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The Picard Maneuver to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago

An actually useful life pro tip for traveling

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An actually useful life pro tip for traveling

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The Picard Maneuver to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago
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  • @BossDj@lemm.ee
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    79•5 months ago

    The cost range of my hotels usually means that those hangars have loops at the top not hooks, and can’t be removed from the closet

    • @ccunning@lemmy.world
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      76•5 months ago

      Even the ones with hoops instead of hooks can be removed (in my experience, anyway). Super awkward otherwise.

      • @brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        11•5 months ago

        I believe I did stay at one property where they weighed cost of the inconvenience as lower than the cost of the theft - completely locked to the rod

        • Midnight Wolf
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          10•5 months ago

          Bring a set of tools and take the hangers and the rod too, just for spite

        • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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          6•5 months ago

          Usually in a place that classy it’s so you can’t hang yourself.

          • @brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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            6•5 months ago

            It worked

      • @TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world
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        3•4 months ago

        This has been my experience as well

    • @A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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      9•5 months ago

      Keep a couple clothespins/binder clips in your bag?

      • @CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        14•5 months ago

        I don’t always carry my BDSM kit with me though. Sometimes a business trip is only a business trip.

        • Midnight Wolf
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          4•5 months ago

          You’re clearly in the wrong field, then ;p

        • @hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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          3•5 months ago

          Depends on your business :)

    • @chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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      8•5 months ago

      Just bring a pair of side cutters with you. Snip snip and you’re good to go!

      • @dufkm@lemmy.world
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        7•5 months ago

        I’d never go to a hotel without my leatherman with me.

        • SeekPie
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          3•4 months ago

          Ever tried flying with it? I wanted to take mine on a flight but didn’t want to lose it so left it at home. Would they allow it on planes?

          • @tektite@slrpnk.net
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            2•4 months ago

            If you’re talking about tsa: https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/multi-tools

            In general, you are prohibited from traveling with sharp objects in your carry-on bags. Multi-tools (multipurpose tools) with knives of any length are prohibited. Please pack these items in your checked bags. Multi-tools (multipurpose tools) with scissors less than 4 inches may be placed in carry-on bags.

            but don’t forget (☞゚ヮ゚)☞

            The final decision rests with the TSA officer on whether an item is allowed through the checkpoint.

            • @Juvyn00b@lemmy.world
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              2•4 months ago

              Yup, the last line holds true. Had a mini multi tool taken because I forgot about it in my bag - it definitely has less than a 4 inch blade.

              • @tektite@slrpnk.net
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                4•4 months ago

                It’s the scissors that can be less than four inches; it says no knives of any length.

                • @Juvyn00b@lemmy.world
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                  1•4 months ago

                  Yup yup, I definitely didn’t read the full details before writing my comment.

      • BarqsHasBite
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        3•5 months ago

        Much simpler than bringing a clothespin. Or binder clip.

    • partial_accumen
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      5 months ago

      I’ve also always thought that was a cost/theft issue, but I wonder if its also to prevent people from trying to use the hook-type hangers from hanging things from fire suppression sprinkler heads.

      • @AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
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        9•5 months ago

        Good point. I recently stayed somewhere with a bolted sign by the sprinkler heads that said not to hang anything on them, lol. Makes me think it happens…a lot.

    • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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      4•5 months ago

      Bring one with you. Or a binder clip, bag clip, etc etc

    • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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      1•4 months ago

      There’s people who steal the curtains from a hotel they paid for?

  • IninewCrow
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    60•5 months ago

    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.

    • @danc4498@lemmy.world
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      25•5 months ago

      I don’t think my motel 6 has a better room than 2 full size beds and free HBO

      • IninewCrow
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        5•5 months ago

        They might at least not put you next to the hourly rentals

        • SkaveRat
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          6•5 months ago

          And miss out on the free entertainment?

      • @RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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        3•5 months ago

        Pay-per-view comp?

    • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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      10•5 months ago

      I had a guy try to stab me because I asked. I’d categorize that as worse than no.

      • IninewCrow
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        35•5 months ago

        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.

        • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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          -37•5 months ago

          I also made it up, just to provide an example of something worse that could happen. But probably never will.

          • @gift_of_gab@lemmy.world
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            35•5 months ago

            image

            • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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              -3•5 months ago

              Shrug.gif

      • IndiBrony
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        8•5 months ago

        Ah yes, I also remember staying in Glasgow once.

      • @AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
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        3•5 months ago

        Okay I feel a story is needed here

        • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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          -4•5 months ago

          We’re on the internet. I made it up.

      • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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        2•5 months ago

        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.

        • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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          -1•5 months ago

          I did. They promised me a harrier jet, but never came through with it.

  • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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    31•5 months ago

    Just overlap the curtains?

    • @isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de
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      58•5 months ago

      many hotels cheap out and have crappy curtains that are designed in such a way that it can’t be overlapped

      • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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        7•5 months ago

        Blast! Cut off at the pass.

        • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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          3•4 months ago

          It was a solid effort.

      • @iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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        4•4 months ago

        which means they also don’t have cloth hangers with clips so you need to pack one each time…

  • edric
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    22•5 months ago

    I’m traveling right now and will do this when I get back to my hotel.

    • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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      19•5 months ago

      Let us know you’re ok afterwards

      • @Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        16•5 months ago

        I’m starting to get nervous something went wrong

        • @Kalothar@lemmy.ca
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          15•5 months ago

          Clamped it around his neck, seen this tragedy a dozen times

          Lets just sprinkle some crack on him and get out of here

          • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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            1•5 months ago

            This reminds me of the time my dad dropped me off at the park and said he’d be right back.

  • @gigachad@sh.itjust.works
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    21•5 months ago

    I am not really sure what’s going on in this picture

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      They used a hanger to keep closed those useless curtains that are in a lot of hotels.

    • @MintyFresh@lemmy.world
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      Your mom, Ronald McDonald, and a barrel of tartar sauce are just out of frame. I’d look away son.

      • BigFig
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        13•5 months ago

        Please, everyone knows Ronald uses Big Mac Sauce

        • @anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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          4•5 months ago

          It’s just catsup and mayo.

          • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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            5•5 months ago

            Dude what are you doing? They’ll come after you

          • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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            4•5 months ago

            It’s Thousand Island dressing.

        • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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          3•5 months ago

          Not with gigachads mom he doesn’t

  • cardboardchris
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    16•5 months ago

    I travel with a couple of binder clips for exactly this reason. I never thought of using a hanger with clips though!

  • @BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    The best hotel room hack I know lets you unlock the AC so you can get some actual cool air.

    https://youtu.be/Eo6P1-yN3TM?si=b9VDrWr-l0ossWj0

    • @Bremmy@lemmy.ml
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      4•4 months ago

      Wow, saving this video. Thanks!

  • @wjrii@lemmy.world
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    9•5 months ago

    Done this many times. It helps so much when you don’t need to be up at the crack of dawn.

  • @BatrickPateman@lemmy.world
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    6•5 months ago

    Yo, isn’t that from Amazon’s Reacher? S1E?

  • @bartvbl@lemmy.world
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    5•5 months ago

    Great tip! My biggest issue is usually that the curtains themselves barely block any light. Light leaking between them tends to be a secondary issue.

  • @ramble81@lemm.ee
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    2•5 months ago

    And here I usually leave the curtains wide open unless there’s a flashing light.

  • billwashere
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    2•4 months ago

    This is just fucking simple and brilliant.

  • @Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    -1•4 months ago

    Or maybe carry a couple chipclips

    • @TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
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      6•4 months ago

      why? they’re free at the hotel closet

      • @Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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        0•4 months ago

        All of them?

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