No scents* pun absolutely intended 😅

Yeah, obviously 🙄 they’re NOT using “spell check“.💜😈

​@@danieldamrick2330they're using "smell check"

I hear ya, personally, I can never figure out how many/where to put the damned commas.🤔💜👿

Why am I getting notifications for new replies if the comment is not mine and I don't have a reply? (I have one now, but I got the notifications before this reply.)

At least being by the elevator and ice machine isn’t a health code violation 😂😂

Not insane... just different wiring of the brain. 15-20% of the population is neurodiverse, while only 10% is left-handed. It's much more common than people realize, we're just told not to talk about it because "we're crazy."

And this is completely reasonable unlike the skit women

People like you deserve all kinds of praise for that

A friendly person can easily change a nightmare shift into a decent one. You sound like the type of person customer service workers love

My advice holds in one item: 1. just be a normal decent and respectful person.

Could you maybe bring an air freshener?

@@riahlexington I'm not the same person, but air fresheners are the WORST for me. I can't get a sleep study because the clinic that takes my insurance uses so much air fresheners that my eyes/nose/throat just itched and burned horribly. The tech confirmed they wouldn't get useful data if I'm having an allergy attack, but the staff can't accommodate me because they don't need my business when their waiting list is months and months long.

@@splendidcolors that’s 100% valid

Allergies

Obviously you are not familiar with fragrance/chemical intolerance. We are so sensitive to them that we get very ill and a fever when exposed to small amounts that others can not even detect. I cannot travel anymore. It's heartbreaking.

@@jilljohnson2068and thats fine but not continuing to demand to smell new rooms after the first one was fine

I wouldn't ask to smell-test multiple rooms before getting a key, but scents, smoke residue, and mold are three common triggers for my asthma and migraines. Do you know what the doctors have told me? Avoid exposure to scents, smoke and its residue, and mold. This is allergy & asthma 101 level stuff.

Ozone machines convert stinky smoke molecules into nonstinky carcinogen molecules with free radicals.

Hotels typically have rooms of the same type, so if some of rooms of the same type are unsold, we use this opportunity to perform sheduled maintenance or deep cleaning procedures (such as cleaning bathroom tiles with a pressure washer). The next day, the room that was not assigned to guests the day before will be 100% assigned to new arrivals. I.e. rooms are allocated on a rotating basis to guests, so there are no rooms left empty for days or weeks. We also reduce prices in the low season to sell as many rooms as possible. Please keep in mind that each hotel operates differently and other hotels may have different protocols. Regarding COVID, we were closed for only three months, every day we carried out routine maintenance and some cleaning procedures (such as opening windows to ventilate the premises, flushing toilets to avoid unpleasant odors) in all rooms, and basic cleaning was carried out on rotating basis (about once a week for each room). And before reopening we did general cleaning for all rooms and premises.

Ya want a suite? Come back at 4

Noise. It can get pretty noisy with the ice machine running and guests getting on and off the elevator

Because even neurodivergent people need some time off every now and then. Having ADHD and likely autism, I can somewhat get the "smell the room" guest. If they spoke to someone on the phone and were told they could smell 3-4 rooms, likely to accomodate their sensory issues, that was the expectation with which they entered the hotel. It is still not okay for them to throw a fit when they were explained why it was so difficult to accomodate their request and they had to make due with one of the two rooms they were presented with, but at least for me and from what I've heard from other neurodivergent people as well, readjusting expectations and regulating emotions on a whim is difficult. Especially considering that traveling is extra stressful with sensory issues. Your seat might be making a noise that you really can't stand, there might be a lot of noise around you that is hard to block out or one of the food options on the plane had a smell that you just can't stand. Also, if my experience travelling is anything to go by, travel plans usually get abandoned somewhere between baggage check-in and boarding the plane and again, I can't speak for every person with ADHD and since I'm still awaiting diagnosis definitely not for people with autism, but anytime I can't follow the plan I made, even if the change is super easy, it puts me on edge. During that entire time, I'd have to regulate myself and my stims, because I don't want to make a scene, which is stressful and exhausting. Arriving at the hotel after all of that, I would be a little upset if a previously made agreement wasn't honored, even if my request was super weird. Again, not okay to make a scene with the staff, we are responsible for our actions and there was a reasonable explanation for the change of plans, but just because our brains function different from neurotypical ones doesn't mean that we shouldn't be able to go on vacation.