My friend Paco recently
wrote an entry about the exorbitant food charges at hotels. We all know the mini-bar is expensive, but seeing how a 50 cent soda goes for $3.13 from the mini-bar and a glass of orange juice costs you $10 (!) via room service really makes me wonder how anyone can justify these costs. I mean, really, even if you're working for a big corporation and expensing everything, how can you not feel guilty about that?
My favorite bit comes during his description of his dinner at the in-house restaurant, though:
I decide to order a salad that says something about greens over “crisp, shaved potatoes.” I get some greens (spinach, arugula, etc.) with a nice vinaigrette, and Lays potato chips sprinkled in. I swear I am not making this up. There was no difference between these potato chips and Lays (or any similar brand) of basic potato chips. For $9.00 I get spinach and potato chips with oil and vinegar.
My wife used to waitress at a Holiday Inn restaurant and they actually had really good food (we had our rehearsal dinner there before our wedding). The one Paco went to sounds like the dozens of other crappy hotel restaurants we've all seen in Anytown, USA. But, really,
potato chips on a salad? Yikes.
At least they didn't cut corners by using oil and vinegar chips.
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