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.