Crazy Day at City Suites (Alderman Pays a Visit)
I can't believe the allow insane visitors to the hotel. I was sitting down in the lobby this morning, buttering my bagel, when I registered an angry voice coming from the front desk. 
Crazy guy: I AM THE ALDERMAN. I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS TODAY.
I looked over at the front desk to see a middle aged man with an apron on next to a couple. All three were facing the front desk. The crazy guy was yelling at the people behind the front desk. The couple looked so rugged and out of place. Both of them had rat tails. They must have jumped into a time machine and came from the 1800's. I was sorry for them. They probably traveled through time and the first thing they saw was a lunatic.
Crazy guy: YOU ARE GIVING A BAD REPUTATION TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
I am fond of my life so I look up and down at him to check if the apron comes with a butcher's knife. I'd like to get a starting run before I get slaughtered. I didn't see a butcher's knife but I did notice the other 10 or so guests in the lobby started putting their danishes down and preparing to flee.
Crazy guy: I NEED YOU TO REFUND THEIR TOWING TICKET. DON'T YOUR EMPLOYEES KNOW WHERE THE PARKING GARAGE IS?
I pull out my cell phone to check Google maps. I typed in "mental institute." I wanted to see where this guy escaped from. I found out that there are no mental institutions in the neighborhood. So where did this guy come from? Is he the real alderman? I knew he's crazy because I come here at least once a year on business. The front desk people always pulled out a map, showed me where to go park, and gave me this black parking pass to stick in my windshield to actually get in the parking garage. How can anyone get towed from there?
Crazy guy: I WENT TO BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SCHOOL. THEY TAUGHT ME THAT THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR TOWING.
The front desk people finally come out of shock.
Front desk lady: Ok.
The crazy guy stormed off, no doubt to terrorize another business. The couple followed the crazy guy. My adrenaline started to wear off and I decided that I was in no more danger. I looked at the other guests and we all shook our heads. That was ridiculous. I would have liked to finish my breakfast and go back to my room to write this review but the story didn't end there.
The couple came back. They handed a piece of paper to the the lady (probably the manager) at the front desk. She went ahead and reimbursed them for the towing ticket. 
Rat tailed lady: What about my room?
Manager: What about the room? 
Rat tailed lady: The alderman asked you to reimburse us for the room.
Manager: He never said that.
Rat tailed lady: Uhh. I'm getting the alderman. 
She stormed off. We were excited at this point. We all heard the "alderman" ask the manager to reimburse the couple for the towing. Not for the room. We wanted to see the next chapter of this drama unfold. Or was it a comedy? No one left the lobby. We all pretended to enjoy our food. But unfortunately the rat tailed couple never came back with the "alderman." He was probably screaming at the cashier in the next door business. The rest of the deflated guests started trickling out. I went ahead and tried to find out what all of this was about. After all, I also parked in the parking garage. If they can tow the rat tailed couple, then I could get towed.
Well in short, the rat tailed couple didn't actually park in the parking garage. They chose to go the cheap way. They parked in a private parking lot and hoped not to get towed. It's across the street from the hotel and underneath the train tracks. The hotel staff don't even know where the entrance to that parking lot is. It's not on Belmont. Who knows how they got in there. And who knows where they got their fashion sense from. Some things are better left unknown...
It was ridiculous that the manager had to pay for the towing ticket. The rat tailed couple took a risk and failed. How did they even find the "alderman" and get him and his apron down to the hotel so fast? Also, the Chicago's mental institutions should definitely increase security so no more patients escape. 
Any way. I enjoyed my stay at the hotel. My car didn't get towed. I payed the $22 for parking instead of acting as a fool.