So we arrive in St Kilda with less money (oh well) and are dropped off at the Crest on Barklay.
Has a very nice exterior.......
A beautiful interior .......
And are then told by reception that they had moved us to their "apartments" down the road.
And this is the "apartments" ........
See the "doors" .....
they are just packing panels on hinges.
See the bits on the "doors" that look like handles .....
Nope no handles, not even a lock.
We said .... umm no, don't think so.
They said .... go have a look!
So we did!
We found a dingy stairwell that had rusted through railings ...
No lighting .....
No security ......
It was a ground floor apartment and didn't even have security bars.
What made it worse was the used syringe laying in the gutter outside the building.
So back we traipse to the reception and proceed to negotiate for the room we were actually promised.
And wasn't that an adventure in itself but that's another story.
So this is the room we ended up in.
In the original hotel
Looks pretty nice. Off to the left was a single bed that our nephew slept in.
We spent about 10 minutes in the room before we were off to catch the tram into Melbourne to meet people for dinner.
When we came back about 11.30pm that night we all got ready for bed.
My sister pulled back her comforter and guess what ......
No, you'll never guess .....
The sheets had not been changed from the previous guests!!!!!!!
There were short and curly dark black hairs all over the bed and the sheets had two cigarette burns in them :O
So we rang down to reception to ask for clean sheets.
We were informed that "housekeeping wasn't available as it was too late and to bring it to Reception's attention at 8.00 am".
I don't think so!!!!!
So I said I would go find a linen closet and just make the bed myself.
I walk out the door and guess who is out there ......
The guy from reception finding clean sheets.
We thanked him and then went to make the bed.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
He gave us single bed sheets for a queen size bed!
This was the "view" outside our window.
Stick around for Part 3 tomorrow :D
Has a very nice exterior.......
A beautiful interior .......
And are then told by reception that they had moved us to their "apartments" down the road.And this is the "apartments" ........
See the "doors" .....they are just packing panels on hinges.
See the bits on the "doors" that look like handles .....
Nope no handles, not even a lock.
We said .... umm no, don't think so.
They said .... go have a look!
So we did!
We found a dingy stairwell that had rusted through railings ...
No lighting .....
No security ......
It was a ground floor apartment and didn't even have security bars.
What made it worse was the used syringe laying in the gutter outside the building.
So back we traipse to the reception and proceed to negotiate for the room we were actually promised.
And wasn't that an adventure in itself but that's another story.
So this is the room we ended up in.
In the original hotel
Looks pretty nice. Off to the left was a single bed that our nephew slept in.
We spent about 10 minutes in the room before we were off to catch the tram into Melbourne to meet people for dinner.When we came back about 11.30pm that night we all got ready for bed.
My sister pulled back her comforter and guess what ......
No, you'll never guess .....
The sheets had not been changed from the previous guests!!!!!!!
There were short and curly dark black hairs all over the bed and the sheets had two cigarette burns in them :O
So we rang down to reception to ask for clean sheets.
We were informed that "housekeeping wasn't available as it was too late and to bring it to Reception's attention at 8.00 am".
I don't think so!!!!!
So I said I would go find a linen closet and just make the bed myself.
I walk out the door and guess who is out there ......
The guy from reception finding clean sheets.
We thanked him and then went to make the bed.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
He gave us single bed sheets for a queen size bed!
This was the "view" outside our window.
Stick around for Part 3 tomorrow :D
2 comments:
This story is as shocking the second time as the first time I heard it !!
And the pictures say it all, don't they :)
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