We are all aware that airlines are charging for any little service that was previously offered free.
Of course, hotels are doing it also.
As far as I know, restaurants haven't started charging for napkins yet. But they will.
The crowning blow was while traveling, I ordered my favorite drink, vodka on ice, at a hotel bar. They charged me $1 more for the ice.
It's more than a drinking man can bear.
Blackie Gadarian
(Letter published in the Maui News Aug.13, 2011, and Lahaina News Aug. 18, 2011)
About Me
- Maui Blackie Gadarian
- Maui Blackie Gadarian is a living legend on the island of Maui, Hawaii. 91 year-old machinist, owner Blackie's Machine Shop - Lahaina, Blackie's Boat Yard Lahaina and Newport Beach, California. Former owner Blackie's Bar, jazz club and restaurant Lahaina 1981 to 1995. Irascible writer of pithy letters to local publications. Maui Blackie Gadarian wears his trademark orange shirt all over the United States and Europe, from the back streets of Lahaina to the jazz clubs of Paris, verandas of yacht clubs and posh restaurants and hotels.