Hey,.,,it could always be worse. Much Much worse.
Hey,.,,it could always be worse. Much Much worse.
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Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Yikes
Hey,.,,it could always be worse. Much Much worse.
WOW... How horrible for them!
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Yikes, they need a cat infestation quick.
That is terrible and I understand the means necessary to control the plague. But it still broke my heart to see the picture of the poor little mice in the bucket of water and soap looking up for help as they were drowning. ? They could have done without that in the article.
Recently returned from a Buddies trip down to Pinehurst, and sorting through expenses to square up. 2 of our hotels charged parking fees...
Let me rephrase that. 2 of our hotels in Pinehurst (an hour from the airport), near nothing, with no shuttle service, and where Lyft/Uber are NOT a thing we found out, charged us $10/day in parking fees. What the H-E-double hockey sticks? Another charged a $7/day "Resort fee" with zero amenities (pool and free breakfast both closed due to COVID). We tried to get an Uber one night and we never got a response. So if you don't want to pay for parking, what is the other option to walk? Then I wouldn't really need a hotel...
If you need money, just raise the nightly rate, I'd be much more understanding that a bunch of stupid fees. I get parking fees in major metropolitan areas and/or if you have an airport shuttle service.
Both were Marriott branded hotels, so I emailed corporate and got an extremely generic response that basically says Marriott as an umbrella company has no real control over what their hotels charge their guest for, or how much they charge them.
In the grand scheme of things, whatever, I will pay it. It is just annoying.
Hotels just keep devaluing the perks in order to get as many members into their loyalty program. Hilton just ended their free breakfasts for Gold and Diamond members in lieu of a credit that might cover one breakfast for my family. It used to be not long ago that they would give us one for everyone in the family if I asked. Upgrades are happening less often too because nearly anyone can get Gold status these days.
Adding fees doesn’t surprise me in the least. We are strongly considering dumping our Hilton branded card because we’d rather stay at an AirBnB with the kids given how much more room you can get and for usually better rates
It sounds funny, but by adding those charges on instead of raising the room rate, they're not just making the price seem more reasonable when you're searching, but actually saving you (a little) money in the process. The parking and resort fees aren't subject to lodging taxes.
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
It sounds funny, but by adding those charges on instead of raising the room rate, they're not just making the price seem more reasonable when you're searching, but actually saving you (a little) money in the process. The parking and resort fees aren't subject to lodging taxes.
Yes. I wish these “fees” were just added into the nightly price. I despise Resort Fee, it’s a total scam.
I would have argued that no breakfast, no pool means no fee. What else would they have claimed it covered? I’ve had resort fees removed sometimes when I’ve asked. In this situation I definitely would have asked.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
It sounds funny, but by adding those charges on instead of raising the room rate, they're not just making the price seem more reasonable when you're searching, but actually saving you (a little) money in the process. The parking and resort fees aren't subject to lodging taxes.
Of course I can’t complain now. We just got to our hotel in Zion and they upgraded us from a 2 queen room to a 2 bed 2 bath suite that is huge. It’s also a 200 yard walk from the room to the Zion visitor center and the views from the porch are killer
It sounds funny, but by adding those charges on instead of raising the room rate, they're not just making the price seem more reasonable when you're searching, but actually saving you (a little) money in the process. The parking and resort fees aren't subject to lodging taxes.
Of course I can’t complain now. We just got to our hotel in Zion and they upgraded us from a 2 queen room to a 2 bed 2 bath suite that is huge. It’s also a 200 yard walk from the room to the Zion visitor center and the views from the porch are killer
Wouldn't happen to be at the Best Western Plus?
It sounds funny, but by adding those charges on instead of raising the room rate, they're not just making the price seem more reasonable when you're searching, but actually saving you (a little) money in the process. The parking and resort fees aren't subject to lodging taxes.
Of course I can’t complain now. We just got to our hotel in Zion and they upgraded us from a 2 queen room to a 2 bed 2 bath suite that is huge. It’s also a 200 yard walk from the room to the Zion visitor center and the views from the porch are killer
Wouldn't happen to be at the Best Western Plus?
No the Hilton Curio. We have as bunch of Honors points so we used them on this trip
Yeah...
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Those Gorilla Bag canvas dumpsters. They're the bane of my neighborhood. My neighbor across the street has had a bright orange one at the end of his driveway for the last 3 months. You might as well have a junked out car up on blocks. I get that they're useful for large projects, but come on. A week or two should be long enough. People leave these things out there for months on end.
