I just thought of this.
So on Monday I checked out of a hotel where I was videoing this Greek Dance Festival for four days and one of the muckymucks that everyone stands for and kisses his ring all day long is the Metropolitan of the West Coast, Metropolitan Gerasimos or "Metro Jerry" as they call him. So he looks like this:
He has a handler that follows him everywhere, he is never left alone. And I was staying on the 6th floor. The elevators were SO SLOW and packed with people with tons of luggage and huge instrument cases, so when one of the UP elevators stopped on the 6th floor while I was carrying all my bags I hopped on so that I could actually get on an elevator, all the DOWN elevators would stop but there was no room on them. So who was on the elevator going to the 14th floor? Metro Jerry and his handler.
I got on and the handler said "We're going up you going up?" and I said "I just want to get on an elevator." while looking down and not making eye contact. I don't know what I'm supposed to do, kiss his ring? I was so nervous. So Metro Jerry turns to me and says "It
is check out time." and gives me the biggest smile.
I just smiled back, they got off on their floor at the top and I went back down stopping at almost every floor on the way.