CLOSING TIME

WTF?  One would think that in 2022, we have traveled far enough along the arc of justice for humans to refrain from discriminating against felines.  Buster and I made a reservation to stay at a pet friendly hotel in Ventura.  Nice place on the beach.  I’m not going to name names, but it starts with Crowne and ends with Plaza.  We checked the website, as we ALWAYS do.  The website says pet friendly.  Usually, when a place doesn’t want to take our money, the website says, “We only accept dogs.  Sorry” or some drivel along those lines.  That way, we can identify the haters right up front.  We wouldn’t want to spend our money with humans like that anyway.  But here, CP says, “Pet Friendly” with no further words.  So, we pays our money and we walks our litter box right through the lobby like we own the place.

Then, I get a call from the manager, Dylan (no relation to Bob).  Dylan says, “I’ve heard cats are staying in your room.  Is that correct?”  “Well, sure.  You’re talkin’ to me, right? The hotel is pet friendly.” “Oh, we don’t allow cats to stay.”  “Ummm, the website says pet friendly and doesn’t say that cats are not allowed.” “Well, we don’t allow cats.”  “But the website says pet friendly and doesn’t exclude cats or say we don’t accept the money of cats.”  “Well, we don’t allow cats.”  Two brick walls having a discussion.

So, you can see how that conversation went.  Long and short, we were invited to leave the place early.  I’m pretty sure I know who ratted us out.

Betty