Exotic Hawaii Swot Analysis
Exotic Hawaii is a flyspeck in a vast ocean, a land of adventure, exploration and derring-do that has provided inspiration for countless mystery and adventure tales. Our monthlong, once-a-year retreat to Oahu, Hawaii, is apparently not enough adventure for some of the inanimate accouterments that travel with us.
Maybe it was a collusion, maybe a conspiracy or possibly it was just a coincidence, but we'd experienced a pattern of abandonment and treason amongst some of our belongings. There was even some indication that there had been a collusion with the locals who, it appeared, had provided aid to abet their nefarious plans.
The pattern of treacherous behavior began innocently enough at lunch one day in one of our favorite eateries in Honolulu. …show more content…
It's an exotic tropical location if your idea of exotic is being surrounded by high-rise office buildings, palm trees and traffic to rival New York …show more content…
A second sudden gust caused a cascade of flying napkins, menus, and coasters to chase the flock of paper ducks across the pavement.
The second gust so startled a diner from California that he picked up his phone to call 911, but a couple from Kansas de-escalated the crisis when they climbed onto their table to keep it from joining the paper birds and calmly finished eating their bucket of coconut fried shrimp. The gentleman from Kansas turned to the man from California and said, "Calm down, sir, we're from Kansas and we know real wind. As long as the shopping center is still standing, the wind isn't worth talking about, much less calling 911."
Now that I've had time to think about this, the pigeon (I'll call him Charlie) might not have been blown off course after all. These are very accomplished professional beggar pigeons. Polished thespians, their clever begging ruses are world famous and the subject of numerous books and movies. Charlie was most likely using the wind as a ploy to get me to spill my bucket of boiled shrimp. Plan 'A' hadn't worked because I'd hung on to the bucket of shrimp, but plan 'B', the waitress with her French fries, had. Beggar pigeons aren't fussy. They'll eat off your table or directly from the
Maybe it was a collusion, maybe a conspiracy or possibly it was just a coincidence, but we'd experienced a pattern of abandonment and treason amongst some of our belongings. There was even some indication that there had been a collusion with the locals who, it appeared, had provided aid to abet their nefarious plans.
The pattern of treacherous behavior began innocently enough at lunch one day in one of our favorite eateries in Honolulu. …show more content…
It's an exotic tropical location if your idea of exotic is being surrounded by high-rise office buildings, palm trees and traffic to rival New York …show more content…
A second sudden gust caused a cascade of flying napkins, menus, and coasters to chase the flock of paper ducks across the pavement.
The second gust so startled a diner from California that he picked up his phone to call 911, but a couple from Kansas de-escalated the crisis when they climbed onto their table to keep it from joining the paper birds and calmly finished eating their bucket of coconut fried shrimp. The gentleman from Kansas turned to the man from California and said, "Calm down, sir, we're from Kansas and we know real wind. As long as the shopping center is still standing, the wind isn't worth talking about, much less calling 911."
Now that I've had time to think about this, the pigeon (I'll call him Charlie) might not have been blown off course after all. These are very accomplished professional beggar pigeons. Polished thespians, their clever begging ruses are world famous and the subject of numerous books and movies. Charlie was most likely using the wind as a ploy to get me to spill my bucket of boiled shrimp. Plan 'A' hadn't worked because I'd hung on to the bucket of shrimp, but plan 'B', the waitress with her French fries, had. Beggar pigeons aren't fussy. They'll eat off your table or directly from the