Sunday, November 9, 2008

" 'Stockton to Miller' Checkout"


So, I was at work today and at 8 a.m. I noticed that John Stockton stayed last night and was due to checkout this morning. Yes....THE JOHN H. STOCKTON from the Utah Jazz. He was seriously my favorite player when I was little. So anyways I was getting excited, but then remembered that we had another John Stockton that stayed with us a couple months ago, but it was not THE JOHN H. STOCKTON from the Utah Jazz. So I looked at his reservation and noticed that he was from Spokane, Washington (my birthplace!) which is where he is from. So then I was totally convinced it was HIM. At about 10:15 a.m. I received a phone call from MRS. STOCKTON wanting to know when the next Mass was at the Cathedral of the Madeline. And then I remembered that Stockton went to Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington which is a private Catholic university. So, then I was beyond convinced that it was surely HIM and I was on the lookout! It sealed the deal when I actually saw him walking up to the desk to checkout. Unfortunately, I had some Xango lady trying to sell me a product for like 20 minutes and I was unable to check him out. Instead my manager, Scott Miller, checked him out. I now hate Xango more than I ever did before! And now he can't stop giving me grief about it because of how excited I was. He hit me hard by saying, "Did you see that perfect 'Stockton to Miller' checkout?" Jerk! Well, atleast I was within 2 feet from THE JOHN H. STOCKTON! I have worked in the hotel industry for over 2 years now and have met 4 famous people/groups...if you can call them famous. I first met Sugarcult in July of 06, Tyree from Real World Denver in December of 06, the drummer from Poison in August of 08, and Stockton today. None of them are extremely famous, but its better than any other regular Joe that comes in to stay at the hotel.

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