The lift story

[Dingdell]

OK - so I am booked into The Plaza (great deal through last minute) in Nottingham for the Sky tourney at DTD. As I'm about to check in I bump into Andrew Tracey (husband to be) who says he'll wait for me outside while I check in and then I can drive us up to DTD. I will only be a minute says I.

Check in ok - find the lift, very posh - all ice/electric blue lighting inside - very swish. Press the button for floor 4. Get to floor, ping goes the lift but nothing happens, the door does not open. Press button again - still nothing. Press ground floor button - down I go and door opens and I'm back in reception. OK - try again.

Press floor 4 button, up I go ,lift makes pings noise to announce my arrival, nothing happens. Press button again, pings again - still nothing. Press ground fllor button, lift goes down - door opens. I get out - thinking this may make a difference (!) and then get back in the lift. By this time the lads drinking at the bar are watching me get in and out of the lift, going up and down and are starting to make comments.

So get back in the lift, Mr T is still waiting patiently outside, press floor 4, lift goes up, makes pinging noise to announce my arrival on floor 4, nothing happens, doors remain closed. For some reason at this point, getting really frustrated I turn round and see a corridor behind me. The lift doors on this particular lift open behind you when you get upstairs. FML.

In my defence - 1) when you get in the lift it doesn't look as if there is a door there - just the back of the lift. 
2) The lift is so posh the doors open silently so you can't hear them opening behind you.


On the way back down again I call the lift to floor 4. A lift pings and FML it's a lift in the same vestibule area but opposite 'my' lift. I get in it and press the ground floor button. I arrive on the ground floor and FML it's taken me to another completely different part of the hotel. I'm completely lost, Mr T patiently waiting outside has gone about 3 shades darker sitting in the sun., I eventually find my way out where we proceed to get slightly lost getting to DTD but for the second time only since it opened I make it to the club before the start of the comp.

Sunday morning, summon lift to floor 4. Lift arrives - my lift - and when the door opens I am greeted by the most glorious sight - three of the fittest, tallest, most athletic men I have ever seen. All dressed in tennis whites, tight little shorts (oh dear god) carrying armfuls of tennis racqets and Slazenger bags slung over their shoulders. Glory be - I am in fit man heaven. They are all at least 6'5" tall, I have to crane my neck to look at them, they are gorgeous, I may be a little moist.

Desperate to have something to say to them I use a cracking opening line "Are you playing tennis?" which was all I could utter without falling to a heap - which would have been impossible as there are 4 of us, lots of bags, raquets and balls all over the place....my astute observation was not wasted and we shared a few lines before we reached ground level. FML - they knew where the door was and got out - how unfair was that, we could have been stuck in there for ages - and they then proceeded to sign autographs to fans waiting in the lobby. Not wishing to be left out I pushed my way through, wielding my Poker Stars carry on case, saying loudly "Move away, poker player coming through" which did make them move away but perhaps for the wrong reasons.

All in all a lovely hotel, [ ] great room service - sandwich and G&T £16, but a memorable visit.

[kinboshi]

[Laxie]

    Well done Chicka!  You never disappoint!   

[Claw75]

lol - story could only be improved by hunky tennis players waiting on 4th floor to get in the lift, and seeing you standing there facing the wrong way wondering why the doors weren't opening

[boldie]

this.


Bless, ya Ding.

[kinboshi]

I want to hear AndrewT's version of events...assuming he wasn't oblivious to the events occurring only yards away from him.

[Dingdell]

I want to hear AndrewT's version of events...assuming he wasn't oblivious to the events occurring only yards away from him.

He laughed nervously at my jokes while driving to DTD - he is so clever he makes me chatter with nerves!
[X] He was pleased to get out of the car!

[The_nun]

I'll post this here instead as it looked like I was talking to myself on the Ferret thread lol.

LOLOLOL so very you..xxx   I liked this bit " they are gorgeous, I may be a little moist ".

[Shogun112]

LOL

[Bongo]

After my experience in the lift at the Jurys Inn all I can say is you run good at lift sharing.

[Shogun112]

After my experience in the lift at the Jurys Inn all I can say is you run good at lift sharing.

Another lift story coming up?

[AndrewT]

Ding's hotel story part 2.

She gave me a lift back to the hotel on Sat night. Outside the hotel she was saying goodbye to me, standing side on to the door. Without looking at the door, she stuck her left arm out to push it open.

Sadly for Ding it was an automatic door and as it opened before her she nearly Delboyed herself all over the floor.

[Dingdell]

Ding's hotel story part 2.

She gave me a lift back to the hotel on Sat night. Outside the hotel she was saying goodbye to me, standing side on to the door. Without looking at the door, she stuck her left arm out to push it open.

Sadly for Ding it was an automatic door and as it opened before her she nearly Delboyed herself all over the floor.

Sadly this is true, Andrew initially just watched in amazement, then just walked away shaking his head as i tried to turn my dive into a girly skip and wave goodbye.

[HOLDorFOLD]

Oh bless you petal - this makes me smile so much  (and a sigh moment because it's exactly the same kind of thing that happens to me).

Loved the bit that Nun picked up on, plus the "poker player coming through" bit 

[Delboy]

 
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