Jamaica Joel's
3/19/2016
My first time in here last night. My wife and I stopped in after having dinner downstairs. I liked the look of the front room. Nice space to hang while waiting with a tv and local glass.
Unfortunately, the fellow running the desk was not clued into his environment.
We weren't greeted and stood around for awhile as the doorman continued to focus on his mini pad. After several minutes, I asked what we needed to do. Without breaking stride in his typing, he said we had to check in. Still no eye contact.
I pulled out my ID and waited....
More people came in then. The doorman treated them with as much regard as he did us.
I told him we'd stop by later, maybe.
"Fair enough." was his distracted response.
My hopes are that I read the situation incorrectly and that he was indeed very busy on an important business matter. I doubt that was the case.
It's true what they say about first impressions.