On Oct 28, 11:50*am, Nan > wrote:
> Have you ever had a guest bring a salt shaker from home and bring it
> to the table??? *We did this summer. This guest will never darken out
> doorstep again - not specifically for that. We found empty water
> bottles on the wall side of the bed on the floor(there was a
> wastbasket in the room, he plugged in his daughters Wii, without
> having the curtesy to ask if it was alright, and neither he nor his gf
> lifted a finger to help out when everyone else was. They brought a
> cooler full of food snacks for the dau, and didn't offer it to other
> kids(2 grandsons of mine), and the last straw was his drinking an
> energy drink that made him obnoxious, overbearing, and making veiled
> threats that he thought were funny.
> Absolutely the guests from Hell. *And he called and asked to come stay
> for the NASCAR race that weekend. There are good friends who usually
> come down and are like family, but one of their kids had a bike/car
> accident and they couldn't come. He is friends with these people and
> so knew we didn't have them coming. *Aaarrrgggghhhhh. What a total
> waste this guy is. We BBQ pulled pork, brisket & ribs, and he's had
> them before, when just he and our friend came alone. Then he called
> and asked to bring his gf. He was still married. I let him come that
> time, but did nicely tell him this was not the NoTell Motel. So he
> divorced his wife. *People just never cease to amaze me with their
> Chutzpah!!

He enjoyed your hospitality so much, that it motivated him to divorce
his wife?

> But bringing a salt shaker to the table......that just floored me

Of the long laundry list of crap he did, the salt shaker is like
nothing.

--Bryan