List of things that have been said to me since the power went out an hour ago.
So I don’t have the account or the phone number tied to the power provider for the hotel. I ring the FOM 8 times. No answer. While I’m spam calling a man walks up to the desk in the dark:
Man #1: Looks like a power outage. What’s going on?
Me, cell to my ear listening to the endless ringing: Yes, I’m trying to get in touch with someone I’m not having any luck.
Man #1: Well, when’s it gonna be back on?
Me: No idea, I’m trying my best here.
Man #1: They (the business across a six lane highway) has power.
Me: Mhm.
Man #1: So have you reported it?
Me: I’m currently trying
Man #1: Well who is the provider?
Me: I’m working on that. I’m trying to get the information just please be patient.
Man #1: So you haven’t called and reported it?!
Me: Sir, I promise you I don’t want to be sitting here in the dark just as much as you don’t. I’m trying everything I can. But I can’t do anything just standing here talking to you about it.
Man#1: Well I was just trying to help.
He then sits in my lobby pouting for ten minutes, mumbling about all the other places that have power.
I try FOM once more before having to give up and call the GM instead. She doesn’t know either. Great. 107
She doesn’t even know which of the two area providers. So I wing it. Call until I find the right one. 1,104 people without power in town.
I resolve myself to the blackness just to hear the tell-tale clonking of men’s flip flops.
Man 2: The power’s out.
Me: Yes- there was an accident a little ways down the road. Must have knocked something.
Man 2: There’s lights on across the street.
Me: Yeah. But the website says there’s almost 1200 people without power so- I guess they just got lucky.
Man: Do they have generators over there?
Me: I’m not sure
Man: cause their power’s still on. seems like just a hotel thing.
Me: air, there’s 1200 people without power. it’s not just us.
Then finally until I post more in the comments:
Woman, standing in the lobby thats pitch black except for the flood lights lighting up the immediate area: so is every room’s power out or just mine?
Me: Its the entire hotel. There’s an outage in the area. 1200 people.
Woman: Ohhhh okay. I was trying to make a bottle but the power wasnt working!
Mind you it’s 2am-3am that these are occurring. 107