Almost everyone in the hobby has had someting humorous happen to them, either at an appointment or travelling to or from one. I thought it might be fun if some of us shared these experiences. Lets try to keep the stories light hearted and not mean or malicious. Just good clean fun.
I'll start...
I had an appointment at a downtown hotel with a gentleman I had never met who was celebrating his birthday. The hotel he was staying at had a club floor and he happened to be on it. For those of you who don't know what a club floor is, its a floor for V.i.P.s (frequent guests, etc.) that can only be accessed via key card by the guest. The often also have other perks (a happy hour, breakfast, evening appetizers) for guests on this floor.
Since it was my client's birthday, I thought it would be fun to bring some whipped cream in a can, to spray on my chest like a birthday cake. I put the can of whipped cream into a computer bag and took it with me. I also brought along a book, a sexy outfit and a few other items in the case as I would have to wait in ta busy hotel lobby for my client to come and get me. I wanted to make sure I had something to keep me occupied should I arrive early or if the client was running late.
The client was running late, havin just returned to the hotel and was taking a quick shower. So I started reading my book. I began to hear a "shooosh" noise. I looked around and could not determine where it was coming from. So I returned to my book. The noise continued, but I figured whatever it was, it was not important.
After a bit, I looked down at my watch to check the time. Then I looked down at my bag and noticed that I had left the top zipper open about a quarter of an inch. Whipped cream was starting to come out of the bag. I quickly zipped it shut, and tried to rearrange the bag's contents from the outside, not daring to open it to do so, and in order to stop the whipped cream from spraying. It took some doing as this was a hard side case, but I was finally able to make it quit and I returned to my book.
My client came down and I picked up my bag to head up to the room with him. If you guessed that the can began to spray again, you are correct. As we got into the crowded elevator (my luck, a big meeting was being held at this hotel), I could see the other passengers looking around (like I did in the lobby) trying to see where the "shooosh" sound was coming from. Of course, I joined in and pretended to look around also. Even with the zipper shut, I could see white starting to buildup on the zipper and was worried that it would start leaking out. As we stopped on every floor, waiting for ours, the whipped cream was starting to come out from between the zipper teeth. Thankfully we arrived on our floor and we went to the client's room. I ran for the bathroom explaining to my client how I had brought whipped cream in my bag for his birthday and about the malfunction. I put the case into the tub and opened it as whipped cream poured out of it. Needless to say, I wound up having to wash the sexy nightgown I had planned to wear in his sink with his shampoo as it was soaked with whipped cream. The remainder of the supplies I had carried all had to be washed off. The whole inside of the suitcase had to be thoroughly wiped out.
As we were cleaning up my things, we had an unplanned whipped cream fight, smearing some of it on each other's faces and licking it off one another. Also, thankfully, there was still enough whipped cream in the can for me to cover my chest and he was able to lick the candles.
I saw the client several more times before he took another job that did not require travel to Chicago and each time we saw each other the whipped cream birthday surprise was mentioned and laughed about.
Does anyone else have a humorous story they would like to share.