Working at a hotel myself I am often mystified as to why people keep being upset because we DON'T have a free crappy breakfast. The hotel I work at actually has an in house full restaurant that does a pretty darn good breakfast. Sure, It's not 5 star or anything but it is fresh, hot and not all that expensive. Anything from a basic fruit bowl or cereal to full on steak and eggs. Yet, people look at me like I have just decapitated a puppy before them when I say "No, I'm sorry we don't but we do have a full service restaurant" Then of course they go on to complain and say something along the lines of "well, that's just terrible EVERY restaurant that I know of has free breakfast, I just can't BELIEVE you don't offer one"

Ill be honest. Sometimes I feel like saying "I'm truly sorry we don't have stale cereal, rubbery toast, stiff pancakes and waffles and warm watered down juice"

But of course I don't I just apologize and go on with my morning.

It is ALMOST as perplexing as people who show up at midnight or later on a weekend in the middle of the summer and are astonished that I do not have rooms to sell and, surprise surprise, all the other hotels are sold out as well. Protip from someone who works at a hotel - it just might be a good idea to make a reservation before showing up in a vacation town in the middle of a summer weekend.

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