Those Gorilla Bag canvas dumpsters. They're the bane of my neighborhood. My neighbor across the street has had a bright orange one at the end of his driveway for the last 3 months. You might as well have a junked out car up on blocks. I get that they're useful for large projects, but come on. A week or two should be long enough. People leave these things out there for months on end.
Check with your city to see if there are any ordinances about them.
Those Gorilla Bag canvas dumpsters. They're the bane of my neighborhood. My neighbor across the street has had a bright orange one at the end of his driveway for the last 3 months. You might as well have a junked out car up on blocks. I get that they're useful for large projects, but come on. A week or two should be long enough. People leave these things out there for months on end.
I think a lot of people mistakenly buy those canvas dumpster bags not realizing there is additional (and significant) cost to have them picked up. And thus leave them sit rather than pay. Just a guess.
Or they work on home projects at the speed we do. 
Those Gorilla Bag canvas dumpsters. They're the bane of my neighborhood. My neighbor across the street has had a bright orange one at the end of his driveway for the last 3 months. You might as well have a junked out car up on blocks. I get that they're useful for large projects, but come on. A week or two should be long enough. People leave these things out there for months on end.
I think a lot of people mistakenly buy those canvas dumpster bags not realizing there is additional (and significant) cost to have them picked up. And thus leave them sit rather than pay. Just a guess.
Or they work on home projects at the speed we do.
The bags only run about $30. I can’t imagine anyone thinks that price includes haul away. Plus they say right on the packaging that haul away isn’t included.
But alas, I come across a lot more things that are head scratchers so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
Those Gorilla Bag canvas dumpsters. They're the bane of my neighborhood. My neighbor across the street has had a bright orange one at the end of his driveway for the last 3 months. You might as well have a junked out car up on blocks. I get that they're useful for large projects, but come on. A week or two should be long enough. People leave these things out there for months on end.
When my wife and I bought our house over 4 months ago. A house down the street had one of those canvas dumpsters full sitting at the end of their driveway. Now the canvas dumpster is about 2/3 empty. I think they are piece by piece putting stuff in they trash bin and having it emptied with the weekly pickup.
Keep your stick on the ice...
My wife and I are considering getting one of the green WM bags to get rid of some junk. I think she said the total cost including pickup is about $200.
My wife and I are considering getting one of the green WM bags to get rid of some junk. I think she said the total cost including pickup is about $200.
We did this before moving. Basically enabled me to clear out the garage in one shot, so it was worth it. Just be sure to place it in a good spot. I didn't follow the directions on the package, but lucked out in putting in a a good spot. Lots of large trees all over our old lot.
We are selling my older son's motorcycle and someone called my wife with interest. He asked her how much mileage and after she answered he said "No thanks". When she explained it to me I said, "15,000 km is too many"? She said she told him it was 150,000 km.
:brickwall: :dope:
We are selling my older son's motorcycle and someone called my wife with interest. He asked her how much mileage and after she answered he said "No thanks". When she explained it to me I said, "15,000 km is too many"? She said she told him it was 150,000 km.
:brickwall: :dope:
Now that sounds like something I’d do.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
At least they said "no thanks" instead of giving a really low offer that she then accepted.
Is it standard procedure when you are working with customer service (spectrum is the one I’m working on now) to put you on hold to “look into it” and then either completely hang up on you, or kick you back to the general wait list? I’ve had this happen to me so many times I think it’s a tactic to get you to get frustrated and give up. After ten minutes with agent one, she kicked me to hold and I had to wait another ten minutes on hold and then start all over.
And agent two is absolutely useless so I have to wait again. Ugh.
Is it standard procedure when you are working with customer service (spectrum is the one I’m working on now) to put you on hold to “look into it” and then either completely hang up on you, or kick you back to the general wait list?
This would be highly unlikely, although a smaller tel-com that doesn't outsource their customer service might be able to 'get away with it' more so than if you were calling T-Mobile or the like. My company has provided customer service, sales, tech support, etc. for TMob, Bell Canada, AT&T, Comcast, etc. and there is no way a single one of them would put up with this handling their customers in such a way. In fact we don't have a single telephony application that would make it possible to put a contact back into the queue. Hanging up would be another story.
Is it standard procedure when you are working with customer service (spectrum is the one I’m working on now) to put you on hold to “look into it” and then either completely hang up on you, or kick you back to the general wait list? I’ve had this happen to me so many times I think it’s a tactic to get you to get frustrated and give up. After ten minutes with agent one, she kicked me to hold and I had to wait another ten minutes on hold and then start all over.
And agent two is absolutely useless so I have to wait again. Ugh.
