Plenty Of Room For Him To Make A Mistake

(I’m working the graveyard shift at a hotel. I am a twenty-two-year-old female. This happens just as I have stepped outside to have a cigarette around 2:00 am. A man around forty who is almost twice my size pulls up in a sporty little car.)

Drunk Male: “Ya got any rooms tonight, sweetheart?”

Me: “I’m afraid the hotel is sold out tonight, sir.”

Drunk Male: “Well, throw someone out. I’m a diamond member and you have to give me a room.”

Me: “Excuse me? I’m not throwing anyone out. There’s lodging elsewhere.”

Drunk Male: “The customer is always right, and I’m the customer, and I say throw someone out! I want a room.”

(This goes on for a little bit before he gets out of his car. He gets right in my face while towering over me. He jabs at me, and then he pulls back a fist like he’s going to hit me.)

Drunk Male: “Look here. I said get me a room!”

Me: “If you’re going to swing at me, you’ve got one chance to connect. Then, I am going to introduce you to a whole new world of pain before the cops get here.”

(The drunk male pulled his arm back. I just smiled. He looked worried, then got in his car and peeled out. Best part, he cut off a cop on the way out of the lot, so I got to watch him get arrested, his car towed, and my faith in Karma restored.)

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