Crying children standing in the sun outside the Hertz office at 83rd between Columbus and Amsterdam. A line of over 20 customers in the sweltering heat or packed inside a small space. Dismissive and uncaring attendants inside. That was the scene on Saturday, September 9,2023 at ~ 10am. After waiting online for over an hour, attendants greeted us with an incredible statement: accept electric cars that no one had made a reservation for, or good luck elsewhere. Every person in line had made reservations, and had received confirmations, for a gas vehicle. Many had to be at specific places at specific times. Explanation: gas vehicles had not arrived. Nonesense. Hetz made reservations for specifc times that it could not honor. Enterprise rent a car, right next to Hertz, did it right: it did not have cars available, so it did not confirm reservations. Therefore, there was no one standing in line. Avoid Hertz, you are better dead inside a hearse.