Doesn't Love Daughter

[bhskittykatt]

I'm in the back office while my coworker checks these guests in. It's a husband, wife, and their daughter (about 10 yrs old), so naturally she gives them a room with two beds.

The husband comes back shortly after check-in. He doesn't want two beds. He wants one bed.

Now, our chain of motels charges by the number of adults, so you don't save any money by downgrading to one bed. My coworker explained this to the guest, but he still wanted a single bed. The reason: Rooms with two beds are two full-size beds, and rooms with single beds are queen-size beds. He wanted the queen-size so he and his wife wouldn't feel so crowded.

Yeah, just forget about your daughter. Make the poor thing sleep on the floor just so you and your wife can have a couple extra inches of space. Real star dad there, not.

[tropicsgoddess]

This guy is a real cheap asshole to me.

[Kiwi]

Whats the bet she is 18 and out forever then they will bitch that she should be taking care of them in their old age...

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

I'm afraid that's the thing my parents did to us all the time.

But I was happy; as long as there was a pool, I didn't care either way.

[stargirl195]

I'm afraid that's the thing my parents did to us all the time.

But I was happy; as long as there was a pool, I didn't care either way.

Me too; every holiday I can remember I was always on the floor - the lure of the pool or possible trips to the milk bar without parentals would usually make up for it.

What I don't get is why the father just didn't request the specific room to begin with ...

[NightAngel]

I also had to sleep on the floor on vacations when I was a kid. And, in turn, my children have slept on the floor on vacations as well.

When I was a kid it never crossed my mind to care. Both my sons have thought of it as "camping" or just part of the adventure.

Once we vacationed for a week and we all slept in the minivan on the beach everynight. I think my oldest son complained more about that than the times he slept on the floor in a hotel.

[Stormraven]

During Conventions, I've slept in chairs against the wall.

[Mr Hero]

I come from a large family so on vacations we had to take turns sleeping in the other bed. We didn't really mind it that much.

[Sliceanddice]

wow in my family my parents always got two beds, though my brother often slept on the floor anyways

[KaeZoo]

My 10-year-old likes to sleep on the floor. She'd do it in her bedroom if we let her. It goes along with peanut-butter-and-potato-chip sandwiches, and various other things that seem cool when you're 10.

If the daughter packed a sleeping bag and doesn't mind being on the floor, and the parents would like a larger bed, it only seems sensible to me.

[Shalom]

You're all assuming that the daughter did, in fact, sleep on the floor.

Maybe he really does love her...

(Ew. Where's that cerebral Clorox?)

[EricKei]

(Ew. Where's that cerebral Clorox?)

Always glad to be of service

[Sightings Reporter]

Well...years ago, my husband's family traveled in a converted bus to the northlands of Wisconsin. His parents got a hotel room and they stayed in it with his little sister. By "they" I do mean dad, mom and little sister. The boys got to sleep in the bus that night. In November, in northern Wisconsin.

[Caffienated_Caramel]

I remember at one point I couldn't fall asleep in my own bed when I was a kid. I would sleep underneath the dining room table on the floor.