{"id":5170,"date":"2010-01-25T22:48:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T04:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=5170"},"modified":"2010-01-25T22:48:03","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T04:48:03","slug":"malibu-me-with-action-waist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/malibu-me-with-action-waist\/","title":{"rendered":"Malibu Me (with action waist)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flew in to Tucson, Arizona today for a meeting Tue\/Wed. Rental Car Guy ™ offered either the Malibu or a Vibe, or um, yeah, either the Malibu or Vibe. I always try to rent GM cars when I am traveling and GM is one of the choices, but this made it too easy; so I got the Malibu.\u00a0 I would always rent a Cadillac except for the part about not being rich and all.<\/p>\n

Odd exchange with Rental Car Guy ™:<\/p>\n

Me: “I’d like a map, but I am just going to the hotel tonight, the Best Western Brisas.”
\nRCG: “Oh, the Brisas? You can see it from here.”
\nMe: (slowly turning to where he is pointing in my best ‘I just got off the plane’ zombie with action waist moves) “Oh?”
\nRCG: “No, you can’t”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suppose he was just not expecting someone to actually look to see if he was right.<\/p>\n

I will be here\u00a0 a couple of days, and will plan to post more impressions of the Malibu.<\/p>\n

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Netbooking<\/p><\/div>\n

The Brisas it turns out is laid out like a maze, but they gave me a map on how to find my assigned room. Bruce’s Rule 1 of hotel layout:\u00a0 If they have to give you a map, the hotel is not laid out correctly.\u00a0 Rule 2:\u00a0 if you have to drive to get from the Front Desk to your room, the hotel is not laid out correctly.\u00a0 In fact, that may make it a Motel and not a Hotel.<\/p>\n

Today GM announced that Chairman of the Board and Acting CEO Ed Whitacre has agreed to take on the role of CEO permanently.<\/p>\n

He seems a reasonable choice all in all; GM needs a little consistency in their organization structure about now I think.<\/p>\n

Lots of changes going on but when you start moving people around and changing products and factories and Dealers all at the same time it is a bit like trying to cut diamonds while riding a unicycle on the back of a Dolphin who is practicing but not quite getting a new jumping backflip trick.\u00a0 It is hard.
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I see that there is a Cadillac Dealer here in Tucson, Royal Cadillac, (formerly Don Mackey Cadillac) so I may try to pop in there Tue or Wed and see what’s going on in the local showroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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