Interesting. You're making it sound more and more appealing.

I was not, "Passed out."It was Indonesian.It actually started as hail, but changed to rain after a few minutes.For those not there -- we went around the corner and it started to really pour so we ducked into a bar -- which was actually called Rain!

People that don't mute their phones while on conference calls deserve a special place in h*!l. :mad:

For dinner, I'd suggest Humphrey's. It's a fixed €22.50 for an excellent three course meal.

you'd be surprised how many people simply do not know where the mute button is, especially if they were using their cell phone. We had an exec who did not know where it was on a blackberry. I kept my mouth shut but someone had to speak up and not only was the person offering the suggestion ignored but was ignored for quite a while after that too.

I was that someone today. I just flipped my lid.

"You're obviously not paying attention to this call, so do us all a favor and get off it so those of us that are actually doing work can do it without your impediment."

Tell it like it is Tuesday.

ALCO's epic failure part IV
 

After much hemming and hawing, we finally boarded a tram from Dam Square. By this time we started to lose people. They were either drunk, tired or a combination of both. We made it to Dam square and proceeded to wander around one of the more pedestrian areas of the city. Eventually we found our way to our intended destination, but they wanted 45 euros per-person to get in. That's a negative commander the pattern is full.

We then went to the bar next door, which would have been really cool if we were looking for that type of bar. It is the type of bar you can find in any city. We were in Amsterdam and looking for the Amsterdam experience.

We all left that bar and proceeded to the next bar, which appeared to be a small brittish pub in nature. The bar maid, who was an old cantankerous bitty hatted us. She started throwing people out for not drinking. By this point in the evening, ALCO had check out. He started calling girls prostitutes, and screaming more is more at the top of his lungs. We wanted to go to the karaoke bar (see the belgium trip), but ALCO vetoed that. We wanted to go to the begium bar, again that was vetoed. You know ALCO is in a bad place when he vetos Leffe.

We finally go have a light night coffee at one of the most touristy coffeebars in town. This is where ALCO has his crowning moment, the menu is hidden behind unlit glass and you have to push a button to light it up. ALCO pushes the button, it lights up. ALCO then removes his hand from the button and the light turns off. ALCO then looks at the menu which is now dark. He repeats this process several times and says, "what is wrong with the menu???"

Word of advice you have to hold the switch and read the menu at the same time.

I just met a CO 752 pilot while dropping of my dry cleaning. He was in line in front of me and was dropping off his uniform jacket to be cleaned. I recognized the gold buttons with the CO logo and we chatted a bit. Apparently there are several in the neighborhood.

And then I deposited $1450 in dollar coins at the bank. I got a major :rolleyes: from the teller for that one.

Are you going to rename your airline to DeltWest, Mr Anderson?

Did all of this coffee you had make the burger all that much better?

Alas, I am not a major coffee drinker. No, the burger was good because it was amazing. It was on cibatta (sp?) bread with fresh lettuce, corn, tomato slices, cucumber, and ketchup. It was really a salad with hamburger between two pieces of bread.

Also
one block away from Pullitzer on the canal towards Liedsplein stop at at cafe ( I will try to find name by looking at Amex)
For a beautiful view (Ask Colpuck) he will agree :D

I would note that the phrase "It is not possible" was uttered by restaurant employees (mostly by the manager) at least 10 times before and during the meal. Food and presentation was still very good, however.

:D
That will be discussed in the next entry

When I was waiting for my CItyhopper flight, I heard "It is not possible" so many times , I was crackin up .