Comments on: Hotel Room Madness

By: JONATHAN JOHNSON

JONATHAN JOHNSON — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:33:28 +0000

Traveling through Montana last year, I stopped at a state roadside parking area that had a single-occupancy outhouse. On the door was a sign requiring the use of masks indoors.

An outhouse that only one person can use at a time.

Not sure who I was going to give COVID to that they were worried about.

By: Jane Washington

Jane Washington — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:27:36 +0000

Re: scanners at the airport.
I remain mystified how we knitters can carry on sharp knitting needles of a pretty long length – up to about 12”, yet I had a “knife” taken, which consisted of a miniature pair of scissors tucked in – about 1” in length – with which to cut my yarn. I haven’t traveled in over a year but am not looking forward to the craziness or the out of control passengers.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:04:17 +0000

I have also been patted down in the Frankfurt airport because the security scanner can’t tell the difference between a tissue and a weapon of mass destruction. I feel so much safer knowing that.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 17:44:29 +0000

Murderous passengers on airliners including The Pilot’s. But not a word about that. Instead dithering and ranting about plastic and fridge in hotel room. yep, yep, yep.

By: Joe Chew

Joe Chew — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:43:12 +0000

> The culprit was — wait for it now — a slip of paper in my shirt pocket.

Ah, yes; I’ve been pulled aside and patted down for going through the porn-o-graph with a forgotten Kleenex in my pants pocket.

A couple hundred thousand apiece for these machines and they can’t tell a weapon from a napkin?

By: Gorji Reza

Gorji Reza — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:21:13 +0000

No Captain, you have not lost your mind. Your article is spot on.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 25 May 2021 19:00:13 +0000

@CincyDave he does have a point to some degree. There’s a handful of (mostly democratic) governors who have been known to implement unnecessary and assinine rules in the name of “safety”, and cling to them longer after they’ve been proven useless.

Cuomo, Murphy, Newsom, Whitmer, I’m looking at you.

To be fair though, I thought Vermont’s travel ban on non-residents was equally ridiculous.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 25 May 2021 18:46:54 +0000

“In a hotel near Kennedy Airport, “per order of the governor,” according to the sign, the 24-hour continental snack buffet — a small cabinet of pastries and fruit — is now available only from 5 a.m. until 10 a.m. Did I miss something about people contracting coronavirus through donuts? If so, from this point on you can only catch it in the morning.”

Cuomo. ‘Nuff said.

The locking of the fridge and confiscating of cups is beyond ridiculous. I must say though I actually don’t mind the remote control encased in plastic considering it’s been shown to be the dirtiest part of a hotel room by far.

In any case though most if not all these measures should’ve already been discontinued given that the whole “surface spread” theory was debunked in the early months of the pandemic.

By: CincyDave

CincyDave — Tue, 25 May 2021 08:45:02 +0000

@Mike Smith You’re going to blame Democrats for hotels skimping on dorm fridges and coffee cups? Yeesh. What, are you auditioning for a spot on Tucker Carlson? Pro tip: You might want to throw in a “Benghazi!” for good measure

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 13 May 2021 18:45:25 +0000

@Wilson – Ice melts! So the leftover food would rather wet. And the quoted employee spoke perfectly good English, so I don’t know how you developed the delusion that they were being mocked for poor language skills.