Based on the ‘glowing’ reviews my dad gives Spectrum this sounds about par for the course for them
Is it standard procedure when you are working with customer service (spectrum is the one I’m working on now) to put you on hold to “look into it” and then either completely hang up on you, or kick you back to the general wait list? I’ve had this happen to me so many times I think it’s a tactic to get you to get frustrated and give up. After ten minutes with agent one, she kicked me to hold and I had to wait another ten minutes on hold and then start all over.
And agent two is absolutely useless so I have to wait again. Ugh.
Based on the ‘glowing’ reviews my dad gives Spectrum this sounds about par for the course for them
Honestly spectrum has been far easier than when I had frontier and dish. I spoke with three reps in the span of an hour phone call. First one kicked me to hold, second one was completely useless, claiming he couldn’t access any specifics on my account (?) third one was super nice, helpful, and able to answer all my questions. It’s just such a crapshoot who you get and a lot of time waiting on hold and for someone who can actually help. I can see why a lot of people get frustrated and just pay whatever they are charged. I was routinely hung up on when I was trying to end my frontier and dish accounts.
Then I spent time with tech services as our WiFi cuts out a lot and he was very thorough and helpful.
I have been far more happy with Spectrum but it’s getting to the expensive part as promos end.
Is it standard procedure when you are working with customer service (spectrum is the one I’m working on now) to put you on hold to “look into it” and then either completely hang up on you, or kick you back to the general wait list?
This would be highly unlikely, although a smaller tel-com that doesn't outsource their customer service might be able to 'get away with it' more so than if you were calling T-Mobile or the like. My company has provided customer service, sales, tech support, etc. for TMob, Bell Canada, AT&T, Comcast, etc. and there is no way a single one of them would put up with this handling their customers in such a way. In fact we don't have a single telephony application that would make it possible to put a contact back into the queue. Hanging up would be another story.
The only we can send someone into a queue is to transfer them to another skill and I am almost positive we cannot transfer callers back into the same skill they are already on. My teams are typically dealing with a very specific set of customers (unlike the support SS) provides) so if we do accidently hang up on caller ( Mr. Fat Fingers checking in :wave: ) we almost always know the caller and can ring them back quickly.
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― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Is it standard procedure when you are working with customer service (spectrum is the one I’m working on now) to put you on hold to “look into it” and then either completely hang up on you, or kick you back to the general wait list?
This would be highly unlikely, although a smaller tel-com that doesn't outsource their customer service might be able to 'get away with it' more so than if you were calling T-Mobile or the like. My company has provided customer service, sales, tech support, etc. for TMob, Bell Canada, AT&T, Comcast, etc. and there is no way a single one of them would put up with this handling their customers in such a way. In fact we don't have a single telephony application that would make it possible to put a contact back into the queue. Hanging up would be another story.
The only we can send someone into a queue is to transfer them to another skill and I am almost positive we cannot transfer callers back into the same skill they are already on. My teams are typically dealing with a very specific set of customers (unlike the support SS) provides) so if we do accidently hang up on caller ( Mr. Fat Fingers checking in :wave: ) we almost always know the caller and can ring them back quickly.
A specific set of customers doesn't like to be taken.
So this is a question - what bothers you more…your hotel shower lever not automatically switching back to the tub faucet or your spouse who doesn’t check and do it after they shower.
That ice cold water blast from the shower head never feels great when you aren’t expecting it
So this is a question - what bothers you more…your hotel shower lever not automatically switching back to the tub faucet or your spouse who doesn’t check and do it after they shower.
That ice cold water blast from the shower head never feels great when you aren’t expecting it
Always start the water before you enter the tub!!
Yeah I never run into that issue because of my irrational fear of said blast of cold water.
I run the water a good five minutes before I think of going into the shower.
I run the water a good five minutes before I think of going into the shower.
Jeez are you guys using 10-gallon water heaters? 
I run the water a good five minutes before I think of going into the shower.
Jeez are you guys using 10-gallon water heaters?
At home I need 30 seconds to verify water temp cause I know where the handle should be. But in a hotel, never get in until you know what temp the water is coming out so you can adjust accordingly.
I run the water a good five minutes before I think of going into the shower.
Jeez are you guys using 10-gallon water heaters?
At home I need 30 seconds to verify water temp cause I know where the handle should be. But in a hotel, never get in until you know what temp the water is coming out so you can adjust accordingly.
It’s not that as much as my wife not putting the lever down so it will come out of the bath faucet instead of the shower
I let it run a few minutes to make sure the temp is where it is where I like it to be.
Craw-sticking: when the water pressure is sh* in a hotel. I want that shower to kick my butt with pressure.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Or at hotels when the shower head is too low. Hate that.
