I gotta tell this story on etiquette...

I was in Lafayette, LA on business. A group of about four old ladies and one old man, I mean in their 80's, were cutting up in the hallways. It was like 1:00am. Worse than teen-agers out on a Saturday night. They were in the hotel with some tour group. I called the front desk, they did nothing. I called again, they told the old folks to quiet down and go to their rooms and go to sleep. They old folks stayed out in the hallway.

I finally got fed up with this, so I put my clothes on, opened my door and told them to quiet down, because I had to work the next day in order fund the Social Security checks they were getting and spending on their vacations.

The old ladies just chuckled. The old-man told me to shut-up, that he was in his 80's, fought in WW2, didn't have many years left to live and that he was going to do whatever the hell he wanted to till his day of death.

I was stunned and had no comeback . So I just went back to my room and turned on the TV till they left. I was tired the next day from lack of sleep. Funny thing is the old guy and two of the women were at breakfast the next morning. The old man greeted me with a smile and said, "good morning sonny-boy!"

I don't think they had even gone to sleep, though I am sure they went to bed

M8