Hertz has the biggest cojones ever!

I reserved a mid-size car to pick up in Wisconsin and return tomorrow to Minneapolis. So I was surprised when they told me at the rental counter that I would instead be driving a gas-guzzling jeep SUV for hundreds of miles. When I asked why, the very honest counter guy said, "Because we need to get this Jeep to Minneapolis." I asked if Hertz would be buying the additional gas I would burn in exchange for me doing this favor for the company, and he looked at me as if I was crazy and changed his story to this being the only car they had. Seeing ten sets of keys hung up on the wall behind him, I asked for a manager and with head-spinning speed, found myself with a different car to drive without even having to speak to the manager.

The nerve!

UPDATE: Welcome to the 10 Hertz Corporation visitors from Oklahoma City who have reviewed this blog posting without comment or apology (yes, I have a Site Meter and am capable of reading it)! If you are wondering how the rental was, please see above. Also, the car I was provided was filthy, with mud stains and dirt all over the driver's side carpet and the inside of the driver's side door. Because I was already late after having to haggle to get the car I had reserved, and because I only discovered this after lugging all my stuff out to the parking lot, I just took the car as it was. But given the premium a person pays to rent from Hertz, I believe the cars should be pristine and the service impeccable. I got neither.

Ah, those great Americans . . .

Making calls for Barack Obama to Florida tonight, I stumbled into this exchange:

Me: Hi, is Cindy home, please?
Male: Who's calling?
Me: This is Lisa, a volunteer with the Barack Obama Campaign for Change
Male: Brock who?
Me: Barack Obama
Male: That Black guy? [Laughing, he slams down the phone.]

I know it takes all kinds, but it depresses me to know these people share my citizenship.

In this economy . . .

why wouldn't you dress Caribou Barbie in a $150,000 wardrobe?

Via Politico.com

I realize this is a small problem in the grand scheme of things . . .

but I find it highly annoying that the person who cleans my house ate 1/2 the leftovers I was counting on for dinner and randomly unplugged wires related to my internet access, causing me to lose an hour of my limited evening free time trying to figure out why it wasn't working and getting it reconnected. WHAT WOULD A PERSON DISCONNECT WIRES THAT ARE MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS IN THE CORNER????!

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