~Motel Stories~

A friend mentioned to me about writing a story about

my time in Houston as a motel manager.. There were

5 in all that I managed at one time or another.. 2 were

side by side on Old Galveston Road, I can only remember

the name of one of them, the Muldar, which only had

6 rooms.. The one next door to it had 15. There was a

small field between them.. First I had the Muldar, then

Mr. Lane bought the one next to it and I moved over

to that one and managed them both from there.. All

of the motels had living quarters as the managers were

on call 24-7.. And trust me it was a 24-7 job... Always

something going on... Every day was a story in itself

just about... no matter which motel it was...

The biggest, as far as number of rooms was the Blue

Top, it was on Telephone Road.. It was a BUSY place.

Specially on the week ends.. Very few people know

that there are 2 rates for some motels. We called a

4 hour stay a short stay, the other was an overnight.
Being the Blue Top was across the street from a lot

of strip clubs our clientele were usually on a time limit

and rented a room sometimes just for an hour.. The

desk clerk had to watch the cars, if someone rented

a room, if we saw that car leave, we wrote down the

liscense plate, they were considered checked out...

The room was cleaned and re-rented. I rented one

room over 16 times one Friday night :-)

One Saturday morning the maid came into my office

just scared to death and nervous and all upset.. I

could hardly understand what was wrong! I followed

her to room number 45, I will never forget the room

number.. I opened the door and there was a man

laying on the bed, dead.. Under neath you could see

a huge pool of blood.. and there was blood all over

the walls.. It was an awful sight.. The man had killed

himself.. with a gun.. but no one heard the shot... It

was something I will never forget OR WANT to

ever see again....

There was always something going on.. and it was a

most interesting job... I liked meeting all the different

types of people.. Some of the rooms were small apts.

just an efficiency type.. and they rented out by the

week and I got to know lots of them. These were NOT

fancy motels.. just clean and had a bed and bathroom..

That's why they rented so cheap. I always told my

customers to go and see the room before they paid

for it as I would NOT refund their money once it was

paid... This was a RULE...

One man came, rented a room, agreed to the terms..

left, and 10 minutes later came back and said "The

room is no good, its not nice enough, I want my

money back." I reminded him of the terms that he

agreed to.. Well the man refused to leave and the

more time I argued with him the more out of control

he got. I was there by myself, which usually someone

was around... The next thing I knew the man pulled

out this huge knife! I didn't know what to do.. I just

stood there for a second..too scared to do anything!
The next sound I hear is the door crashing open and

I see this customer go to the ground as one of my

weekly residents, named Bobby, was punching the

daylights out of him as he grabbed the knife and

tossed it to the side... The customer screams that

he is calling the police, which I informed him were

already on the way... When the cops got there they

took the customer to jail for pulling that knife on

me.. And I think to the hospital to repair the damage

Bobby had inflicted on him... I was MOST grateful

to Bobby for coming to my rescue.. I made him a nice

fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings...

There are so many stories connected to the motel

industry.. Its a most interesting job.. I enjoyed it..

I have a ton of stories.. If you ever go to Houston,

find Telephone Road... There is a restaurant, was

just down the street from the Blue Top, called the

Tel Wink, on Saturdays they HAD the best potato

soup anywhere !! :-) All their food was great :-)


Speaking of food I have a Cornish hen and corn

bread dressing in the oven.. Should be done pretty

soon and I havta eat so I can take my pills... :-)

Plus I am a tad hungry.,. So, that means post time

and for my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "I shall return!"

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? luv ya and thanks!

Always, Lois ****


"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you Friend..

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...