It’s late. You’ve been traveling all day and you stumble into your hotel room, looking for the lights. What’s this you see? Refreshments. Ah, perfect! you think. I could sure use some refreshing!
Wait a minute. Back away from the tantalizingly-positioned peanut butter cups. And don’t even think about grabbing those Pringles because once you pop, you can’t stop. These snacks probably cost more than the purse you bought on sale at Target. And that purse? It contains at least one small package of fruit snacks and perhaps two mostly-smooshed NutriGrain bars. Even though the Snickers are calling your name—afterall, Snickers in a canister must be good!—and for some odd reason white cheddar popcorn sounds like exactly what you want at the moment, you can persevere. You will be strong. You will back away, slowly, from the refreshments, and then you will desperately try to avoid looking at them over the course of the next three days.
And you will think, more than once, it’s a good thing your five year old stayed home.
9 Comments
Lindsey Jan 16, 2010 10:09 PM
“will appear on your account within 10 seconds.” Um, WOW. In the words of Buster Bluth, they “are not s-ing around.”
charity Jan 17, 2010 7:49 AM
10 seconds?! dude.
Melissa Marsh Jan 17, 2010 10:45 AM
Holy cow. Is there a sensor or something that detects when you take it? Never heard of that before!
Monica Jan 17, 2010 1:21 PM
I could not help myself from thinking – how in the world do they know what you just picked up and added to your bill within TEN seconds! Yikes!
Rebecca Jan 17, 2010 9:06 PM
The sign in the first photo states, “Kindly be aware that items removed from the refreshment center will appear on your hotel account within 10 seconds.”
The man at the front desk informed us that the liquor cabinet operated on the same principle.
Upon close examination, we could see some sort of electronic mat underneath the snacks. It must have a sensor that registers a weight change or something.
This is high-tech hotel room splurging at its finest!
Sarah B. Jan 18, 2010 8:43 PM
So basically, even if a person picks up the snack, hesitates, and then puts it back, they’re already screwed! Wow, that is a high-tech system. Talk about temptation staring you in the face.
Rebecca Jan 18, 2010 8:47 PM
I think I need a few of high-tech mats for my kitchen. They can activate an alarm on Jeremy’s computer and he can yell down from his office, “STEP AWAY FROM THE ICE CREAM. I REPEAT, STEP AWAY FROM THE MOOSE TRACKS.”
Jeremy Jan 20, 2010 12:28 AM
LOL
Clare Feb 5, 2010 12:27 PM
Totally shady!!! I have seen those numerous times and everytime I cant stand it!
Even the hotel wants to make me fat…