doing stupid things under the influence of drugs is bad but it’s fine if done during a drunken stupor.  Especially if you smoked crack cocaine during one of those stupors.

Their mayor, Rob Ford, excused his drug use because he was drunk at the time.  And the people bought it.  His approval rating actually went UP five points when information was released about the incident.  And they’re quite happy, thank you, to have him continue as their mayor.

I guess I’m old fashioned.  I can’t help thinking that a person who is run over by someone under the influence of alcohol is just as dead as if the driver were high on drugs.  Further, I’m not sure I’d trust the judgment of someone who has admitted to what seems to be frequent drunken episodes, and, looking at his excuse for smoking crack, I don’t trust his logic.  But, then, I won’t get a chance to not vote for him.