I can't believe what happened this morning!

(Please excuse grammar and punctuation. Still calming down from the experience)

I just experienced the most racist thing in my life there today! I stayed there last week twice. I am from MI and have put in over 500k miles in travel over the last ten years. I have stayed in thousands of hotels and have NEVER experienced what I experienced this morning July 2, 2010 Frank Martini he said his name was. One day after praising the experience and the people there.

First I walk in as I did before, nothing different then the last time. I am happy these days because something major is about to happen for the tour and my career! I thought nothing could tamper with that till this morning.
I wanted to get a dorm like before and two girls that I didn't see the first two times before were at the front desk asked me my age, I told them and they said, "No. You are too old! You have to rent a single" which is substantially more then the dorm. I then explained to her that I was here last weekend with no prob. In fact, the guy that was already there looked like he lived there and was at least 50 years old!! "Well, we made a mistake" she says. He's still in the dorm!! I ask for a manager. This immigrant comes out and looks at me and says, "No. You don't look like a traveler. You can't stay here!" What?!!!!!!!! We only rent to travelers and back packers and passport holders." I am a traveler! I got back packs in my car that has a MI plate on it! I rented from you twice last week!" He says, "Well, we made a mistake!" "Twice", I said. "Sometimes we make mistake 2 and 3 times", he says. He is saying this while my MI drivers license is in hand. I wanted to say, you don't look like an American but I didn't. I asked for his card and he says he doesn't have one. Then just to be an s.o.b., he ask for mine thinking that I didn't have one. I whipped one out and handed it to him then he says, "I don't need a card! Call your lawyer!" What?!! At that moment I had to leave or their would have been an international incident so to speak. I was shaking in fury that a man who I am sure experienced his own racism coming to this country would blatantly racially profile me. Their were baby's in that s.o.b.!! I was shaking so bad but again, I have too much going on right now to jeopardize my freedom and status. I can't jeopardize what we have put into this tour. I had to keep the "hood" buried in me at bay.

MR MARTINI, if that is your name, I WILL BE BACK WITH A CAMERA CREW! I'ma make you famous for the wrong reasons! Don't bring to this country what we already have a problem with!!!!!!! So disgusted at what I thought was the best little hole in the wall ever!!!!!!

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