The Hotel Doctor

Hot summer days remind me of why I love America. We appreciate air conditioning. Citizens of most other nations consider it unhealthy. They ...

A guest interrupted my questioning to dash into the bathroom, and I heard the sounds of gagging as she vomited. While waiting, I took a vi...

A guest with a respiratory infection was staying in a Whittier hotel, thirty miles away. The call arrived at 5:00. Driving sixty miles in ru...

As long as they do good work, doctors assume patients will remain loyal, but hotel doctors learn not to be so trusting. Helping sick guests ...

That is not my favorite greeting, because it means the valet doesn’t recognize me. My response is always: “I’m the hotel doctor. I’ll be her...

Cynicism is a cheap substitute for sophistication, but I find it as tempting as most people... The lady just phoned, full of apologies, and ...

An elderly Mexican psychoanalyst was attending a psychoanalytic convention, but a cold was making her so miserable that she wanted to return...