Write your own concert rider! (link to Dick Cheney's rider)
 

Even VP’s have concert riders, or in Dick Cheney’s case, a list of goodies for his “downtime” suite (all TV’s tuned to Fox News, modest beverages).

You can see more here:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...61cheney1.html

What would you put in your concert rider for your job? Or for when you travel?

Peeled grapes? Midget porn? An X-Box 360?

Write your own rider.

The Poppinjay Wirld Tor Concert Rider

Bling.
12 bottles of ice cold Evian.
A Bojangles chicken breast.
Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey in a mud wrestling pit.
Wet naps.
Assorted berries. NO BLUEBERRIES.
A Ceylon warrior to stand guard.
The collected writings of Larry Flynt.
An assortment of homies, peeps, and cronies. NO SCRUBS!
State Assemblyman Ron Zellman.
Every Nervous Eaters album ever made.
Giambi, The Enlightened one.
World Peace.

A Ceylon warrior... is that to protect your Sri Lankan tea?

http://www.kitsune.addr.com/SF-Conve...Cylon_Race.jpg

INTRUDER ELIMINATE!

Cheney's rider actually seems very resonable if you have seen some of the other riders that have been published.

Surprising.

Oh... Cylons... well in that case add these two Cylons to my list:

http://www.battlestargalactica-onlin...son2/image.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...os/boomer2.jpg

Agreed. I've seen a few of the celebrity riders at TSG, and the requests can get pretty ridiculous.

One of the major hotel chains, hilton/hyatt I don't remember - as part of their "rewards" program - you fill out a questionairre... like what kind of pillows do you like, do you prefer water or soda or wine as the in room treat, do you want fruit or chips -- basically letting you act like a celebrity with your own requests... It's kind of a nice service that they offer... I could be just like Dick :)

There's another smaller Boutique hotel chain (Hotel monaco) that will have a treadmill in your room for you if you so request it - as well as fulfilling other requests - and no requests are too outlandish -- this hotel supplies a goldfish if you want it so you can have a pet in the room with you -- it's not a dog, but it's company...


Me - I'm a simple girl...

Gimme Water, grapes, red jelly belly jelly beans, and a very cold room... :)

I love hotel life. I had this discussion with a former cow-orker (female). She hates it because it’s different sheets that other people have slept on. I said I love it because I can go have a mini-environment just the way I like it. And then somebody else has to clean it. Generally when I stay in a hotel, I first pull off the top two layers of the bed and put them on the floor in front of the TV, I turn the thermo down to arctic, and I pore through the phonebook to learn about the local restaurants.

Generally I’ll try to find a mom n pop before I resort to a chain. I’ll go get the local delicacy, some wine, fill up the bathroom sink with ice for the wine, and sit in the bed covers and watch local TV (for some reason it fascinates me, it’s like these people in this different town have their own lives and everything), and then some show I never get to see at home, like Mythbusters or Airport. Eat good grub, drink good wine, watch TV. Rinse, lather, repeat.

One exception, I had to stay in Elkhart, Ind. One night. The local TV was abysmal. They don’t have their own lives there. I had to drink a lot of wine to make them interesting.