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Had a call last night from a lady of a prominent family in town. She was calling for her neighbor who is deaf. A couple is bringing a friend in to visit her and they need a place to stay for the night. yes, i do have availability. She does not know the couple - not even their names - just making the call because the neighbor cannot ust the phone. OK, no problem.
Last night i get a call from the potential guest who does not give me her name - they will get into town and come look at us - but wants to know if the bathroom is in the room. Yes, it is ensuite. THEN she tells me her husband is blind and I tell her the rooms are on the second floor, there are steps. I do not want this reservation. I do not want to get a room all guest ready and wait around for people who - may or may not stay and will not be eating breakfast because they are taking their friends out to breakfast before thet leave town AND I do not want the fear of a blind man falling down my stairs OR walking into my upstairs railing which is LOW and doing a header.
I cannot talk to the friend in town because she is deaf and I have NO info about the "guests". This is one peoblem anyone doing business in a small town will have to be prepared to handle. It took 13 years to come up for me - but if it did come up once, you can be sure it will again for someone.
Last night i get a call from the potential guest who does not give me her name - they will get into town and come look at us - but wants to know if the bathroom is in the room. Yes, it is ensuite. THEN she tells me her husband is blind and I tell her the rooms are on the second floor, there are steps. I do not want this reservation. I do not want to get a room all guest ready and wait around for people who - may or may not stay and will not be eating breakfast because they are taking their friends out to breakfast before thet leave town AND I do not want the fear of a blind man falling down my stairs OR walking into my upstairs railing which is LOW and doing a header.
I cannot talk to the friend in town because she is deaf and I have NO info about the "guests". This is one peoblem anyone doing business in a small town will have to be prepared to handle. It took 13 years to come up for me - but if it did come up once, you can be sure it will again for someone.