I scream

" I am sooo sorry Sir, your hotel room isn't ready yet"
"Would you like to twiddle your thumbs in the lobby , or wander about aimlessly in the parking lot until it is ready?", he beamed with that sickeningly sweet smile that shouts corporate training
The sun was threatening to make a rare appearance so I chose the latter as the better of two evils
I'm glad I did. This steel post, holding up a no parking sign, was the only thing I could find of interest in the entire lot. What flavour do you think it is :-)

Ah well. Until tomorrow....