“I parked
illegally, and they towed my car. It’s in an impound lot, and, wouldn’t you
know.….”
Tales of misfortune
(as opposed to complaints of illness) at one a.m. are a routine tactic of drug
abusers.
“…My prescriptions
were in the glove compartment. I don’t know when I can get them. I’m under a
doctor’s care for….”
I declined his request
for Oxycontin. The call had come from the desk clerk who had immediately handed
the phone to the guest. As a result, when I hung up, I knew the guest might
inform clerk of his disappointment with the hotel doctor.
Under those
circumstances, I phone the clerk and explain that the guest has made a request
that I cannot, in good conscience, grant. Remembering his manners, the clerk
expressed sympathy, but you never know….