Nice article, Mary. It's not just women who are treated like crap when dealing with business and corporations, like Marriott, Hilton, United, Comcast, etc. Disabled people, who can legally be paid .25 an hour, LGBTQA? as well as Native Americans, all get treated as second-class citizens. Yes, your husband put his family first, as he should, while at the same time, using his male privledge to get a 4 PM check-out. Glad it worked out.