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[trinity_clare]

Even more hotel fail: Last year I took a trip with a large group of people from my university. My roommate for the trip was one of my best friends, who is blind. At one of our hotels our room accidentally got double-booked with another room from our group, so we headed for the front desk to fix things. The lady behind the counter took one look at the white cane and gave us the ~accessible room. Without telling us, of course; I'm sure she thought she was being very considerate.

Now I'll admit that I didn't pay that much attention to potential mobility-based fail, because we were too busy trying to find everything. The place was HUGE. The beds were farther apart, which messed with the system we had of putting our luggage specific places so she wouldn't trip over my suitcase. And the bathroom. Dear god, the bathroom. I think the most fun we had was playing with the acoustics in there, because it sounded like a freaking cathedral. The toilet was indeed lower than standard height, which I remember because my friend tried to sit down on it and nearly fell over. And then she had to make her way across the vast expanse of slippery tile before she could get to the sink. Seriously, every blind joke anyone has ever made about the person walking around with their hands in front of them like they're playing Marco Polo came true in that room. Usually it's easy to go from bed to desk to closet to bathroom with one hand leading, because most hotel rooms are small enough that it's impossible to get lost. Gah. *thwaps the well-meaning hotel lady on the head*

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Re: Hotel fail

[cesy]

And it all could have been solved if the lady on the desk had just asked instead of assuming. D'oh.

Re: Hotel fail

[azurelunatic]

Yes. It does sound like it might have been tailored for someone in a wheelchair who needs all that room to maneuver, rather than someone who is likely to get lost.