BwanaDik
Well-known member
So I'm staying in a Marriott Inn of some sort for work. Nice place, friendly staff and all. I've got Ms. Piggy along because the riding roads around here are fabulous (northern NM).
I ask the nice clerk lady if I can park the bike in the drive thru in front of the front door. After a conference in the back, probably with the "manager" (looked like some pimplie faced kid), the answer was "No, we can't take responsibility for someone hitting it while it's in the driveway".......
I pointed out that they didn't take resonsibility if someone hit it if it was in a parking slot. I got the blank look back that you would expect. Sorry, just pointing out the obvious to them.
These guys always send me a survey after I stay there so, rest assured, I'll point out their non-motorcycle friendly attitude and tell them I'll stay at a Best Western next time.
So I'm off to the sea of uncontrolled, unsupervised parking slots in front of the motel. I'm concerned:
a) Some drunk will come wheeling in late tonight and hit it whilst trying to thread the needle into the available parking space next to me.
b ) Some hooligan nicks my Soltek's so he can mount them on his quad so he can make his midnight drug run in relative safety.
So where do you park?
Out in the hinterland where there is little chance of getting hit but every possibility of something getting damaged or ripped off? or
Up close, in the hopes that you'll be blocked in early and so avoid the drunk/idiot driver, with the miniscule hope that the night staff might accidently see a theft in progress (and actually do something about it)?
I ask the nice clerk lady if I can park the bike in the drive thru in front of the front door. After a conference in the back, probably with the "manager" (looked like some pimplie faced kid), the answer was "No, we can't take responsibility for someone hitting it while it's in the driveway".......
I pointed out that they didn't take resonsibility if someone hit it if it was in a parking slot. I got the blank look back that you would expect. Sorry, just pointing out the obvious to them.
These guys always send me a survey after I stay there so, rest assured, I'll point out their non-motorcycle friendly attitude and tell them I'll stay at a Best Western next time.
So I'm off to the sea of uncontrolled, unsupervised parking slots in front of the motel. I'm concerned:
a) Some drunk will come wheeling in late tonight and hit it whilst trying to thread the needle into the available parking space next to me.
b ) Some hooligan nicks my Soltek's so he can mount them on his quad so he can make his midnight drug run in relative safety.
So where do you park?
Out in the hinterland where there is little chance of getting hit but every possibility of something getting damaged or ripped off? or
Up close, in the hopes that you'll be blocked in early and so avoid the drunk/idiot driver, with the miniscule hope that the night staff might accidently see a theft in progress (and actually do something about it)?