SC duel!

[Mr Hero]

I have no freaking idea what happened here. Let me paint the scene. I went to eat my leftovers from dinner earlier today. I'm sitting at a table quietly enjoying myself when the Loach approaches.

Loach starts talking to me about who knows what. I finish my dinner and hobble back to the desk. Loach follows me back acting all offended.

Loach: Why'd you leave?
Me: I have to get back to the desk. I'm not exactly in a condition to rush to the phone if it starts ringing.
Loach: Blah blah blah
Me: *Smiles and nods politely*
Loach: *Hands me some card* Take this
Me: No thanks

He kept pushing the card on me when SC comes in. Loach is still talking about who knows what.

SC: I'll wait until he's finished.
Me: He won't be finished.
SC: Do you know him or something?
Me: No

SC gets in Loach's face about bothering me. Loach cowers in fear and heads to his room.
SC: How much for a room?
Me: Normally $79.99 but that was awesome! $69.99

We go through all the info and when it's time to collect ID and payment, he hands me cash.

Me: With cash, I've gotta have a $100 desposit.
SC: Fuck this shit! No hotel has ever made me do this?
Me: That's just our policy here.
SC: Well that's fucked up!

SC leaves. And now both the SC and Loach are gone. And I was just about to get a friend to call so I could pretend to have to take a call.

Edit:
Loach came back and started back where he left off. At this point I had to just be a jerk and say "I'm sorry I'm not interested and we're done discussing this." He left and it's been 50 min so hopefully it stays peaceful.

[Anakah]

The cash deposit makes good sense actually. Since you can't exactly charge him when there's no credit card. Man, nice one minute an ass the next. You need a taser. Have a good night.

[Pixilated]

"The Loach"? Is that a derivative of his real name?

As for the SC, I'm guessing he got PO'd because hey, he's paying cash so it's not like he can skip out, right? He wasn't thinking in terms of post-visit cleanup, damages and so on. When I used to go visit an elderly relative I stayed in nearby hotels/motels and used my debit card and they often asked for my credit card as well. Puzzled me for a while.

[Mr Hero]

"The Loach"? Is that a derivative of his real name?

No. This comes from an older GK post where he describes this type of person. They try to start conversations with anyone, and if someone shows even the slightest bit of interest, they don't let go.

[Salesmonkey]

You don't have to have a friend call you to get away from loaches. At the Service Inn, I programmed the front desk to #1 on my cell phone speed dial, so I could surreptitiously reach into my pocket and make the phone ring! Great conversation ender.

[MoonCat]

I get people like this on the phone. I'd say leech (isn't there a fish called a loach?)...you know, those little blood suckers....

[Ironclad Alibi]

"The Loach"? Is that a derivative of his real name?

The Loach was defined by Gravekeeper in an earlier post. However, he did use it even earlier without defining it.

[Mr Hero]

Thanks IA. I was too lazy to site my sources.

[Pixilated]

The Loach was defined by Gravekeeper in an earlier post. However, he did use it even earlier without defining it.

Thanks, IA. Wow, that sounds like the woman who plonked herself down next to me on the bus last week. She seemed to know me from somewhere and I am horrible with faces/names of people I've only met once or twice, so it's possible.
Conversation started out bland but OK ... then she decides to start confiding in me about her menopausal issues ...
JEEZUS PLEEZUS lady!! Talk to your doctor, OK?? I'm a middle-aged woman myself and I didn't want to hear about it. I'm betting the poor twenty-something kid in the seat behind us got off the bus and headed straight for the nearest monastery.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Thanks, IA. Wow, that sounds like the woman who plonked herself down next to me on the bus last week. She seemed to know me from somewhere and I am horrible with faces/names of people I've only met once or twice, so it's possible.
Conversation started out bland but OK ... then she decides to start confiding in me about her menopausal issues ...
JEEZUS PLEEZUS lady!! Talk to your doctor, OK?? I'm a middle-aged woman myself and I didn't want to hear about it. I'm betting the poor twenty-something kid in the seat behind us got off the bus and headed straight for the nearest monastery.

Sort of reminds me of when I went to go see Deathly Hallows Pt 2. Due to the crowded theater, I ended up sitting down near the front of the stadium-seating theater. Then some guy and his family sit down in the seats beside me. And then Family Man looks at me.

(Note, at no point do I even make eye-contact. I was trying to exude a "not interested in talking to you aura," and apparently failing.)

FM: "I know you from somewhere."
J2K: "..."
FM: "Didn't you used to work at <wholesale club>?"
J2K: "...yeah."
FM: "Don't see you around there much anymore."
J2K: "...don't work there anymore."
FM: "Yeah? Where you working?"
J2K: "<current employer>"
FM: "You workin' for them?"
J2K: "IT service desk work, yeah."
FM: "For the whole company?"
J2K: "No, it's a government contract."
FM: "A government contract, really?"

And then Family Man rambles on for several minutes about how it's good to be working for the government, because blah blah blah, but I didn't pay attention to him, and kept deflecting his questions when he asked who The Client was, until finally (thank god) the previews started, at which point he stopped bothering me.

Until a third of the way in when Family Man passed out and started snoring. Not loudly, but noticeably. His family woke him up, but I took the opportunity to "go to the bathroom", then seated myself somewhere else when I came back.

[Kristev]

Wow. Yet another reason to stay out of theatres.