The eight “but’s” of Omaha
I’m in Omaha, NE for a business trip. I arrived today, and this trip has been less than awesome so far. I present the “but’s.”
1. I flew Southwest Airlines to get here because I was one flight away from a free trip, which I plan to use for an upcoming personal trip,
BUT
I had to fly here with a layover in Chicago. Look at a map. Portland to Chicago to Omaha. Not fun. Believe it or not, it was the quickest route here in terms of total flight duration.
2. The Hertz rental car booth was only 10 steps away from my baggage claim track,
BUT
I had to wait 30 minutes for a vehicle.
3. I had to wait for a vehicle with GPS, which I didn’t even order,
BUT
it’s a good thing I did because even with GPS I still managed to get lost twice going to the hotel.
4. I got a FREE upgrade to an SUV,
BUT
it’s a 2010 Ford Explorer, which isn’t nearly as drivable as anything pre-2009.
5. When I finally got to the hotel they gave me a free cookie upon checking in,
BUT
it’s had chocolate chips and CRANBERRIES. Yuck!
6. My hotel room is nice…two rooms (living room and bedroom, kitchenette with full-size fridge),
BUT
half the light switches don’t do anything and the fridge is from the 70’s with old-school frosted over icebox-style freezer, and the lights in the bathroom don’t give any light to the shower stall.
7. Based on my pal Malfatti’s recommendation I drove out to Brewburgers for dinner (as featured on Triple-D),
BUT
they were out of their specialty, Canadian-exported beef brisket. Apparently recent enacted laws are preventing them from receiving this imported product for a few weeks.
8. I tried one of the local microbrews called Lucky Bucket. It was an amber-style brew,
BUT
it didn’t even hold a candle to anything made by Oregon microbreweries (proof that I am a S.N.O.B.).
I can’t imagine the next few days being this bad (and let’s be honest…today wasn’t THAT bad). Hopefully nothing blogworthy…or perhaps? I guess the ultimate redemption would be to run into the 311 guys and perform a hastily-thrown-together street production of Election in the hotel lobby. We’ll see.
