We grab our bags from the baggage claim, jump on the Hertz shuttle, and stand in line waiting for our econo-size rent-a-car. Fifteen minutes pass and I stand patiently in front of the clerk. Apparently, the reservations were confused somewhere and it stated that I was supposed to pick up a car from La Guardia, back in New York-not here. And to top it off, there were no econo-size buckets lying around anymore. Next comes my favorite perk about American businesses. I opened my mental perk list, skimmed down the items carefully, and read sentence 305 out loud, "This is not good. Is there anything that <insert company name here> can do for me?"
<We left the lot driving a new loaded Lincoln Townecar with a GPS unit installed for our driving pleasure...for the same price as the econo-car>
I was going to ask the clerk for directions to the Hotel, but all I had to do was punch it into the new toy, and it guided us safely there. The interactive graphical map was a wonderful help, but it was a little freaky how it would announce things like, "Make the next left."
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