Spent the weekend in Chicago with a friend of mine and stayed at the W Hotel on Lakeshore Drive. We decided we are just not hip enough to stay at such a hotel. The fixtures, the decorating, the music, the entire vibe of the hotel is one of hip, happening, beautiful people and it’s not us.
They answer their phone “W Hotel, What is your wish?”. We thought free rooms might make a nice wish, but figured that was one that would stump the staff so kept it to ourselves!
It makes me wonder, am I not hip enough for my clients? Am I making sure that what I am doing is current, forward looking, yet still has enough business savvy in it to make me someone to hire? What about you?
p.s. two weeks later: My friend who I went to Chicago with called me after leaving the Apple Store to tell me that he found another place we’re not hip enough to go into. But since he’s an Apple guy and I have an iPhone, I guess we’ll just suffer through it!
3 responses so far ↓
Michael // March 16, 2009 at 12:45 pm |
It is not the moniker of a hotel that classifies its guests, it is the guest who classify the hotel, the fact that you were there makes you hip enough.
bethmanderson // March 16, 2009 at 12:58 pm |
Ahhhh….that’s why I often choose to stay at a Hilton. (This was where the event was supposed to be, until they moved it.) Thanks Michael!
Michael // March 16, 2009 at 1:13 pm |
Well then next time you call me and you can hang with the common folk.