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Ajuy lemmy.world Amine_Jouahri@lemmy.world
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MajinBlayze lemmy.world MajinBlayze@lemmy.world
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#2 · Quote Reply

Could be another hotel

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RollForInitiative feddit.org RollForInitiative@feddit.org
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I think it's hilarious. I'd laugh if i got into this room without knowing about its "view" beforehand. Ventilation might be an issue though

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Blackmist feddit.uk Blackmist@feddit.uk
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Last hotel I stayed in there wasn't even a view. The window just looked onto another corridor, and had some paper over it.

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the_Interceptor lemmus.org the_Interceptor@lemmus.org
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Once I stayed at an airbnb in Vienna. Across the Street was a small Hofer (Austria's Aldi). All innocent enough, until the first night. Apparently this street was the local hooker pickup so lots of sparsely dressed ladies appeared each evening and there was lots of come-and-go (haha) traffic. And every morning at 4am sharp a huge truck arrived to restock the Hofer. In the narrow street it had to do a 50 point turn, complete with loud reverse beeping.

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drath lemmy.drath.ru drath@lemmy.drath.ru
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I've seen worse. I've been to a hotel where corridors were shaped like lowercase m letter, with central leg being the entrance and side legs having rooms on both sides, so the windows of inner ones were facing each other through public lobby 🫣 Needless to say, none of the curtains were ever open, so they were effectively windowless

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Almacca aussie.zone Almacca@aussie.zone
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#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

I stayed in some seriously shitty 'hotels' when backpacking through South-East Asia in my twenties. They were objectively terrible, but I recall them as some of the best times of my life. Never underestimate the value of a good anecdote.

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Treczoks lemmy.world Treczoks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
#8 · (edited) Quote Reply

About as good as that hostel in London. 3.5 by 3.5 meters for four people, including the bath with shower and sink, and a window to a roof, not much larger than the room, surrounded by buildings going up lots of levels.

But it was clean and cheap.

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Treczoks lemmy.world Treczoks@lemmy.world
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Once I stayed at an airbnb in Vienna. Across the Street was a small Hofer (Austria's Aldi). All innocent enough, until the first night. Apparently this street was the local hooker pickup so lots of sparsely dressed ladies appeared each evening and there was lots of come-and-go (haha) traffic. And every morning at 4am sharp a huge truck arrived to restock the Hofer. In the narrow street it had t...

We lived across the parking lot from a LIDL (ALDI competitor), and they also got deliveries from 4AM onwards.

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BradleyUffner lemmy.world BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply

That's pretty bad, but if you think it's the "worst possible", you lack imagination.

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Curiousfur lemmy.world Curiousfur@lemmy.world
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#11 · Quote Reply

My view was worse

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Dozzi92 lemmy.world Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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About as good as that hostel in London. 3.5 by 3.5 meters for four people, including the bath with shower and sink, and a window to a roof, not much larger than the room, surrounded by buildings going up lots of levels. But it was clean and cheap.

Yeah, when I was younger places like this were my jam. I wasn't there to hang out in a hotel room, and so the less accommodating the better. Clean was important, but that's about it. Make it small, make it have no view, no TV, etc.

I am no longer young.

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sem piefed.blahaj.zone sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-09-04
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At least it has a window!

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FluorideMind lemmy.world FluorideMind@lemmy.world
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#14 · Quote Reply

At least it has a window!

Be better without. Every time a car goes through your room is getting lit tf up by the headlights.

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sem piefed.blahaj.zone sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-09-04
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Be better without. Every time a car goes through your room is getting lit tf up by the headlights.

Why are the headlights on in a lit garage?

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
#16 · Quote Reply

Still better than rooms that have windows facing the hotel corridor so all the guests can see you in your room.

I've had that happen a surprising number of times.

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
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#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

Why are the headlights on in a lit garage?

Because they're on as long as you operate the vehicle.

Oh maybe you make the distinction between headlights and foglights or whatever, headlights to me just mean standard lights on a car.

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sem piefed.blahaj.zone sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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#18 · (edited) Quote Reply

Because they're on as long as you operate the vehicle. Oh maybe you make the distinction between headlights and foglights or whatever, headlights to me just mean standard lights on a car.

My car isn't like that. You have to manually turn on the headlights, which you only do in the dark or in the rain.

There is a dim "running lights" setting that you can select in a parking garage, but it doesn't cast a beam, it just illuminates some yellow lights near the main headlights.

But to your point, some people in the garage would probably turn their headlights on incorrectly or otherwise.

Personally I'd still rather have a window than no window. I usually sleep with an eye mask anyway because light comes through my windows at home also.

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GenosseFlosse feddit.org GenosseFlosse@feddit.org
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I was looking at a cement wall 1m away at a hotel in Japan. I think the reason for the window might have been an emergency fire escape...? 😐

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DarkSurferZA lemmy.world DarkSurferZA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-28
#20 · Quote Reply

Still better than rooms that have windows facing the hotel corridor so all the guests can see you in your room. I've had that happen a surprising number of times.

Wut the faq

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lessthanluigi lemmy.sdf.org lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
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#21 · Quote Reply

I kinda vibe with this view tbh

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chuckleslord lemmy.world chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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Here's the real question. Why are they touching the beds without checking them for bugs first?! Seeing the horrors one time was enough to never, ever touch soft surfaces in a hotel until they're all thoroughly checked.

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
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My car isn't like that. You have to manually turn on the headlights, which you only do in the dark or in the rain. There is a dim "running lights" setting that you can select in a parking garage, but it doesn't cast a beam, it just illuminates some yellow lights near the main headlights. But to your point, some people in the garage would probably turn their headlights on incorrectly or otherwis...

How old is your car that the lights aren't just always on?

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GraniteM lemmy.world GraniteM@lemmy.world
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#24 · Quote Reply

My view was worse

Yeah, you win.

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RheumatoidArthritis mander.xyz RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz
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Here's the real question. Why are they touching the beds without checking them for bugs first?! Seeing the horrors one time was enough to never, ever touch soft surfaces in a hotel until they're all thoroughly checked.

Tell us the horrors then, i had ants in a dirty Italian hostel once, but no bugs in a clean place like this

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
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#26 · Quote Reply

Wut the faq

They remake old offices into cheap hotels. They end up with this shit.

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DarkSurferZA lemmy.world DarkSurferZA@lemmy.world
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#27 · Quote Reply

They remake old offices into cheap hotels. They end up with this shit.

My comment remains the same, even if this was an office. Da faq is dis!!!

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ZoteTheMighty lemmy.zip ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
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#28 · Quote Reply

My view was worse

Lol I've had both these views in hotels before.

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