Pat Navin

April 17, 2001

I don’t know how you got hooked up with a spokesman’s gig for a sleazy chain like Motel 6, but my advice is to drop your affiliation with them immediately! We recently made the mistake of staying overnight (with the kids) at the Motel 6 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

When we pulled into the parking lot after our late night flight from Chicago, two police cars were in the lot, lights ablaze. I went to check in, but the office door was locked. The only way to communicate with the night manager was through one of those bullet-proof glass windows cut into the wall of the building. I felt like I was either at a liquor store in a dangerous neighborhood, or trying to cash a bad check at the local currency exchange. I asked the fellow behind the thick glass why the police were at his establishment and he told me that a crack-smoking woman had been–

What’s that, honey?

Damn! That’s embarassing!

Hey, you don’t have the web address for the Tom Bodett web page, do you?

My apologies.

And my radio show is better too.