February 25, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I’m no globe-trotting jet-setter, but I have stayed in plenty of hotel rooms in the past couple years. And I’ve never stayed in a room with as bad a bathroom as the Hyatt Hotel in Santa Clara, California.
How bad was the bathroom? Let me count the ways:
1. Sink
It’s bad enough that the sink sits up high, on top of the counter; everyone knows sinks should be below counter level. But look — the darn thing is sideways! Who’s the genius that decided we’ve been doing it wrong, all these decades of having the faucet to the rear of the sink?
2. Hot/Cold Faucet
Everyone knows that hot water is to the left and cold is to the right. That’s how it works when the faucet is behind the sink. So, in this sideways arrangement, you’d assume that pulling the faucet closer to you (i.e., to the left) would be for hot water. And you’d assume wrong. Not only is the sink sideways, but the faucet is also backwards; pulling the faucet closer (i.e., to what should be the left) is for cold water. Stupid.
3. Towel Rack
How do you explain putting the towel rack below the sink, where the water will splash all over the dry towels as you wash your hands and face? It’s a terrible spot for a towel rack, and it also means you have to lean a bit to get your face above the sink — you can’t get right up close to the counter.
4. Vertical Toilet Paper
Again, who needs years of familiarity with having a horizontal roll of toilet paper? Not the Hyatt. No, they have the TP sitting vertical, so all your learned muscle movements related to pulling and tearing the bum wipe are completely useless. Total fail.
5. Toilet Paper Placement
It’s not just the vertical stance, but also the terrible placement. You don’t really get a sense of the depth in this photo, but that roll of TP is way back against the wall, completely out of reach to anyone not named Plasticman. To get there, you have to turn your body, rotate your neck like Sybil, and contort your arm into a position that it wasn’t meant to form. I strained muscles I didn’t even know I had just reaching for some TP.
Why not put the TP near where the towel rack is (and hang it horizontally), then move the towel rack to the wall above the toilet … like at every other hotel on earth? And mix in a normal sink while you’re at it, Hyatt.
On the bright side, the water pressure in the shower was pretty good.
February 23, 2009 at 1:12 am
I used to do these on Friday nights. Then I did a couple on Saturday nights. And now I seem to be doing them on Monday mornings in the wee hours. Not sure what that means, but it probably has something to do with being so busy over the past month or two.
Kennewick Real Estate Blog
Richland Real Estate Blog
Pasco Real Estate Blog
West Richland Real Estate Blog
@U2 Blog
Small Business Search Marketing
Hyperlocal Blogger
February 22, 2009 at 12:00 am
Peter Schiff: How He Would Fix America
I don’t know how anyone can disagree with all that.
And the ones who agree have started a grassroots campaign asking him to run for U.S. Senate. It’s at www.schiff2010.com.
February 17, 2009 at 12:12 pm
These make me wish we drank a lot more beverages outside the kitchen than we do, and/or that we hosted parties and friends at our house more often.
A company called Meninos (from Brazil, I think) is selling this set of 16 coasters with icons from the iPhone.
How cool is that!??!
Only problem is that the whole set runs $60, and shipping is another $15. OUCH. Not even this Apple fanboy can justify that expense for a set of coasters that won’t get used much around our house.
(photo courtesy veroyama via Creative Commons)
February 16, 2009 at 1:12 am
I have a lot of them coming up again this year. Not as many as last year, which was completely ridiculous. But still, it’s looking like I’m traveling at least once every month for the first half of the year.
And then the U2 tour starts in the second half of the year, so who knows what’s going to happen then.
Thing is … I think this may need to be the last year of so much work/business travel for me. I love going to the search marketing conferences and seeing all the great friends who I usually only trade emails with, but I practically go “off the grid” when I’m gone. The email backs up, and that’s a problem when you get about 200 emails per day (as I do). And I get no client work done, no personal work done, no U2-related work done, etc.
Most of all, every time I leave, I miss Cari and the kids more than ever. For a variety of reasons, I’m quite aware these days that our time is limited, and no one ever lay on their death bed thinking, I wish I’d spent more time traveling and working. I just don’t like being gone so much.
So I’m thinking next year I need to not be.
February 16, 2009 at 12:55 am
Since I was gone all last week at a conference, I’ve been debating even posting this … but actually managed to punch out a few posts last night, so what the heck. It’ll be sparse, but that’s okay.
U2diary.com
Small Business Search Marketing
Hyperlocal Blogger
Richland Real Estate Blog
West Richland Real Estate Blog
Kennewick Real Estate Blog
Pasco Real Estate Blog
February 5, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Go here and hit the blue PLAY button. Then sit back and watch. Pretty cool stuff…
