Let Me Tell You About The HOLA Windup

The clerk that works the evening shift at our hotel in Barcelona has a certain way of saying ‘hello’ each evening when we return from our long days of work. I have dubbed this particular greeting the ‘hola windup’. Let me explain how this works:

Step 1: Close your eyes as you rear back your head and lift your arms
Step 2: Breathe in and pause
Step 3: Explode your head forward while nodding, open your eyes widely, throw your arms out in a welcoming jester, and say “HOLA”
Step 4: Finish with a smile

This sincere welcoming we received everyday became comical after a few days. My colleague, Luke, took note of the ‘hola windup’ as I did. As we took the lift down to the lobby, Luke jumped out of the lift to the counter for a sneak attached. Luke windups up and fires: “HOLA, HOLA, HOLA.”

Senor Hotel Clerk returned fire with another ‘HOLA’.

Every evening upon our return from working, we received this warm, unique, greeting delivery. After a few days, we realized that the ‘hola windup’ does not represent a welcoming home, rather a loneliness of missing friends and customers each day. Rather sad if you ask me.


YOUR WORDS SENOR HOTEL CLERK:

Rear-back and fire: “HOLA”