Saturday, February 18, 2012

Service Versus Policy

Chris Brogan relates an incident:

In my most recent stay at my favorite hotel in Las Vegas, I needed to order some lunch around 11am Vegas time. I wanted steak and asparagus (or some other suitable green). So, I called room service ...


Chris:I was hoping to order steak for lunch, but I don’t see that you serve it until 5pm.
Room Service:Steak and eggs?
Chris:No, you know, an entree steak.
Room Service:Right. We don’t serve that til 5pm.
Chris:Oh. I was really hoping to order it for lunch.
Room Service:Right, I suppose we COULD do it, but it would take over an hour, because we’re not set up to prepare that yet. We don’t sell that until 5pm.
Chris:But you sell steak and eggs?
Room Service:Yes.
Chris: