One of my worst hotel experiences

[RoadKingLarry]

Foam earplugs.  Seriously.  Some came packaged with the sleep mask I bought at the Mayo Clinic sleep store.  They work great.  They didn't look any different than foam plugs you might buy at a tool shop or gun shop.

I keep a pile of those in the nightstand. Sometimes it's hard to decide which is harder to sleep with, her snoring or the ringing in my ears.

[Jamisjockey]

I don't sleep well with earplugs.  Usually end up with an ear ache too.

[brimic]

I don't sleep well with earplugs.  Usually end up with an ear ache too.

Heck, I don't sleep well in quiet environments
 Because I can hear my tinnitus.

[41magsnub]

There is a really bad Super 8 in Havre, MT.  I was staying there once working on a project.  Kids were running up and down the halls, though it was early enough I wasn't going to complain.  Now, there is one really special architectural deal in this hotel - the doors to the rooms open outward into the hall.  I was heading out to grab some dinner, opened the door, and a 10 year old kid slammed into the door I had just opened, broke his nose, chipped a tooth, and was knocked out.  Little bugger must have been hauling butt.

Totally unintentional (though a little satisfying), but the parents were livid.  Felt bad for the kid, but it was the parents fault letting their kids misbehave like that.  They threatened to call the cops and have me arrested for assault.   Nothing came of it.

[wmenorr67]

Case like that I would think the hotel/motel would be accountable.

[41magsnub]

Case like that I would think the hotel/motel would be accountable.

Probably, no idea if there was a lawsuit or anything.

[Monkeyleg]

The kid was just being a kid. The parents should have controlled him. And the design is stupid.

The most infuriating hotel experience I've had was in New Orleans for New Year's Eve, 1999 (to become 2000). I'd booked a $350 a night hotel for my ex and me. On the drive down, we both started showing signs of the flu my ex's sister had brought with her to the family Christmas gathering. By the time we got to our hotel, we were right in bed, sick as can be.

There was a fairly large group of younger people in the next room and in the room directly across the hall. They were having parties all day and all night. It was constant loud noise for almost 24 hours a day. We couldn't sleep at all. We complained, hotel security talked to them, they were quiet for an hour, then everything continued. By "loud" I mean yelling, music, the whole nine yards.

[41magsnub]

The parent's assertion was that I timed it to try and get the kid.

[KD5NRH]

I once had to take a room in a motel in Portland, OR where the desk clerk was behind bulletproof glass, there was graffiti sprayed on the bathroom walls, and I found a used condom on the  bed. At least I was able to sleep there, though.

If they didn't get you a fresh condom, how could you trust they'd gotten you fresh sheets?

As for Atlanta, Sherman was right on that one.

[Monkeyleg]

If they didn't get you a fresh condom, how could you trust they'd gotten you fresh sheets?

As for Atlanta, Sherman was right on that one.

I slept in my clothes at that place.

As for Atlanta, I like it. Sherman's march was pure evil.