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THEY THINK BILL'S
A RICH TOURIST
Any day now it will be cheap-
er to fly to Europe and back
than it is to spend a couple of
days in the city.
Air fares are coming down
as rapidly as city prices are tak-
off. This was borne home to
me, as they say, during a recerr
brief visit to the Big Smoke.
And I don't mean New York.
Just an ordinary Canadian city it
the true north, strong but far
from free.
Our relatives always kindly
invite us to stay with them, but
we visit the bright lights so seld-
om that we throw caution to the
wind, let ourselves go deliberat-
ely decadent, and plunge for the
hotel room and all the extras.
It used to be grand feeling:
checking in at the hotel just
like the rich people; tossing the
bell hop half a dollar as though
you did it every day; walking
into the luxurious room and
turning up the heat and to hell
with the fuel bill; picking up the
phone to call room service; and
loftily asking the Old Lady,
"Wonder what the poor people
are doing today?"
But that semi-annual plunge
is no longer into a warm bath
of unaccustomed luxury and ser-
vice. It's more like a dive off
the town dock just after the ice
has gone out of the bay. Not
refreshing; just numbing.
Things have changed. Now
there's a car jockey to park your
car. He can open the door
with one hand and hold out the
other like a professional beggar
in Calcutta.
Next is the doorman. If you
have one small bag, he's right
here, taking it from you with
one hand, and holding out the
other, If you have four heavy
bags, he's busy whistling up a
cab for a blonde.
You totter across the capac-
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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS. THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1973
ious lobby, and the bellhop
relieves you of your bags just
before you collapse in front of
the desk.
There's one thing that hasn't
changed; the room clerk. He's
as snotty as he was 20 years
ago in every city and every
country. You'd think he owned
the place as he looks down his
nose at your overcoat with the
frayed cuffs and your big rubb-
erboots which you wore from
the country.
And beware the poor innoc-
ent who doesn't have a reserv-
ation. He is the dessert for the
meal of this particular type of
hyena.
Some day, when I am old
enough and crotchety enough,
and I haven't had any kicks for
a long time, and I've driven a
hundred miles, and a room cler1
smirks at me, "Sorry, we have-
'nt a thing, " I'm going to pull
a gun and shoot him right bet-
ween his cold, mean little eyes,
And I think a good lawyer, with
an understanding jury, would
get me off scot free.
Next in the gauntlet is the
bellboy. He doesn't lug your
bags and sweat any more. He
slings them onto a cart. Don't
hand him, with a flourish, the
old-time half -dollar. He's
liable to hand it back, with a
bigger flourish, and snarl.
"Here, Mac, I think you need 0
more than I do."
And he's probably right. He's
no "boy." He's 38 years old and
he owns three duplexes.
Well, anyway, you've made
it to the room. But before you
flop on the bed, don't check
the room rates on the back of
the door or you won't flop,
you'll swoon.
Holy Old Nelly! You must be
in the wrong room, or they've
given you the Trudeau suite.
Shake your head, look around
the room, make sure that lady
isn't Margaret. Same old room
you swear you paid $18. for
the last time. Same woman
and the price tag is $30.
This is not the time to say,
"Oh, well. In for a penny, in
for a pound, " You know what
happened to the pound. Your
dollar is suffering the same
shrinking sensations.
Dazedly, you call room serv-
ice, order some ice, and if
you're smart, you'll tell them
you don't want it transported by
air from the Winter Palace in
St. Petersburg, (U.S.S.R.)
even though it will take as long
and cost as much.
Don't order any glasses.
They'll cost you more than a
new pair of your favourite opt-
ometrist's. Drink out of your
hands, as you did when you
were a boy.
If your wife has a yen for
something sweet when you get
back from the theatre or what-
ever, don't call room service
and order French pastry and
Independent Shipper
to
United Co-operative
of Ontario
Livestock Dept
Toronto
Ship Your Livestock
with
Roy Scotc'hmer
Monday Is Shipping
Day From Varna Stockyard
CALL BAYFIELD 565-2636
By 7:30 a.m. Monday
For Prompt Service
No Charges on Pick-up
coffee. Two sad little pieces
of stale Christmas cake or
something and a jug of coffee
will set you back four bucks,
plus tip. Take a chocolate bar
with you instead.
Don't go to the theatre in the
first place. We took our daught-
er and her husband to a show.
Four tickets, $48, New York
wouldn't have the nerve.
Don't eat out. Dinner for four,
at a "moderate" restaurant,
with one cocktail, can run
from $25 to $50. Plus the inev-
itable you -know -what. The
only result is a nagging feeling
which may be either gastric,
or your pioneer ancestors' ghosts
haunting you in the stomach.
Final disillusion. I always
spring for a shoe -shine, It
seems a reasonable luxury, as
it's one of the two or three
times a year my brogues get a
brush. Went for it this time.
Halfway through, I realized the
poor devil shining my shoes was
retarded.
I decided to help, in my
small way. I had my quarter
ready, but changed it for a fifty
cent piece. Gave it to him,
felling sort of warm inside. He
pointed to a sign behind my
head.
It read, "Shoeshines, 50¢."
It was then I realized which of
us was retarded, as I fished for
another two bits.
Kindergarten
Registration
at
St. Boniface School
00
Monday, April 16
1:30 - 3:30 P.M.
Children who will be five
before December 31, 1973,
will be eligible. Please
bring birth certificate and
Health Records.
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Contact
ALBERT ERB, ZURICH -236-4884
or
AGRICO FERTILIZERS, BRUCEFIELD
Phone: - 482-7241
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Heinz Baby Food 5/790
Kelloggs Corn Flakes 12 OZ
French Mustard 6 OZ
Salad Dressing SUNSPUN 32 OZ
Quaker Oats 3LBBOX
Supreme Liquid Bleach
Sunspun Margarine 1LBTUB 294
Beans With Pork BAXT R'S 4/894
Oven Pride Flour7LBBAG 69c
Maraschino Cherries 6 OZ 394
Celery, Large Stalks 35
Supreme French Fries 2 LBS 49t
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128 OZ
394
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