I'll sue you! I'll take all your money!

[Mr Hero]

Things just got a bit more interesting. Lady wanted to check in. She gives me a gift card. I let her know I'll need a card with her actual name for incidentals, but I can still take the nameless card for payment. She asked me how much I needed to hold for incidentals. It's $100 on card or $200 cash. Her attitude changed completely said what I was doing was illegal. She said she's going to talk to her lawyer.

Should I tell her I have my own team of lawyers leaving out the fact that they happen to be named Phoenix Wright and Apollo Justice?

[wolfie]

She threatened legal action? Now the only people at the hotel/motel who are allowed to talk to her are the legal department - and they don't check people in. Sorry, but she has to find someplace else to stay.

[taxguykarl]

Agreed, refer to her legal department...assuming she isn't told by a real lawyer that she is full of it.

[EricKei]

Even better -- Unless said attorney is on Retainer, it'll cost her $100-200 for them to tell her that it's perfectly legal for the hotel to put a Hold on that $100-200 ^_^

[Mr Hero]

That would be some poetic justice. We only wanted a temporary hold on that $100. The lawyer would claim a permanent hold on it.

[taxguykarl]

The lawyer would claim a permanent hold on it.

and then somea whole hell of a lot

[cindybubbles]

But it's the principle of the issue that counts to them. Some people would rather die in a fire than live without their object of affection, for example. Others, like her, would rather waste their life savings on lawyers than use common sense.