Son of a *(&)

**ashauler** · 08-18-2008, 04:51 PM

So here I sit in Tulsa,again, in a shitty hotel room. Our quality program reassessment was to begin this morning and run through Thursday. Mon and Tue in Tulsa, Wed and Thurs in Wichita. The auditor wasn't at the hotel when I arrived to pick him up today. No phone call, no e-mail, nothing.

So I start calling all the corporate offices for the registrar and NOBODY can get ahold of this guy. We have had the same auditor for 3 years running and he has always been punctual and a very good communicator regarding travel plans etc......so I'm starting to worry that something bad has happened to the guy.

Finally get a phone call from him at around 10:00 a.m............he switched our audit with a company in Rhode Island on his calendar.....didn't realize anything was wrong until he went to the airport and started to check in. So now I'm gonna be in Tulsa until Wednesday evening, and the audit will be extended through Friday. I only packed clothes for 2 days, not 3. I only brought enough cigars for 2 days, not 3.

I can't wait for him to try and give me a non-conformance!!!!

Bastard!!

**Shelby07** · 08-18-2008, 06:01 PM

Let us know where all the good smoke shops are in Tulsa!!!

**ashauler** · 08-18-2008, 06:57 PM

Funny you should say that, went to the place below after lunch today and had a Padron 2000 since I didn't have an audit to endure and I had a spare 45 minutes:

Classic Cigars
8703 N Owasso Expy # O
Owasso, OK 74055
(918) 274-8191

Nice sized humidor, pretty decent selection. Few AF and no real upper end stuff.....looked like a basic "distributor" selection though there were some good sticks there. Ashton VSG but only two sizes....CAO....HdM...nice Torano selection.

They have a fairly small lounge bar in the back, bar with about 6 seats and a grouping of
6 leather armchairs...huge stinky ashtrays and a flat panel on the wall. Sold a limited selection of beers and wines. Just sat back there and smoked, drank ice water, and they didn't care a bit. Shot the breeze with the owners wife who was the only one working.

**dustinpollock** · 08-18-2008, 08:57 PM

man jamie sounds like a dream to me, just be glad your not stuck in utah for an extra day

first you would be stuck in a non-smoking room, the smoke shop is non-smoking and the lounge is a card board box in the alley , hide from the smoke nazi. on another note there two great guys here just waiting to have a smoke with you

dustin