September 29, 2005
No-tell motel
Tonight I'll be experiencing a personal first: spending the night in a hotel by myself. I'll explain why at a later date (but no, there's nothing shady going on). In the days leading up to this, I've started wondering what people who travel for business do with their spare time in hotels. Should I go to the gym? There's kareoke in the hotel bar tonight -- but is that any fun without friends? And when I think of hotel bars, I think of worn-out, lonely characters looking to sleep in a room they're not paying for. Then again, it's also the place to strike up a forbidden friendship with Scarlett Johansson. I suppose I couldn't turn that down.
Anyway, I don't know. It'll be an odd experience. But thanks to my blogging addiction, I've written this instead of packing, and now I've got 10 minutes to throw everything in a bag and get the hell out of here to make an appointment directly related to this hotel thing. Damn blog.
Posted by Jason Feifer at September 29, 2005 11:21 AM
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I recently had to travel for business, and as I dropped my bags onto the bed, I realized that this was MY first time ever staying in a hotel by myself. It is really freaking weird! I was alone for about three minutes when I decided I needed human contact. I started calling everyone in my cellphone, presumably to tell them "Hey, I'm on my first business trip!" when really, what I wanted to say was "Oh my god this sucks, I am so bored!"
Hotels need to think about making their rooms fun. Not just comfortable or accommodating, but actually entertaining. That would be awesome.
Posted by Sara at October 2, 2005 04:35 PM
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