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I travel for work, about 30% of my job is travel.

2 weeks ago I was in Rhode Island, this week and next I am in Arizona. In the past year I've also been to Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin, Chicago, and Cleveland.

Today, after landing in Phoenix, I went to the National car rental desk, with my reservation number ready to go.

La squisha said "I'mma need to see a credit card withch yo name on it.." (For whatever reason, my travel card is my wife's. It's the smae on I've used for travel for the last 3 years. Never had a problem.

Today, I have a problem.

Apparently they have a new policy that says "Must be your name on a major credit card."

I could not rent a car from National (Even though I did just that 2 weeks ago in Providence. and last month in Madison.) I even showed her the emailed receipt from National in Providence.

Dat don't matter. They shud of axed you for a different card.

Fine. Here's my bank card. With a Master Card logo on it.

"No, we can't take debit cards. It hasta be a major credit card."

"Master card IS a major credit card."

"Naw, datsa debit card. You need to get your wife here so we can take her credit card."

In other news, Enterprise let me rent a car with a card that has my wife's name on it. All I had to do was swipe it in their machine and type in my zip code. hey never looked at the name.

Fuck National, and fuck La Squisha.

Figuratively.

Nobody wants to actually fuck that.

I travel for work, about 30% of my job is travel. 2 weeks ago I was in Rhode Island, this week and next I am in Arizona. In the past year I've also been to Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin, Chicago, and Cleveland. Today, after landing in Phoenix, I went to the National car rental desk, with my reservation number ready to go. La squisha said "I'mma need to see a credit card withch yo name on it.." (For whatever reason, my travel card is my wife's. It's the smae on I've used for travel for the last 3 years. Never had a problem. Today, I have a problem. Apparently they have a new policy that says "Must be your name on a major credit card." I could not rent a car from National (Even though I did just that 2 weeks ago in Providence. and last month in Madison.) I even showed her the emailed receipt from National in Providence. Dat don't matter. They shud of axed you for a different card. Fine. Here's my bank card. With a Master Card logo on it. "No, we can't take debit cards. It hasta be a major credit card." "Master card IS a major credit card." "Naw, datsa debit card. You need to get your wife here so we can take her credit card." In other news, Enterprise let me rent a car with a card that has my wife's name on it. All I had to do was swipe it in their machine and type in my zip code. hey never looked at the name. Fuck National, and fuck La Squisha. Figuratively. Nobody wants to actually fuck that.

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I hate car rental places, fortunately haven't had to use one in over a decade.

Last time was one where the job was arranged for me, I simply arrive, present the paperwork, and get a car. Someone already paid for it. Desk drone asked if I wanted to upgrade the car, to which I replied "I don't have authorization to change the order, sir."

He asked again, phrasing it slightly different. So we're going to play this game. I repeated the above in a very bored monotone. He asked again, a bit more frustrated. Same answer. He must have asked me 5 times before moving onto "Would you like to rent a GPS unit?" Again, the same bored monotone reply. Multiple times. Slower this time. Didn't even look at him while repeating it.

Dude wasn't happy that I wouldn't take his upgrades. You want me to upgrade? You call Kumar in the "Travel" department at BigCorp. Tell him, because I don't care, I just want to GTFO and get to my hotel.