For the ump-teenth time today I have driven from Denver to Pueblo to attend my school's yearly get-together/training. Working at a statewide, online school can sometimes present challenges and one of those is finding the money and time to get us all together in the same place. Well, this is that time and this is that place.
Each year they put me up in a hotel of their choosing somewhere within Pueblo. I don't mind being here, there's not much to do but I'm not here to be a tourist anyway.
One of the first things I do when checking into a hotel is open all the drawers - anyone else do that?!?! I'm also curious to see what they keep in there, extra blankets or extra pillows (yes, please!), and sometimes some tourism info. This was maybe one of the first times where it dawned on me that the last few times I've been in hotels, something is missing.
I'm not much of a Bible reader, but expect a Gideon's Bible to be discreetly placed inside one of the numerous drawers in a hotel room. When looking through my room this evening I didn't find one, which led me to think back to previous hotel stays. I do not remember seeing one recently, so is this a thing still? Did Gideon give up on trying to convert the masses?
Secondly, this hotel has no little informational booklet. Not a word about their own property or what to do in this small town. Do you need ice? Well, too bad, we're not going to tell you where it is! We have a pool, but you've got to wander the halls to find it or call us at the desk and we'll give you the info. I am a borderline millennial and I do not want to pick up the phone, so I want that book to give me all the information I need.
Maybe I'm getting too old fashioned and just plain old, thinking about the bygone days of finding the Bible or reading through the hotel's info booklet.
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