We were only half awake when we went wandering through the Luxor casino looking for food. Just before we got to the food, we were stopped by the casino staff and asked about seeing a show. Since we were interested in taking in a show we stopped and listened to their spew.

They gave us a choice of about a dozen different shows and told us that we would get some great rates. They also mentioned a tour of an new resort where we would receive additional gifts.

We were interested in seeing Ka Cirque Du Soleil and when they quoted $100 seats for $35, we said yes! So we paid them for our portion of the tickets and they arranged for us to take a 2 hour tour of a new resort where we would receive additional free gifts.

We were told to be at a certain location in the casino where we would be taken by bus to the new resort. And, we were told to bring along our IDs to prove that we were married.

Married? Why are they concerned about us being married? It was too early and we weren’t thinking clearly.

As we were being transported to the new resort, I came out of my sleep induced stupor; we were going to be listening to a sales pitch for a time share! NO!!

Rats! I imaged that we were going to be forced to listen to 2 hours of sales rhetoric by high pressured sales people. So, I prepared my psyche to say no.

When we got to the place, we were ushered into a room full of chairs. And, one by one, the names of people were called off. And one by one, couples got up and disappeared behind a set of doors.

Kathy and I noted that no one every came back out from behind those doors. I could imagine them being tied to chairs and forced to endure endless sales pitches with bright lights shining in their faces. Or better yet. They are being abducted by aliens where they will be sold for food.

After about 20 minutes, our name was called. Slowly we stood up and proceeded to the desk.

We had not told any one about this tour so we could disappear from the face of the earth and no one would know where we went. It happens every day! Would they drug us? Would they beat us with rubber hoses? (Do they do that any more?)

When we got to the desk, the rep said that they did not have enough staff to handle all of the people that had arrived. Therefore, we were declared to be “Over booked”. They then gave us our theater tickets plus our other gifts and told us to get back on the bus. We were to be returned to our hotel without the tour.

YES!!! Theater tickets and a free cruise. The tickets were issued by the MGM Grand and had the actual price listed on the ticket. We saved about $140. Plus, they gave us a free 2 day cruise. All of this for about an hour of our time.

But wait. Lack of staff? It is not like a sales group to give up that easily. Were we being rejected? Was there something on our information sheet that they didn’t like? Were we not a fit for their new resort.

Who know? Who cares? Life is good!