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minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86arrow-down3·1 month 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-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoI don’t think my motel 6 has a better room than 2 full size beds and free HBO
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoThey might at least not put you next to the hourly rentals
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoAnd miss out on the free entertainment?
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoBut then you have a longer walk
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoPay-per-view comp?
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down42·1 month agoI had a guy try to stab me because I asked. I’d categorize that as worse than no.
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·1 month 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-up15arrow-down57·1 month agoI also made it up, just to provide an example of something worse that could happen. But probably never will.
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·1 month agoThats just the usual hotel experience
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·1 month agoThe sheets were clean. And i got a free fridge magnet.
minus-squareIndiBrony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoAh yes, I also remember staying in Glasgow once.
minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoobligatory garth marengi https://youtu.be/AFDWFTiKwss?t=143
minus-squareAlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoOkay I feel a story is needed here
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down10·1 month agoWe’re on the internet. I made it up.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoThank you. At least Im admitting it. Nothing wrong with a chuckle.
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month 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-up3arrow-down4·1 month agoI did. They promised me a harrier jet, but never came through with it.
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI already paid $5 to turn the cable on.
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 don’t think my motel 6 has a better room than 2 full size beds and free HBO
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
Pay-per-view comp?
I had a guy try to stab me because I asked. I’d categorize that as worse than no.
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.
Shrug.gif
Thats just the usual hotel experience
The sheets were clean. And i got a free fridge magnet.
Ah yes, I also remember staying in Glasgow once.
obligatory garth marengi
https://youtu.be/AFDWFTiKwss?t=143
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 a 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.
I already paid $5 to turn the cable on.