I was on a business trip, having completed a safety training session with managers and associates in an industrial plant the previous day. Preparing to head out to the airport, I called the front desk of my hotel to have my rental car brought around. I went down to the lobby, checked out, and waited for my car to be brought around … and waited….
After about 15 minutes, it occurred to me that the front desk might not have communicated with the valets. So I approached one of the valets, who told me after searching for my keys in a filing cabinet, “Someone must be bringing your car around now, because your key is not here”. So I waited another 10 minutes…