Boyfriend farts in his girlfriends face, can’t understand why she leaves the dinner: ‘I’m making this a bigger deal by trying to punish him’

I am part of the silent (but deadly) majority who thinks farts are funny. I was a huge South Park fan growing up, and so many of my favorite episodes included Terrance and Phillip, the fictional Canadian comedy duo who are obsessed with farting on each other. If you’ve never seen a Terrance and Phillip …
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‘Ma’am, you do know Google is free right?’: Hotel clerk gets fed up with demanding guest who expects clerk to be an encyclopedia

Do you even stop to think – how on earth did people manage to live their lives before the internet existed? Sure, it might have been more peaceful and carefree times, but how did they go places without GPS? How did they find information without Google?  I know this sounds completely ignorant of me, but …
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30 Hospitality Memes For Hardened Hotel Workers

When I was a kid, I was so into the glamour of hotels. I watched movies like Eloise at The Plaza and TV shows like The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and thought that being a blonde child running around in a fancy hotel would be the greatest possible life to live. Everything you …
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«In a Work Hotel, you did not pay for one of life’s greatest joys’: ‘Corporate girlie’ gets chastised for complaining of hotel boredom on a business trip

I’m fortunate in a lot of ways when it comes to my job, but one perk I wouldn’t mind having is being able to take work trips. Pretending you’re important in a couple of meetings, then enjoying the spoils of your all-expenses-paid hotel? Don’t mind if I do. OK, so I know things aren’t always …
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‘This is what things cost at expensive hotels’: Billionaire tattles on 5 star hotel in NYC for serving $85 room service breakfast

I don’t think I’ve ever ordered room service in my entire life. My family is all about going down to the hotel lobby and eating as many runny eggs as we can before the complimentary hotel breakfast ends. Free breakfast is one of the joys of staying in a hotel chain! It’s fun, it’s social, …
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‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’: Determined Guest Attempts to Break Into Room to Recover Lost Bag After Being Refused Entry by Hotel Employee

Being a customer service representative is not always an easy or enjoyable job. What is the hardest part, you ask? One instance that springs to mind is having to tell clients ‘no’, which usually leads them to feel upset and frustrated. The story below is an account of a frustrated front desk clerk. As usual, …
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20+ Hospitality Memes For Hardened Hotel Workers

Working in a hotel is not for the tenderhearted. If you think that restaurant workers deal with the public at its worst, you have no idea. Hospitality employees have to deal with people when they’ve spent hours traveling, are hungry, and are upset about having to spend $150 a night to sleep in a room. …
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Hotel Guest Demands VIP Service After She Messed Up Her Own Hotel Reservation, Gets Car Stolen Instead

As they say, ‘What goes around, comes around’. The way you treat those around you serves as a glimpse into the future because, eventually—perhaps not today or tomorrow—that is how you will also be treated.  The story that follows is an excellent example of how Karma never lets us down. OP works as a front …
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‘Love traveling for free’: Miami vacationer claims she sleeps on the beach instead of paying for a hotel

Traveling is a great experience in a lot of ways, but the price tag attached is less so. Airline companies are forever finding new ways to charge more for even less legroom, and tourist traps don’t hesitate to charge their clientele accordingly. Also, slumming it in a questionable hostel is not for everybody — and …
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‘Fix this or we all walk’: Duplicitous hotel managers deny holiday pay they previously approved

Working on holidays is one of those annoying inevitables of most people’s lives. You have to get up and go on a day when everybody else is getting to relax. You miss out on family gatherings, on important rituals, and it’s just another day. I’ve worked a few holidays in my time, and it can …
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