I get the point already! (Long-ish, ranty)

[BroSCFischer]

Guy wasn't really sucky, but man, he was at the desk for 45 minutes going over the SAME THING, 20 ways to Sunday.

Our power went out the other night. Our hotel is fairly new, and we still don't have some of the major minor things worked out. Like batteries in the Alarm Clocks. So, when we get an outage, like that night, our Alarm Clocks start flashing 12:00AM.

This guy is making a point, and a VALID point. But the conversation should have ended 35 minutes back. Why, oh why, did you repeat yourself over, and over, AND OVER AGAIN.

Also, seriously, I don't want to be calling guests at 1AM to double check whether or not they need to get up, because they couldn't be bothered to get the wake-up call that we offer. (If the power is out, we can knock on your door at the specific time to get you up, and not disturb other guests who, quite frankly, are trying to sleep).

SC

[MrSmiley]

Can't you just buy a package of batteries and give them to the cleaning staff with a note asking them to install them when they clean the rooms?

But yeah... 45 minutes... I'd have a headache by then. Probably would write it down and SHOW myself writing it down so I could wave it in his face whenever he brought it up again. Heh... I learned long ago to check/buy batteries when buying a clock. Prior to that I'm sure I had some fun excuses for people

[Chromatix]

Can the cleaning staff be trusted to put batteries in the rght way round?

[AriRashkae]

Guy wasn't really sucky, but man, he was at the desk for 45 minutes going over the SAME THING, 20 ways to Sunday.

Our power went out the other night. Our hotel is fairly new, and we still don't have some of the major minor things worked out. Like batteries in the Alarm Clocks. So, when we get an outage, like that night, our Alarm Clocks start flashing 12:00AM.

This guy is making a point, and a VALID point. But the conversation should have ended 35 minutes back. Why, oh why, did you repeat yourself over, and over, AND OVER AGAIN.

Also, seriously, I don't want to be calling guests at 1AM to double check whether or not they need to get up, because they couldn't be bothered to get the wake-up call that we offer. (If the power is out, we can knock on your door at the specific time to get you up, and not disturb other guests who, quite frankly, are trying to sleep).

SC

Wait, I have another uncle I don't know about!

Seriously, that's one of my Aunts, to a T. And she lives next door. She comes up almost every day to see my grandmother, reminds me to check the mail, tells me about 4 times that she saw one of the cats in the barn, and brings food that we may or may not eat (pizza = good, salmon = bad here). Then, when she gets back to her house, she calls at least 2 or 3 times a night about the mail, the trash, and anything else.

I wish I could say she's jsut going senile, but she's been like this as long as I can remember.

[Apathy]

People are like that. They really need to impress their point to you, over and over.

Yes, I got your point. I totally understand. I know you feel you need to vent for the atrocities that have befallen you, but trust me, you don't. You need to STFU and, as always, DEAL WITH IT.

[BroSCFischer]

Can't you just buy a package of batteries and give them to the cleaning staff with a note asking them to install them when they clean the rooms?

We have 120 rooms, and NONE of the alarm clocks have batteries. I ain't spendin' that much with no garauntee when (or if, since I took it on myself, without manager approval) I'd get reimbursed.

SC

[smileyeagle1021]

Can the cleaning staff be trusted to put batteries in the rght way round?

long and short answer: NO NO NO H NO

[Chromatix]

long and short answer: NO NO NO H NO

My point exactly.

[rerant]

Self sufficiency time!

Use your fucking cell phone as an alarm clock like an adult and quit expecting people to hold your hand through things.
Hell, even my iPod has an alarm clock!

Waaaaaah the alarm didn't go off! Well, did you ever try covering your bases and doing what any logical person would do? Oh you didn't. Well, sucks for you, cry-baby.

[BroSCFischer]

Self sufficiency time!

Use your fucking cell phone as an alarm clock like an adult and quit expecting people to hold your hand through things.

This is what he did, he was just worried about other people in the hotel, who might not think that far in advance.

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[mharbourgirl]

You know, you can get these nifty little folding travel alarm clocks and set them for any time you want to get up! $3-$5 most places, and they're not hard to find or operate. I've been traveling with the same one for...crap, has it really been 15 years now??? This thing should be in a shrine, since when do cheap electronic gizmos LAST this long?

Anyway, it fits in a pocket, your purse, or your suitcase! A revelation, I know, but it could mean the difference between a long cozy sleep or missing your plane. Just a thought.



"We expected the information age to banish paper. What happened instead is that it banished THOUGHT." A quote, may not word for word, but the substance of it. Problem solving is a dying skill and the human race is in serious trouble.

[wanderingjoe72]

I would bet at one point the clocks did have batteries. Then along comes a traveller that thinks "Hey, my travel shaver needs batteries. Oh how nice, the hotel left me some in the back of this alarm clock!"

Then when you have to add a little more to the standard rate to keep batteries stocked, you get complaints over that. Can't win either way.

[depechemodefan]

You know, you can get these nifty little folding travel alarm clocks and set them for any time you want to get up! $3-$5 most places, and they're not hard to find or operate. I've been traveling with the same one for...crap, has it really been 15 years now??? This thing should be in a shrine, since when do cheap electronic gizmos LAST this long?

Anyway, it fits in a pocket, your purse, or your suitcase! A revelation, I know, but it could mean the difference between a long cozy sleep or missing your plane. Just a thought.

Hee, that reminds me of something boneheaded I did. I do have one of those little travel clocks. We arrive in Seville from NY and that night I set the alarm to wake us up like at 6am. Being the retard that I am, I am not paying attention when I set the alarm. I set the time, and I set the alarm, but I'm not paying atttention that I have to set the alarm at am (the clock doens't show pm, and for am it shows a little "a"). So we wake up at 11am. And miss the bus to Granada, where I had prepaid tickets for the Alahmbra. Luckily, the tickets were good for a week but I had to preselect a time and date to go to the palace, so I missed out on that.

Point is, pay attention to the am and pm.

Oh, and I hate people taking up your time to complain. Make the complaint, or write it, but don't go over and over it. If complaining takes more time than a State of the Union address, then you are annoying.