Been to Maine (Portland) once on business, so I didn't see much of the state.
Funny story - the day after I arrived I was in the hotel lobby, waiting for my business contact to pick me up. While I was there, a businesswoman - power suit, slim briefcase (this was before laptops), self-important attitude - went to the front desk, her heels going
clack-clack-clack across the lobby. She imperiously demanded to know WHERE EXACTLY WAS THE "X" MEETING TAKING PLACE, AND WHY WEREN'T THERE ANY SIGNS TO DIRECT HER TO THE MEETING ROOM?!?!
The poor desk clerks were taken aback - they had no idea what she was talking about.
So she proceeded to harangue them for their incompetence. She pulled out some paperwork and said "SEE! IT'S RIGHT HERE! TODAY!"
The desk clerks looked at it - the female desk clerk turned around without a word and went in back, leaving the poor male clerk to explain to her that the meeting was at another Hilton hotel - one in Portland,
Oregon. She was in Portland,
Maine. It was on the front page of her paperwork.
A few more words were exchanged, and then
clack-clack-clack she left the desk, no doubt headed back to her room. As she passed me by, I told her "Don't feel too bad - you only missed it by 3000 miles. That's not too bad for a woman on her own without a man to help."
She was
not happy - but the clerks (the female clerk had come back out front after composing herself) were greatly amused.
And the funny thing is - I was very careful to be sure that
I was going to the right Portland, even asking the flight crew as I boarded the aircraft for assurances that the plane was going to the Portland in Maine, not Oregon.
That's my Maine story.
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