Duxingxialaoge
February 4, 2025
Dear readers, my trip today was really a "hotel version of suspense comedy", more exciting than "The Croods"!
The thing is, I went on a trip happily and booked a superior king-size bed room, which was not expensive. That mood was like winning the lottery. I handed over my ID card, and the front desk lady said to me enthusiastically: "Oh, you have booked two nights in a row, we will upgrade you to an executive room for free! There is also a free massage chair in the room. If you are satisfied, please give us a good review!" I heard that this service and treatment were so great!
But as soon as I stepped into the room, I found something wrong. This window, how come it is like it was welded shut, and it doesn't move at all! Look at the small refrigerator again, hey, this thing is like a decoration, it can't be powered at all, let alone refrigeration! I thought to myself, is this a "fake room"? I quickly called the front desk, and the front desk lady immediately sent a waiter over when she heard it. After checking the refrigerator, the waiter said with an embarrassed look: "Oh, this refrigerator really doesn't have electricity."
When I heard this, I was furious! I was not a person who liked to care about things, because I knew that "life is like a journey, you and I are all passers-by", not to mention that traveling and staying in a hotel is no more than three or five days at most, and less than 24 hours at least. It's okay as long as it's not too outrageous. You can clearly mark the price as a problem room, but you can never lie to me!
I asked her to open the window herself again, but she hesitated for a long time before stammering: The window of this room... can't be opened, and this is the only room on this floor that is like this.
My anger immediately rose, and I picked up the room phone and called the front desk: "What's the matter with your room? Are you trying to give me the worst room on the entire floor?! I booked a room with windows that can be opened and a refrigerator that can be cooled! I don't want any unnecessary massage chairs, I just want the room to be able to be used normally!" The front desk lady was very calm, and her voice was full of the style of a star hotel: "Sir, I'm sorry, please let me know if you have any requests." I said angrily: "Change the room!" The front desk said without hesitation: "Okay, I'll come and deal with it right away." This should have been a small episode, just to set off my emotions, and before I had time to promote the development of the story, it ended abruptly. But my brain couldn't stop for a while, and suddenly I remembered the text in New Concept English - "A skeleton in the cupboard". Every family and every organization has some little secrets that they don't want to be known by outsiders. Just like this hotel, the store owner must know which room is the "problem room", which is similar to the "skeleton" of the same type of room, but with sweet words, it may still be sold. But how can the guests know that this is a trap! If you are not related to the hotel's front desk receptionist, you are not tall and mighty, and you dress like a neighbor's uncle, if the hotel gives you a free room upgrade, or sends you fruits or gifts right away, you must be very alert and keep a Detective Conan-like vigilance. Don't be confused by these fancy routines or rhetoric. Maybe when you open the door, there will really be a "skeleton" lying in the cabinet!
However, to be honest, this hotel is still very good. It is located in the new urban area of Liudong, the surrounding environment is tall and grand, the exhibition center is just a stone's throw away, and the garden-style courtyard is shaded by trees. After ten years of opening, its decoration is still upscale.
However, "honesty is the bond of the world." A country cannot stand without trust. For a business, less tricks and more sincerity are the basis of its operation.
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