Pet Peeves - Breakfast Greed

[BroSCFischer]

One of the biggest pet peeves I have is the hotel guests that treat our Continental Breakfast as a free convenience store. Some examples:

#1. Fruit in the pants.

Yes we can see the unsightly, yet oddly apple shaped, bulges in your pockets as you beat feet out the door. We also noticed that you were the 1st person to come down to breakfast, but our fruit tray is now half empty.

#2. Of Bread and Sandwiches.

It is quite interesting to note that the sandwich bread we provide for toast is almost completely depleted (you left the ends). You were seen walking back to your room with it. We are fairly certain you are using it to make lunch. It would be nice if some of our guests could have it for breakfast.

#3. Coffee by the Gallon

I know that you have a long trip ahead of you, and that coffee keeps you going. However, we provide free coffee for our guests. ALL of them. Completely depleting one of our airpots into your giant mug first thing is rude. When two of you do it, it is worse. But when I have a third guy do it after I just refilled them...

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[Lace Neil Singer]

Ungrateful sods; I always loved the breakfasts laid on by hotels, whenever I stayed in them.

[manybellsdown]

I was in a hotel a couple weeks ago, when the Southern California windstorms knocked our power out for 5 days. They had a lovely breakfast, but every time I went down there, they were out of bacon. The last day, as I am glumly looking at the empty bacon warmer, I notice the two guys next to me have plates covered in nothing. But. Bacon. Seriously, like 20 pieces each.

I know bacon is food of the gods and all, but come on!

[emax4]

I was in a hotel a couple weeks ago, when the Southern California windstorms knocked our power out for 5 days. They had a lovely breakfast, but every time I went down there, they were out of bacon. The last day, as I am glumly looking at the empty bacon warmer, I notice the two guys next to me have plates covered in nothing. But. Bacon. Seriously, like 20 pieces each.

I know bacon is food of the gods and all, but come on!

IDK man, we're talking about bacon here. Yeah. first come first serve, and I wouldn't be THAT selfish, but it's hard to resist. mmm.. Bacon..

[dalesys]

"Animals are people too, what did that turkey do to you?
...
But... bacon... I'd kill that porker with my own bare hands..."

Bacon - Mary Liz McNamara

Mmm.. Bacon..

[Jester]

Amusingly, the only complaint I had about the Hampton Inn we've stayed at repeatedly in Fort Lauderdale is that their buffet breakfast is horrible. We're at the point where we just skip it completely, and go get something good elsewhere. Other than that, though, I couldn't be happier with Hampton overall.

[DrFaroohk]

My own pet peeve - when the "continental breakfast" is a box of donuts, stale decaf, and a thoroughly read newspaper.

I remember one contintental breakfast as a child that was this huuuuuuge long table that was full of food. i've never seen another good one

[Mystic]

Yup, we usually skip breakfast at hotels because they are generally pretty terrible. I'm not really one for small boxes of cereal or bagels which seems to be the general fare for breakfast at even more expensive hotels. Would rather spend the few bucks elsewhere for a decent cup of coffee and an omelet.

[Dark Psion]

Amusingly, the only complaint I had about the Hampton Inn we've stayed at repeatedly in Fort Lauderdale is that their buffet breakfast is horrible. We're at the point where we just skip it completely, and go get something good elsewhere. Other than that, though, I couldn't be happier with Hampton overall.

Good news everybody! We found a way to keep people from stealing our breakfast buffet.

Better news! We no longer have to refill the breakfast buffet!

[EricKei]

Good news everybody! We found a way to keep people from stealing our breakfast buffet.

Better news! We no longer have to refill the breakfast buffet!

Damn you, Rule #1 ... >_<

I remember when I used to work for a place where we would teach classes in a small local hotel -- most of our students were guests who were staying at said hotel, who had booked the dates specifically to come to our all-day classes. Having never been told otherwise, we would sometimes go in and get some juice or coffee at the breakfast nook, but never any real food (note that we were generally paying MORE for the conference room, plus numerous misc fees, and "food service" fee. which turned out to mean a pitcher of ice water that was filled at 8 and at 12, and some plastic cups and that was it). Thus, we figured that a few drinks from concentrate/coffee from grounds would have been included... Apparently not.

At some point, the management declared that, if they saw us OR any students so much as going in to the breakfast room without a hotel keycard in their hand, they would just tack on ten bucks to our bill per person. Even if there was no food laid out because it was after breakfast time (they had drinks only at all other times). We switched hotels soon after that...

[Moosenogger]

Never, in all of my visits to a hotel, have I ever taken more than I could eat at one meal from the breakfast table. It never occurred to me to take extra bread for lunch, extra fruit for a snack, or extra juice for the car ride. Why? Because I'm not a #*$(ing cheapskate.

Also, aren't apples like, $3 for an entire bag? WHY WOULD THEY STEAL THOSE?

[Mr Hero]

I have to say I've never had this problem in such magnitude. Though recently we've had construction workers come down right when breakfast starts, and never horde anything, they still take an awful lot and can finish it, but it's stressful, though it's my own personal problem.

[Jester]

I'm not really one for small boxes of cereal or bagels which seems to be the general fare for breakfast at even more expensive hotels. Would rather spend the few bucks elsewhere for a decent cup of coffee and an omelet.

Me too. And that's the thing...the buffet in question wasn't a continental breakfast, it was a full-on breakfast buffet, with eggs, bacon, etc. And somehow they managed to make it completely horrible.

As I said, this is my ONLY complaint about the Hampton, which is pretty much my favorite hotel these days. (Just not my favorite place to EAT.)

Also, aren't apples like, $3 for an entire bag? WHY WOULD THEY STEAL THOSE?

Because free is still less than $3 a bag. And because they're cheap douchebags.

[Carina16]

I HATE the breakfast at my hotel. First, they bitch about everything. C'mon people, your paying 44 a night cause we give you deal. Your not going to get bacon and eggs. Second, I'm not your mother. I don't clean up after my kids, they clean up after themselves. You are grown men, you can do the same. I know you guys are hungry and want something to eat before building our new hospital, but because of you, we are paying over 200 a week for our breakfast foods. If it keeps costing us this more the owner will stop breakfast and you will get nothing.

[vloglady]

Sorry, but when we travel and are getting ready to hit the road, we usually do fill up our travel mugs and take an apple for the road. Not a whole boatload of bacon, just an apple.