I have traveled to Cleveland and back twice in the past two weeks. Both times I traveled by airplane and stayed overnight in a hotel. During those times, I was able to interact with many people in the hospitality industry. Most everyone is nice and polite. They all smile when you talk to them and I always have pleasant experiences. I met a man at the airport tonight who lived in Brownsburg and chatted my ear off for about half an hour while we waited for the plane to board. People who are from Indiana and going back to Indiana will talk to me, but if they are from the East Coast and traveling to Indy, typically the only thing that is exchanged are pleasantries.
When I arrived back in Indianapolis tonight, the man who was driving the shuttle bus to take me to my car reminded me that people in Indiana really do know how to be hospitable. The man had a whole shuttle full of people, including a screaming baby, and he was explaining in detail how to get to your can and which stops were for which areas of the parking lot. He also made sure that we all knew that if our car battery was dead or we couldn't find our vehicle that we just needed to flag down a shuttle and they had a van that would come help us out.
This made a few people look surprised, and I remarked " I bet most places just tell you to use your cell phone and figure it out." The people around me nodded in agreement.
It made my night to come home to Indiana and be greeted by a man who you could tell really took pride in his job and our safety.
In all my travels, people here at home and people in the smaller communities in the South tend to treat people the best. I know that there are exceptions everywhere, but generally I like that in Indiana no one is ever a stranger.
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