Upon walking back to the hotel in the sweltering heat🥵 running low on water from the 10 and under session on Saturday I am informed by a source who will remain anonymous that I had picked up the wrong van in the morning that belonged to another team who had to Uber over to the meet. Sorry that happened to them but I found it somewhat fascinating 🤨 and amusing at the same time.
Here is why I felt like that I honestly had been driving the same van since Thursday when I picked it up for the final session at 4:00 pm and headed out with the kiddos. I know it was the same van from that point because I never returned it back to the hotel valet, so I had the same key from then on until coach Heather took my key from my bag on Saturday afternoon to return the van.
For those of you who are doubting as to am I senile or not let’s look at the time line here;
Thursday
5:30 am— Coach Mike picks up a key from hotel valet after showing him a ticket.
3:00 pm—Coach mike returns to the hotel with 10 and under’s. Gives key to valet. Gets van returns to pool at 4:30pm.
7:45 pm returns to hotel and drops off swimmers and park van on street because it’s free until 8:00 am
Friday
5:30 am using same key he has had in his room picks up van from exact spot he left it the previous night. Returns swimmers to pool for 6:30 warmup
3:00 pm leaves pool with swimmers in the same van after we all got out ice cream. Holds onto 🔑
4:15 pm takes swimmers back to pool for finals in same van.
7:45 pm return swimmers to side of hotel for team dinner and parks van on street next to that spot. Keeps keys
Saturday
6:30 am picks up swimmers using same van from the previous night using same key.
6:40 am drops swimmers in front of pool parks van puts key in bag and never sees it again
Questions to ask yourself
When was the last time coach mike handed the key to valet? Thursday at 3:00 pm
When was the last time did the valet hand the key to Coach Mike? Thursday at 4:30 pm
If Coach Mike had the same key from Thursday on could he have switched vans after that?
How could he have been driving the wrong van on Saturday only?
I submit to all that Coach Mike was probably in the wrong van but this mix up started on Thursday at 4:30 because of the hotel valet, thus if you are charging him with possession of the wrong van on Saturday only he has to be found innocent of that charge because Coach Mike had the van since Thursday afternoon.
That is the story that exists in my world inside my head and I stick to it regardless of what that woman says. Bottom line is I got the swimmers to the pool on time.
As for the plaintiff who made the accusation what were you and your swimmers using Thursday afternoon and all day Friday. Seems awfully odd.
The moral of the story is that if given the opportunity you should always upgrade which is what I did when I went from the 12 passenger to the 15 passenger van. I thought we were getting more swimmers in the van but the swimmers welcomed the extra space and no one said anything.
NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY.
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