Which is even more silly since they 1) not only took the carpet, but 2) also missed out on much of what Larry et al. had to say, which was one of the big reasons for flying down to Houston.

well thats only true for those of us who don't need a carpet

Any further leads? How is CO taking the theft?

Do we have clear reason to believe it was a theft...or did folks just notice it missing....'cause....

If you stop and think about it, there is never an elite access carpet as you LEAVE the plane...so why should there be an elite access carpet as you leave the meeting room?

Anyway...if it was "lifted," chances are it was someone outside our group anyway. It certainly wasn't this local!

I must be seeing things.. i've noticed elite carpets upon deplaning.. ususually there is another departure after we deplane.. hence a blue carpet

In which case....never mind!

It's one among hundreds so I doubt they'll miss it. It's the principle of this that I think infuriates most of us. Stealing from your host when invited over for dinner is most shameful.

Why are so many convinced that it was stolen? Maybe the staff helping with the meeting took it away after the meeting commenced. A lot of the big meetings I go to usually have a morning-only registration that lasts until 08:00, and by the time the first break occurs around 09:30, the registration staff will have picked up all their stuff and left. What's to say something similar didn't happen during the presentations?

I did not attend, but I do have a question. Were the DO folks the only guests in the hotel? The event was during that time that many college fraternity and sorrorities have formals, other schools are on spring break, etc, etc. If other groups or events were going on than it is possible that a person affiliated with another group took it. From what I read though. It sounded like the participants of the DO made off with anything else in the area that had CO on it, so why would the carpet be "stealing" and the posters, etc, not be stealing. I have run many event in hotels and the housekeeping staff often puts things "aside" for us in there room with out asking, thinking that it was left behind.

I don't know if it was or wasn't stolen, or if it was or wasn't stolen by a fellow FTer, but unless someone admits to it, it will never be solved in this thread.

Not sure I want to know why...

The EliteAccess/GeneralBoarding sign would be rather useful for um.... sorting out the different um people who visit? LOL

Let's go back to that commercial Continenal issues for TV "Office Romance" - "Talk to me when you're Platinum Elite"

-Vincent

CO should start selling these carpets to boost its bottom line. If you did not want an Elite Access rug a week ago, you probably want one now after reading all these posts. Since CO does not want to give million miler elite status, maybe they can send you a rug after you pass one million miles or at least two million miles on CO.

I could be wrong, and maybe Cigarman could clarify this, but I believe the carpet was stolen from the Friday night get together, not the Saturday afternoon presentation/Q&A....


K

Lets hope the hotel staff just moved it to the meeting room for Saturday.

If someone took it they should return it since XYZZY is right on about stealing from your host.

Maybe someone asked to take it and is now embarassed to admit it!

I highly doubt an FTer would steal a smelly old rug, buthey anything is possible...

-Vincent