[QUOTE] the springs in the mattress attacked you in the night.[/QUOTE]This is priceless! I have to remember it, haha..
Thanks for sharing.

P.S. And no, I don't sympathize with [STRIKE]that hotel[/STRIKE] those robbers. The place should be shut down!

We stayed in a place once which had the angle-cut, very sharp ends of springs coming out of the mattress. When we complained in the morning, they hauled the mattress to another cabin and brought us the mattress from there. We have not been back.

Was it at a yoga retreat? ^_^

[QUOTE=kladner;388100]We stayed in a place once which had the angle-cut, very sharp ends of springs coming out of the mattress. When we complained in the morning, they hauled the mattress to another cabin and brought us the mattress from there. We have not been back.[/QUOTE]

I once stayed at this address in New York [SPOILER]342 west 71st street new york ny[/SPOILER]. Google it, then check out the 1 and 2 star reviews on yelp or trip advisor (look at the pictures there). The room was tiny, ~2.25m x 3.25m. The common bathroom had chicken bones in the trash. The hall ways are best describe as a warren and fire trap. The main steps inside were so worn that they pitch dangerously forward. I have attached some files to show 1) that I was there and 2) just how small the room was.
:yucky:

I think that most prison cells are bigger.

[QUOTE=Batalov;388102]Was it at a yoga retreat? ^_^[/QUOTE]

Nothing so elevating, I'm afraid.

Well, there, you know, a bed of nails would have made sense... :rolleyes:

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;388137][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel[/URL][/QUOTE]

Such accommodations have figured in futurist (sci-fi) novels, by William Gibson, I believe.

I've seen these in [URL="http://aeroexpress.ru/en/press_releases/news20091125.html"]Sheremetyevo[/URL]. Evil tongues say that one of them is where Snowden spent those 39 days.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;388137][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel[/url][/QUOTE]

That would be nice in airports if one is stuck overnight or just want a couple of hours of near silence while waiting for a connecting flight.

[QUOTE=kladner;388056][URL="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2840553/Hotel-fines-guests-bad-review.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490"]Hotel to refund[/URL], and scrap policy.
I am afraid that I cannot sympathize with the hotel, at least on the information I've seen. The idea that it thinks it can charge almost triple the room rate for a negative opinion is repulsive. I [U]would[/U] like to know just what the complaint involved.

EDIT: [URL="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/couple-fined-100-hotel-bad-review-094919601.html#RKQKMoM"]Details of the couple's complaints.[/URL][/QUOTE]
Mildly amusing review of the same hotel:
[B]Please don’t fine me, I’m a journalist[/B]
[URL]http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/nov/21/night-blackpool-broadway-hotel-tripadvisor[/URL]