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Or at hotels when the shower head is too low. Hate that.
Welcome to my world. At 6'4", that's every hotel I stay at. :chainsaw:
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
Or at hotels when the shower head is too low. Hate that.
Welcome to my world. At 6'4", that's every hotel I stay at. :chainsaw:
Try 6'7"... :wall:
Or at hotels when the shower head is too low. Hate that.
Welcome to my world. At 6'4", that's every hotel I stay at. :chainsaw:
Try 6'7"... :wall:
We had one last weekend that basically hit me at the bottom of my rib cage. I’m about 6’. It was a powerful shower and methinks Viking would have gone up a couple octaves there. 
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― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Or at hotels when the shower head is too low. Hate that.
Welcome to my world. At 6'4", that's every hotel I stay at. :chainsaw:
Try 6'7"... :wall:
We had one last weekend that basically hit me at the bottom of my rib cage. I’m about 6’. It was a powerful shower and methinks Viking would have gone up a couple octaves there.
LoL...
I was in shower at a campground and I was taller then the shower head and I'm 5'11. Plus you had to hit a button on the shower knob to run the water. And each increment was about 30 seconds.
Keep your stick on the ice...
I run the water a good five minutes before I think of going into the shower.
Jeez are you guys using 10-gallon water heaters?
At home I need 30 seconds to verify water temp cause I know where the handle should be. But in a hotel, never get in until you know what temp the water is coming out so you can adjust accordingly.
It takes me about 5 seconds. Just hop in and go!!!
Keep your stick on the ice...
I've got a new neighbor, and we really aren't starting off on the right foot... at all.
Every morning he takes either his Harley Davidson or Lifted diesel pickup to work at 5:45am. Apparently Harleys and Diesel trucks need to be revved several times before you can back them out of the driveway? Did you know that? Because I didn't... We could be eating dinner and we know when he is about to come home because when can hear him enter the neighborhood on either vehicle. Asleep in bed, we can hear him come up the driveway and the echo of the exhaust from inside his garage, which is unfortunately next to our bedroom windows. I asked him over the weekend if he could do something about the noise, specifically the Harley. "My last neighbors complained about it, and its a trademarked sound. So let me tell you it won't go anywhere before you waste your time making a complaint."
He lets out his two German shepherds who seem to enjoy having who can bark the loudest contests the entire time they are outside regardless of time of day, oftentimes before he leaves for work at 5:45am. If I know your schedule due to the noise coming from your house... its a problem!!
Tonight he decides it is a good time to have a bonfire (fine) and blow off a bunch of fireworks, which wakes up both my kids. I went outside and asked him to stop the fireworks, and got a "Relax, its a Friday night, we're just having some fun."
I am seriously going to lose my cool if I don't get some sleep soon. He's barely been here a month, and I have had enough. I don't want to be That Guy, but I am getting close to just calling the local police department.
Can't really do anything about the vehicles. They are both loud, no matter what (used to live next to a similar neighbor).
The fireworks, though...COULD be a thing. If they are illegal, or making excessive noise outside city ordinance hours (usually 8am-10pm)...
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
I had a neighbor with a Harley before, and I don't remember it being anywhere near this loud. I know its a loud vehicle, and it can help people notice them on the freeway (if they cant see them, maybe they can hear them kind of thing), but this seems over the top. I never head that neighbor turn off the highway and enter the neighborhood. I could hear him outside in the driveway but once he was out of the cul-de-sac I couldn't hear him. Maybe he was just polite and didn't open it up, or stay in first gear through the neighborhood (making assumptions). I also never recall him leaving at 5:45am maybe that is the difference.
I know diesel trucks are loud and stinky. And people like to have the idle before they drive away. But this clearly has an aftermarket exhaust helping it be extra loud. There is very little "factory" left on this truck from the looks of it. It is extremely loud. Additionally, I have no idea how the bumper height is legal, because in my VW golf, I would be instantly decapitated being in an accident with it. But that is a whole different discussion.
Speaking from personal experience... Harleys are not all that loud from the factory. Are they louder than most passenger cars, or a Gold Wing or something? Sure... but the idiots that have to rev up the engine to make windows rattle are just being :censored:
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Harley's do have a trademarked sound, but not a trademarked volume. Red lining them several times before taking off isn't required for operation.
Harley's do have a trademarked sound, but not a trademarked volume. Red lining them several times before taking off isn't required for operation.
Agreed, but they are louder anyways. Diesel trucks? They wake ME up, and I wake up to almost nothing. Not even revving, just starting up.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.