Four Seasons Hotel Dublin wins the “It’s the credit crunch” punchline competition
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Times is tough as if anyone needs reminding. Of all the stories out there about the “downturn”, this one surely takes the biscuit.
The Four Seasons Hotel, a reasonably upmarket and plush hotel but let’s face it, it’s no Ritz Carlton eh chaps? Anyway, they apparantly employed a pianist to lash out tunes for their well heeled clientele. The Irish Daily Mail’s ‘Talk of the Town’ people spend so long in there that they noticed the absence of music on their last visit.
Enquiring where the piano man had gone and if he was on holidays, the were told “No, it’s due to the credit crunch. It’s weekends only now.”
Well they can feck off it they think I’m ever going to cross the door of that place and not have live piano music. I’ve higher standards than that. A night out in a hotel lobby just isn’t complete with piano music.
How many more potential customers have they just lost with this rash decision? Cheapskates.
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5 Comments
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Friend of mine used to do that for a different hotel. There aren’t that many jobs for gigging pianists. You’re right, cheapskate bastards.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Play it, Sam. Remember?
U
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
ROFL… will have to find out about this one… brother is a manager there!
October 26th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
We’ll have to send them over a Mux tape.
February 14th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Yes, it’s a real shame. The whole reason we used to go the four seasons was to the see piano player. The atmosphere is just not the same any more. They should bring back the piano player!