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Hello all as it's been a while since I've posted. I just got back from vacation and have a nice story to tell about those hotel ice machines.
Last year, the family and I went to Panama City Beach, FL. This is a town located in the panhandle of Florida, about an hour to the east of Pensacola. We stayed at this wonderful hotel called the Casa Loma. It's a bit of a dated hotel, but well taken care of, and clean.
This was our first time there, and one of the courtesies they had was providing a ten pound bag of ice for each day you stayed there. I thought this was great as it meant not having to go to the store and keep replenishing our ice in the cooler. This was also on an honor system where you simply helped yourself to one bag.
Well, guess what? I recall seeing people taking two and three bags at a time, per day. When we left there last year, my feeling was that they would probably one day change this policy.
We had so much fun last year, we went back and stayed longer, and even stayed in the same room we had last time. After checking in, I saw that the hotel now has the normal ice machines that you push the button and fill up a bucket from your room, and they had a sign on them that said "Please do not fill coolers with ice". So, looks like my premonition came true.
Now, I will admit, there are times when I will get one or two buckets of ice and put a little bit in my cooler, and then I go buy more at a nearby store. But, there are times you go and people are literally filling up for a soccer game, or a cooler for twenty people. Then, when you want to get a bucket for yourself, the machine is empty.
When I was a kid in the 70's and 80's, I remember when hotels had the huge ice chests, and you used to scoop the ice out, similar to what construction sites sometimes have. But, people used to empty those out in no time at all, too, which is probably why they have the rinky dink machines.
As I say, people ruin it for others by taking advantage of a business' hospitality.
Last year, the family and I went to Panama City Beach, FL. This is a town located in the panhandle of Florida, about an hour to the east of Pensacola. We stayed at this wonderful hotel called the Casa Loma. It's a bit of a dated hotel, but well taken care of, and clean.
This was our first time there, and one of the courtesies they had was providing a ten pound bag of ice for each day you stayed there. I thought this was great as it meant not having to go to the store and keep replenishing our ice in the cooler. This was also on an honor system where you simply helped yourself to one bag.
Well, guess what? I recall seeing people taking two and three bags at a time, per day. When we left there last year, my feeling was that they would probably one day change this policy.
We had so much fun last year, we went back and stayed longer, and even stayed in the same room we had last time. After checking in, I saw that the hotel now has the normal ice machines that you push the button and fill up a bucket from your room, and they had a sign on them that said "Please do not fill coolers with ice". So, looks like my premonition came true.
Now, I will admit, there are times when I will get one or two buckets of ice and put a little bit in my cooler, and then I go buy more at a nearby store. But, there are times you go and people are literally filling up for a soccer game, or a cooler for twenty people. Then, when you want to get a bucket for yourself, the machine is empty.
When I was a kid in the 70's and 80's, I remember when hotels had the huge ice chests, and you used to scoop the ice out, similar to what construction sites sometimes have. But, people used to empty those out in no time at all, too, which is probably why they have the rinky dink machines.
As I say, people ruin it for others by taking advantage of a business' hospitality.
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