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minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoAlso at hotels while traveling … ask for a better room or any upgrades. Worst thing anyone will say is no. But if you’re lucky to run into a manager in a good mood or even the owner, they’ll give you something just for asking.
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoI already paid $5 to turn the cable on.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI don’t think my motel 6 has a better room than 2 full size beds and free HBO
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThey might at least not put you next to the hourly rentals
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoAnd miss out on the free entertainment?
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoBut then you have a longer walk
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI had a guy try to stab me because I asked. I’d categorize that as worse than no.
minus-squareAlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoOkay I feel a story is needed here
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoWe’re on the internet. I made it up.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThank you. At least Im admitting it. Nothing wrong with chuckle.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoDid you sue for millions? If not, you missed your shot! I chipped my tooth on a Taco Bell burrito once because there was a bone in the ground beef, and I still kick myself 20 years later for not sueing them.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoI did. They promised me a harrier jet, but never came through with it.
minus-squareIndiBrony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoAh yes, I also remember staying in Glasgow once.
minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoobligatory garth marengi https://youtu.be/AFDWFTiKwss?t=143
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThats just the usual hotel experience
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThe sheets were clean. And i got a free fridge magnet.
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoIf that happened to me at a hotel … I’d give up my prebooked room and leave, no matter the cost … definitely not a hotel I’d want to stay in.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI also made it up, just to provide an example of something worse that could happen. But probably never will.
Also at hotels while traveling … ask for a better room or any upgrades. Worst thing anyone will say is no.
But if you’re lucky to run into a manager in a good mood or even the owner, they’ll give you something just for asking.
I already paid $5 to turn the cable on.
I don’t think my motel 6 has a better room than 2 full size beds and free HBO
Pay-per-view comp?
They might at least not put you next to the hourly rentals
And miss out on the free entertainment?
But then you have a longer walk
I had a guy try to stab me because I asked. I’d categorize that as worse than no.
Okay I feel a story is needed here
We’re on the internet. I made it up.
I appreciate your candor.
Thank you.
At least Im admitting it. Nothing wrong with chuckle.
Did you sue for millions? If not, you missed your shot! I chipped my tooth on a Taco Bell burrito once because there was a bone in the ground beef, and I still kick myself 20 years later for not sueing them.
I did. They promised me a harrier jet, but never came through with it.
Ah yes, I also remember staying in Glasgow once.
obligatory garth marengi
https://youtu.be/AFDWFTiKwss?t=143
Thats just the usual hotel experience
The sheets were clean. And i got a free fridge magnet.
If that happened to me at a hotel … I’d give up my prebooked room and leave, no matter the cost … definitely not a hotel I’d want to stay in.
I also made it up, just to provide an example of something worse that could happen. But probably never will.
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