Vacation (1983)

James Staley: Motel Desk Clerk

Quotes 

• Motel Desk Clerk : [returning Clark's credit card to him]  I'm sorry, sir. I can't accept this credit card.

  Clark Griswald : Why not?

  Motel Desk Clerk : The computer says it's been reported lost.

  Clark Griswald : Oh no no no, you see, my wife lost her credit cards in Colorado and I had to report it, and the computer's probably reporting that I lost mine, which obviously I haven't.

  Motel Desk Clerk : Well, you'll have to straighten that out with your bank.

  Clark Griswald : Would you take a personal check?

  Motel Desk Clerk : For how much?

  Clark Griswald : $300?

  Motel Desk Clerk : I can't do that, sir.

  Clark Griswald : Look, I've lost all my cash and we're on our way to California.

  Motel Desk Clerk : Walley World?

  Clark Griswald : Yeah, Walley World. And I'm sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place. You know, I'd really appreciate it.

  Motel Desk Clerk : Not without a major credit card.

  Clark Griswald : I have $6.13 to my name, so I can see we're going to have to work something out here between us.

  Motel Desk Clerk : Look, I've already told you: I can't accept a check without a major credit card.

  Clark Griswald : [writing the check]  I'm making this out for $1,000. All you have to do is give me in $300 in cash and keep $700. All for doing nothing more than acting like a total creep.

  Motel Desk Clerk : The only thing I can do is have you stay here until the check clears. Ten working days.

  [the clerk walks away; Clark slams on the desk in frustration, which opens the cash register. On an impulse, Clark grabs the cash and sticks the filled-out check in the cash register]