Saturday, January 3, 2009

Never satisfied.

I'm currently staying in a big high-rise downtown hotel in San Francisco. My room is mostly adequate - exactly what I expect from a bland, but expensive, chain. The only real problem is the sink. It is really really small. Not a problem in general, but it has a normal sized, and very high powered, tap attached to it. The tap extends most of the way accross the sink making it hard to reach into the basin. If you turn on the tap all the way it hits the far side of the basin and sprays upward like a fountain. If you try to wash your face in the sink you have to lean severely to one side and contort your arms around the tap and you still end up drenched from chest to crotch. Teeth brushing is an adventure in water spray. I understand that it's not the largest bathroom and they were trying to maximize the space, but please, powers that be in the Hilton chain, choose tap in sizes that work with the sink. Don't make me curse you every time I turn on the water For a couple of days before checking in here, I was staying at a crazy funky B&B in Haight-Ashbury. I didn't have a private bath, but there was a sink in the room. Even there, in a place run by a decrepit (but adorable) old hippie woman, in a room that contained artwork made from severed mannequin heads, the sink did not soak me every time I used it.

5 comments:

  1. Wow. Sink drenching or creepy, rainbow-wig-wearing mannequin head staring at me every morning. Tough choice...

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  2. I can't believe you were able to sleep in that room. That is terrifying.

    Bummer about the Hilton sink, though. You should go punch Paris in the face, but maybe those two things are not related...

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  3. it is not possible that there was any sleeping in the room with the creepy heads. The bunny totally is freaking me out, and I am not even in the same room...

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  4. You have to be kidding! There is NO way I could stay in that room without having nightmares... the open mouth one and the blank stare from the black afro is grossing me out.

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  5. The one with the clown hair in the middle looks like Paul Newman to me. Creepiest thing I've seen in a long time.

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