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minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish60•5 months 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-square@danc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish25•5 months agoI don’t think my motel 6 has a better room than 2 full size beds and free HBO
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoThey might at least not put you next to the hourly rentals
minus-square@TachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish10•5 months agoI had a guy try to stab me because I asked. I’d categorize that as worse than no.
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish35•5 months 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-square@TachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish-37•5 months agoI also made it up, just to provide an example of something worse that could happen. But probably never will.
minus-squareIndiBronylinkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agoAh yes, I also remember staying in Glasgow once.
minus-square@AlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoOkay I feel a story is needed here
minus-square@TachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish-4•5 months agoWe’re on the internet. I made it up.
minus-square@Anticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months 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-square@TachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish-1•5 months agoI did. They promised me a harrier jet, but never came through with it.
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?
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.
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Ah yes, I also remember staying in Glasgow once.
Okay I feel a story is needed here
We’re on the internet. I made it up.
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.