New Orleans Dis' satisfaction

I just got back from a conference in New Orleans this last week. It was my first time back since Katrina. I was at the same conference just a few months before Katrina hit. The conference is just now coming back to the Big Easy.

The food is always so good here, I just have to take it with a bit of salt in the old wound. On the first day I had 5 different customer experiences with food, clothing and lodging. To my dismay all 5 experiences were terrible. I felt like I was intruding on the employee asking for a drink, or for help in accessing a changing room, or interrupting one employee's talk with a friend so I could find out a price on an item.

The city just felt tough and mean to me. It has some nasty scars but unlike the midwest which was submerged this past spring, this city still seems to thumb it's nose to those who bring it it's life - tourists.

Tourist are the only reason New Orleans can recover but from my experience last week I would tell everyone I know to stay away. It wasn't worth the good food and I do mean good. We had Emeril personally cook for us and our meal at Morton's Steak House was amazing. But, and I do mean but! It was ruined by how I was repeatedly treated. No one wants to be treated poorly, and if you're in a city just visiting it is felt even more poignantly.

So as the motto goes, 1 upset person tells 10 people. Now I've done it.