Money Talks

　          A woman from Alabama, with a heavy accent living in Michigan was sent to a prestige hotel for a Sleep Disorder. After the study, unpacking personal items, discovered she had brought the hotel’s soap dish home. Right away, she called the Sleep Study Center reporting the mistake. The receptionist suggested- --- she

return the dish to the Hotel front desk. Since the Hotel was only a few miles away, her husband drove her to the

Hotel. He pulled into Valet Parking area so she could return the soap dish.

          Feeling uncomfortable dressed in a pair of jeans, a tee shirt, plus, wet hair from showering, she asked

her husband to return the dish. However, he told her, he could not leave the car in front of the hotel causing

parking problems. Three well-dressed ladies were talking, not one acknowledged her standing at the counter.

In order to get someone’s attention, she placed her large purse upon the desk, then, replied,

          “Hey Ya’ll I was down here the other night for a sleep study and when I got home, I discovered, I brought

home your soap dish.”

          The three ladies stopped talking, stood --just stared. Next, the southern speaking lady turned around,

casually-- walked away. A few nights later, she returned to the same Hotel for more testing after being

diagnosed with Sleep Apnea. On her second visit, having strong instincts, felt -- those ladies at the Hotel

would have treated her different had she been dressed different, so, she dressed in designer attire. Upon

arrival, the front door was opened, several “Hello’s.” Even the elevator door was held open for her.

　          Wow, she felt like a queen. The following morning, after the second sleep study, while standing

outside in front of the hotel waiting on her ride, after several minutes passed, decided to call her husband, to

find out when he was picking her up. Before his arrival, a nice silver car was parked in her proximity. For a

split-second, the thought of sitting her bag upon the car in order to search for her cell phone came to mind.

There was an ashtray on the sidewalk, yet, did not want her bag near cigarette ashes.

          Thinking about the owner, being unhappy -- using their car as a prop, she decided to hold the bag.

Before dialing the number, her husband drove up. Once inside of their 1987 station wagon. Her husband

noticed the silver car, saying, “Look at that car, ” The wife asked,?  “So, what is so great about that car?” he

said, “Oh!, only, because it is a Bentley, an expensive car. “  Next, she said, “I almost sat my bag on the car ,

but decided not to, he told her, she did the correct thing. Out of the blue, thinking about the treatment

received a few days earlier to return the cheap plastic soap dish dressed in casual clothes, she looked at her

husband, and replied,

           “Had I known that was a ‘Bentley, I would have walked directly back inside of the hotel, gone up to the

front desk where those three arrogant women were and yelled,”

          “Hey Ya’ll, call AAA,, my Bentley won’t start, by the way, I’m Gary, the Cable Guy’s wife.”