Coffee Addiction

[BroSCFischer]

This was going to go in Brain Burps, but this guy had to escalate it.

So, at about 4:30am a guy comes walking through my lobby on his cell phone. He makes a bee-line for the Breakfast area.

Me: There's nothing over there right now.
Guy: Not even coffee.
Me: Nope, sorry, breakfast doesn't start 'til 6am.

So he leaves, not 20 minutes later, some one else comes down and asks for coffee and creamer, which is available in the Breakfast area, to which I direct him, also informing him there's no coffee there.

The 1st guy just came to my desk to check out his 3 rooms. The other two Guy #2 above, come in. Guy #2 points at the breakfast area, and I once again inform them that nothings there.

Guy #3 gets upset, and I inform him that Breakfast doesn't start 'til 6am, and it's only 10 after 5.

Guy #3: Someone needs to get out of bed earlier. (slams door)

I just love it when a middle age man acts like a toddler*.

SC

* Not an insult to toddlers, they generally don't know any better.

[scruff]

It's one of the things I love about English hotels, tea, coffee, (and often sweet biscuits) and a kettle are usually standard in every bedroom. I was quietly horrified the first time I travelled abroad and realised this wasn't typical in other countries. :-)
Mind you, the teasmade alarm clock is a British invention.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Caffeine is a hell of a drug.

[bainsidhe]

Guy #3: Someone needs to get out of bed earlier. (slams door)

Err, if you're at work, then you haven't even gone to bed yet.

[PepperElf]

reminds me of a Devil's Panties comic about "how can it be too early for coffee?"

but... that's why hotels have those coffee pots in the rooms.

[sirwired]

It's one of the things I love about English hotels, tea, coffee, (and often sweet biscuits) and a kettle are usually standard in every bedroom. I was quietly horrified the first time I travelled abroad and realised this wasn't typical in other countries. :-)
Mind you, the teasmade alarm clock is a British invention.

A coffee pot, coffee, teabags, and appropriate condiments is standard in American hotels also. (okay, a coffee pot doesn't really get hot enough to brew a proper cup of tea, but most folks drink the coffee...) Just about every hotel except for the very-lowest end ones will have this.

[Squeaksmyalias]

This is why my parents bring their own little travel coffee pot, or if for some insane reason forget it, they GASP! Go to one of the million coffee places around.

[ThirdGenRetail]

It's one of the things I love about English hotels, tea, coffee, (and often sweet biscuits) and a kettle are usually standard in every bedroom. I was quietly horrified the first time I travelled abroad and realised this wasn't typical in other countries. :-)
Mind you, the teasmade alarm clock is a British invention.

!! Okay, first country I visit abroad is SO gonna be England A room that comes complete with a kettle and something to use it with... ~

You'd think those guys would consider looking for the nearest 7-Eleven or other store selling coffee by the cup. Unless they were looking for FREE coffee...

Pepper - I've been in motels and hotels where a coffee pot DOESN'T come with the room. The hotel I stayed at for my first ever convention, the only reason we'd gotten a room with a coffee pot is because they HAD to upgrade us to a suite because we'd booked a room with 2 beds and room for a roll-in... And they put us in a room that most def didn't have 2 beds OR room for a roll-in I don't think it even had a counter...

[Bardmaiden]

It's one of the things I love about English hotels, tea, coffee, (and often sweet biscuits) and a kettle are usually standard in every bedroom. I was quietly horrified the first time I travelled abroad and realised this wasn't typical in other countries. :-)
Mind you, the teasmade alarm clock is a British invention.

First time I went to america I was surprised there wasn't a kettle, just a coffee pot. Sorry guys but not everyone likes coffee So instead of freaking out (you know like an SC would) I went to the shop and bought a soft drink instead.

So for the last eight years (Yay Dragon*Con) for a week or so I live without my tea and drink something else instead.

[bhskittykatt]

Our motel doesn't have coffee pots in the rooms. Of course, we don't even have little bottles of shampoo. We're super cheap.

If you let us know ahead of time when you plan on waking up, though, and it's not unreasonable, then we're willing to put the coffee out in the lobby area earlier. (Corporate says 6am, we normally put it out at 5am as it is.)

[MoonCat]

It's pretty stupid for the guy to assume that coffee WOULD have been there if you had just "gotten out of bed earlier". If it comes out at 6, it comes out at 6. Deal with it.

[Andara Bledin]

So for the last eight years (Yay Dragon*Con) for a week or so I live without my tea and drink something else instead.

Electric kettles are super-cheap.

Cheap enough, when considering the cost of an International trip to visit a convention, that you could buy one, have tea wherever you can reach an outlet for the duration, and donate/abandon it before you leave.

I'm not a coffee drinker, either, so I travel with a nice little electric kettle. In addition to having tea, I can also do hot chocolate and ramen.

^-.-^

[BroSCFischer]

If you let us know ahead of time when you plan on waking up, though, and it's not unreasonable, then we're willing to put the coffee out in the lobby area earlier. (Corporate says 6am, we normally put it out at 5am as it is.)

Same here, and out rooms DO have the little coffee pots in them.

SC

[RealUnimportant]

On holiday in Japan, we lived off the fantastic instant noodles thanks to the hotel-provided kettle!

[Skeen]

I couldn't live without my electric kettle. I'm actually considering buying another one to keep upstairs in my office so I NEVER have to leave it during winter (it's warmer up there!).