tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post324828947338451273..comments2023-11-03T06:12:03.847-05:00Comments on Mrs. Linklater's Guide to the Universe: We'll Leave the Meth Out For YaMrs. Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16582230399160973531noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-35695673471346607652006-07-18T11:22:00.000-05:002006-07-18T11:22:00.000-05:00We stay at cheap motels, and I never heard of one ...We stay at cheap motels, and I never heard of one that doesn't give you clean towels, or all the soap you need. I always have to ask the clerk at the motels with coffee in the room for more coffee than they give me, and they always oblige. I would have demanded clean towels!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-5728878472784267852006-07-18T11:35:00.000-05:002006-07-18T11:35:00.000-05:00Motel Six is the aerosol-cheese can of motels. At ...Motel Six is the aerosol-cheese can of motels. At least you didn't stay in an "extended stay" place with a stove and fridge. Those places are the prime spots for cooking up a batch of tweak. Did you look under the mattress? Whever we stay in a motel I won't let the kids go barefoot. The filth on their socks is proof enough.<br><br>Americans are the only people who use a towel once. Other countries usually just hang them up to dry and use them again.<br><br><br><br><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-5965508777581818472006-07-18T11:41:00.000-05:002006-07-18T11:41:00.000-05:00I was working in London for several weeks one Augu...I was working in London for several weeks one August and they tried that USE YOUR TOWELS MORE THAN ONCE trick on me. The whole notion of environmental pollution didn't cut it when it came to my personal needs. I lasted one day and requested new towels. Maybe I wouldn't have had such a big problem IF the air conditioning didn't make the room feel like a damp basement, if the hired cars actually had air conditioning. And if room service had provdied edible food. Life's a bitch, gimme fresh towels. <br><br>Mrs. LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-45375366477808918772006-07-18T12:04:00.000-05:002006-07-18T12:04:00.000-05:00I agree... EEWWW! Most people who use their bath ...I agree... EEWWW! Most people who use their bath towels more than once justify it by saying their bodies were 'clean' when they used them after showering. But the human body is never really clean... just washed down. We transfer the germs to the wet towels, where they multiply in the dark, moist bathroom enviornment all night long. Believe me, no one should use them again the next morning. Re-using towels is a good way to get styes and boiles. ESPECIALLY if someone ELSE uses the towel! I've read that motels/hotels almost never wash the bedpreads. Never lie on top of them. Push it onto the floor when you get into the bed to go to sleep.<br><br>This comment is a Public Service Announcement! LOL! LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-15647447738808847632006-07-18T12:06:00.000-05:002006-07-18T12:06:00.000-05:00THEY WHAT????? I have NEVER had any hotel refold m...THEY WHAT????? I have NEVER had any hotel refold my towels, ew ew ew ew.... And that is really saying something considering I stayed in a hotel where I found blood on the carpet... and walls... and stained on the sheets... ::shiver:: Only hotel in the town though, so we just changed rooms. Ugh. Will never forget that, I slept with all my clothes on.<br><br>If I had the money, and I had to pick between a bunch of things I wouldn't use or enjoy or a Super 8... I'd spend the extra money lol<br><br>~LilyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-20071959178206847732006-07-18T13:45:00.000-05:002006-07-18T13:45:00.000-05:00We once stayed in a Motel Six in San Diego, and it...We once stayed in a Motel Six in San Diego, and it was truly scary. There were people that looked like they were living there permanently, and I was certain that at any moment, I was going to witness the crew from "Cops" come rolling up to raid the place. We should've left. I think the truckstop 10 miles back would've felt safer...<br>When I'm on staying in a hotel, one of the perks is that I'm not doing the laundry. Get me some clean towels, or else. lol<br>Anna<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-86098018849564977562006-07-18T18:11:00.000-05:002006-07-18T18:11:00.000-05:00Reminds me of the Passport Inn, late one summer ni...Reminds me of the Passport Inn, late one summer night, in Podunk Kentucky, too sleepy to drive another mile. The toilet which was "Sanitized for your Safety" had a cigarette butt floating in the water, and a beer can tab (it was years ago) on the floor hehind it. Bobby pins (do you know what those are?) littered the shag carpet<br>next to the bed. Our son, who was 7 at the time, refused to lie down because he sobbed, "There's a dead animal under the bed......it stinks", so I yelled at him to go to sleep NOW or suffer the sonsequences. When he wouldn't stop crying, and I felt guilty for shouting, I leaned over to kiss him, and realized, the feather pillows had apparently rotted, or more accurately, decomposed. It was disgusting.<br><br>We slept in the car that night, and awakened the next morning to a town which resembled something out of one of those post nuclear holocaust B movies. You know?<br><br>Happy family vacation memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-25912879606902391802006-07-18T20:58:00.000-05:002006-07-18T20:58:00.000-05:00Speaking of sheets and blankets....didja see the A...Speaking of sheets and blankets....didja see the Ann Landers (or whoever it was) bit today about the 24 year old married woman who still has a security blanket (literal, not figurative) and the advice columnist said it was ok? <br><br>Was that the sound of strapping on boots?<br><br>Chris<br>http://inanethoughtsandinsaneramblings.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-26070699139526398762006-07-18T21:32:00.000-05:002006-07-18T21:32:00.000-05:00I always throw dirty towels on the floor under the...I always throw dirty towels on the floor under the sink in hotel rooms - that is my way of saying, "I expect clean towels when I get back." I can't imagine them picking them up off the floor and putting them back, but who knows? <br><br>And - what were you doing in MI that you didn't call me??? <br><br>xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-79689888774401406242006-07-18T21:41:00.000-05:002006-07-18T21:41:00.000-05:00We stayed at a Travelodge in downtown San Francisc...We stayed at a Travelodge in downtown San Francisco once. We were almost too busy patting ourselves on the backs for saving all that dough to notice the big metal bars on the hotel windows. Or all the people in the lobby who were paying cash for their rooms. I felt like I was staying at a pawn shop.<br><br>Never again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-19529509490826166772006-07-19T01:58:00.000-05:002006-07-19T01:58:00.000-05:00I'm with you on the towels. I don't know ...I'm with you on the towels. I don't know what it is but I have to use a clean towel every morning. I do the laundry so it's my right to dirty as many towels as I want, right?<br>Kathy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-76113397282339690792006-07-19T10:24:00.000-05:002006-07-19T10:24:00.000-05:00i've heard Tom Bodette .... but what exactly does ...i've heard Tom Bodette .... but what exactly does he do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-87306630702557293772006-07-19T13:47:00.000-05:002006-07-19T13:47:00.000-05:00I have stayed in motel 6 and always feel people th...I have stayed in motel 6 and always feel people think the wrong thing is going on in my room! Ha.<br><br>In other words...You get what you pay for!<br><br>Great journal!<br><br>Mary Louise<br><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-1405341739283210652006-07-20T08:59:00.000-05:002006-07-20T08:59:00.000-05:00We stayed on property once at Disney and they had ...We stayed on property once at Disney and they had a card in the room asking to conserve resources by reusing your towels. Good God, for the price of the rooms they could have purchased new towels for me every day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-85310810690112712522006-07-20T22:19:00.000-05:002006-07-20T22:19:00.000-05:00one more comment.....in this weekend's paper, ...one more comment.....in this weekend's paper, there was an article about a meth lab that was busted. Guess what other business the couple ran from this location.....A FREAKIN' DAYCARE. Nice.....so nice. I'm so friggin' (see two colloquial spellings) glad I live in Tennessee, the Land of 10,000 Meth Labs. That's our new license tag.<br><br>Chris<br>http://inanethoughtsandinsaneramblings.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com