Hotels/Motels

May I see a show of hands of you who are business travelers? And of those raised hands, how many of you invariably are forced to suffer the presumptuous behavior of other Hotel/Motel guests? Once again I am traveling and I am forced to stay at a Motel 6. It's not so much the Motel as is the people who stay there. For some odd reason, guests feel they must thrust their door closed with as much force as a wife slamming the bedroom door followed with a "You Bastard"!

One night a guest brought their pet Beagle. This is basically a siren with four legs. If I were to make a guess, I would say 50% of the guests here are Meth addicts. During the summer when I was traveling, a motel guest was beating on the wall. I thought he was remodeling. It was like being stuck next to Michael Keaton in Pacific Heights. I called next door and inquired as to the noise. His response'" Oh..... well, uh.. I was swattin' dem bugs on the wall... they uh flew in so I was trying to get rid of them".

Unlike Hotels which have indoor hallways, Motels have the front door right next to the car exhaust pipe. I mean, By God, you have to listen to the Moron who just put new headers on his heap while he is warming up his engine at 4:30AM. Or the trucker who has one of those refrigerated trucks and every ball bearing in the compressor is shot. So you get to hear a LOUD screech as the compressor starts every 15 minutes while he is sleeping out of ear shot on the other side of the building. Kids? Forget it! They never go to sleep. They're running all around, banging on walls, hyper as hell. They should give all the parents as many doses of Riddelin for as many days they plan to stay. Oh, and we can't for get about the conversations that occur at 3:00AM in front of your door You know, the funny thing is, the last time I was here I stayed in an absolute dump, and guess what, I got the best sleep ever! Let me ask you, does it get better with the cost of the Hotel? Help!


John Wilson

Longview, WA.