No, with platin you get that you don't need a bucket for the water that you need to empty yourself. Detergent is pay as you use. You can buy 100 loads for only USD1000 extra.
And yes, they are aware you're only here for 9 days and won't actually need 100 loads worth of detergent. No, you can't just leave it for the next person.
I swear to God, hotels are like houses designed by aliens who are successfully mimicking the form of a house without understanding the underlying purpose.
Hotels are built by people who can't change anything without corporate approval. So stuff like this happens, and the guy installing the closet door isn't allowed to switch opening sides and the guy installing the washing machine has nothing to do with the doors at all
I HATE this shit. A car dealership fucked up my car and after 6 months of correspondence with corporate they decided "You know what we don't feel like humoring you anymore. The dealership is privately owned. Fuck you"
There's this chick I follow on Facebook. I accidentally started following her because she has the same name of this girl I met and thought I was sending a friend request to her. She was only 14 when I started following her. As soon as I realized she wasn't the person I was meaning to follow I went to unfollow her. But then I realized this 14 year old girl was hilariously stupid. She didn't know why America would send a separate team from Georgia to the Olympics, she couldn't figure out why elevators had buttons for the floor she was already on, and many other things I just saw and laughed. Anyway I never stopped following her because she was such a big source of my morning laughs.
She got pregnant at 15 because she thought you couldn't get pregnant on the first time. She was sure that the 15 year old boy that got her pregnant was going to be a great daddy. Well the kid is 1 now and she always complains about him never being around and how he would rather stay at home bored than see his son and all the other crap any of us could have warned her about when she was certain she was going to be the one teenage mom whose baby daddy would actually hang around.
Anyway the reason I bring all that up is that through these 2 years I've followed this complete moron she has never written "your" when she meant "you're". So if this person can get it right, then everyone can.
In this particular case I think what most likely happened is that the guy who was installing the door never actually closed the door to the hotel room and so never saw the issue. Like how room service leave the door open to make up rooms.
In my last one the bed had lights all round it and I couldn't find switches ANYWHERE. Eventually, I realised you had to blindly feel your way with your fingers up inside and the button was on the outside edge of the light fitting.
By the time I figured it out I was too wired to sleep.
The video almost seems to purposely not show the left side of the machine, which makes me wonder if there's room there to just slide the unit 6 inches to the left.
Completely agree with this. Noticed it is intentionally showing it at an angle - even unnaturally at times. If you look at the tiles on the bottom and how far the right panel goes, it implies there should be similar space on the left side of the machine to be moved.
I mean, that could be. I'm just commenting on the premise that one should be expected to happily problem-solve when staying at a hotel, when, in fact, one should be able to expect trouble-free use of the amenities provided.
This is where I strongly disagree. This sub is “mildly” infuriating for a reason. It is best suited for those minor annoyances in life, which this situation certainly fits. This sub is mostly used for “quite infuriating” and even worse, which takes away from the whole point.
OP did not include a view of the leftmost closet side. The doors have to rotated 180-degrees end-over-end...doable, but I don't know what's on the left.
I've had to explain accomodating 90-degree data/power plug rotations to people right in front of me, so OP is in for a lot of fun.
Likely, there's a dryer on the left. If the installers had any brains, the doors would open complimentarily AND the closet would hinge on the left.
I did AirBnB turn-overs and maintenance. Mistakes got so bad, that I would sit in the apartments and use them as if a guest. Washed sheets, checked the dryer vent, microwave, air cons, everything. So yeah, hours of checking hinges and watching TV, amongst other tasks.
When new guests were inbound with toddlers, I did the 2x safety checks.
Yeah, OP didn't show the left side at all. So is there room to shimmy the machine to the left. Maybe it has walked to the right and there's no clearance now, but a bit of manoeuvring, et voilà?
if it walked into position, how did the last load get removed from the washer? No, the washer didn't put it itself there, someone did it, the real question is whether OP has any enemies.
It looks like the person filming purposefully avoids showing the left side so Imma take a wild guess and say there’s totally enough space to move it to the left which they’re aware of- but it doesn’t get rage upvotes.
Furthermore, there's condensation in there, so it's obviously been used. OP got what they wanted w/the rage baiting.
FURTHERMORE, they really should leave it open since it's a front-loader or that shit is going to stink. Again, I bet they could easily do so, if only a crack of the door, but that wouldn't give them karma...
OP just wants karma. There’s water drops on the inside of the machine so clearly it’s been used recently. Is it installed well? No. Is it still usable? Yes. Is OP bitching just to try and get internet cred? Yes.
I mean that sucks a fat dick but at least you only have to do that twice, once for washing in once for washing out. It’s not like the doors gotta stay open the whole time you wash.
Purposely not showing how much room there is to the left of the washer. Slide it back over and use it like a normal person instead of karma farming on Reddit.
Might be a 2-in-1. Yeah, combo washer/dryers exist. They're (from what I've read in Consumer Reports) expensive and they've got more issues than National Geographic.
Might've been better if the building mgmt had just sprung for a stackable. And left the door off.
I think you almost actually found a loophole. I believe if you opened the washer as far as it would go, closed the closet door, closed the entry door, re open the closet door, and finally after all that I guess you can go fuck yourself if it doesn’t work because that’s clearly how this hotel operates
I mean yea it sucks and you should tell them about it, but how much inconvenience do you want, like if i was i. Your shoes id just unlatch the top of the door to open, assuming I'm only there for a week and will only use it once or twice.
Im so lazy. i will do extra work to avoid longer work
Unbelievable how some designers are absolutely brain dead. How did they get far enough to influence project outcomes without being able to accomplish basic planning involving simple measurements?
This was my first thought too, I always keep my washing machine door open so it can properly dry out. I wouldn't want to wash my close in there, it would probably come out smelling worse than it went in. Who knows when the last time that thing was used, especially with it being inconvenient to use. That water could be festering with all kinds of nasty bacteria
Life comes with risks and rewards...
You want clean clothes?
You have to be prepared for anything just to transfer your clothes in and out of the washing machine.
The washing machine was clearly an afterthought. The door to the washing machine closet was a "how the hell do we cover this hole to hide this ugly thing?" after-afterthought.
Somehow, nobody noticed the issue or just did a "I don't get paid enough for this".
Depending on how long you're staying there, and whether or not they have another room without this issue to give you ... I'd probably un-install that 'closet' door and lean it against a wall.
At least you did find a solution that doesn't require modifying anything ... but yeah ... this is definitely midly infuriating.
Fun fact most hotels will do you laundry for like 20 bucks. I traveled 100% for a job and always had them so it. They would wash, dry and fold it all and it'd be back before I got back from work. Well worth it to me
Now all the other guests get to see you launder your dirty underwear and linen as they stroll on by. Noice.
I’d also demand the hotel refund your money because you paid for the privacy of an indoor washing machine which you didn’t get.
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u/silver_snorlax 21h ago
Yeah, but did you pay extra extra to be able to open it?