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    Image of LatestBy LatestBy
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    Someone's not afraid to be room servicey. #standardhotel
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    11/11/09

    In reply to Never Say Advertising Is Not a Talent
    Wait copywriting is a bullshit hack job done by joke-y and moneyed youngsters tending to the whims of dullards? I thought it was like "The Right Stuff" or some shit.

    what if one of these young waggish copywriters is engulfed in flames out on the sidewalk, and maybe I'm walking down the other side of the street with a Venti coffee loaded in my bladder? Should I cross and extinguish? I just can't know for sure until I'm there I guess. #marketing
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/11/09

    In reply to Never Say Advertising Is Not a Talent
    Cute story, but even Darren Stevens or those guys on Mad Men would know that you can't leave the word "juice" unmodified, if the product has no juice. #marketing
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    Image of BitchyD BitchyD
    11/11/09

    @Magister: Two words: Larry Tate #marketing
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/11/09

    @BitchyD: Now that ad man could drink...
    Often so much, he'd hallucinate. #marketing
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    Image of Mrs. Beeton Mrs. Beeton
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    This could easily be ripped from the headlines, SVU style. Could Stabler discover that the "Benchmark Hotel" is actually a front for a sex trafficking ring, where young Eastern European women are smuggled into the US and pretend to work as the hotel's cleaning ladies, when in reality they are sad abused hookers? I hope so! They could even get a fey NYC character actor to be the condescending bellhop! Basically it's exactly like "Home Alone 2," but better.

    Call me Dick Wolf! #standardhotel
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    Image of once once
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    Who cleans the rooms w/ the guest still in it? She started cleaning at 4:30? Not saying she deserved it but the hotel policy seems a little weird. #thehighline
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    Image of chickachicka chickachicka
    11/11/09

    @once: "Not saying she deserved it, but..."

    Jesus Christ.

    Who says that's the hotel policy? You DO realize that guests can always put up a "do not disturb" sign, or turn the cleaning staff away?

    I'm pretty sure the cleaning woman didn't have to force her way into the room to clean if he didn't want her there, but I AM sure that he tried to force himself on her after she said no.

    I'm not trying to attack you here, but come on. #standardhotel
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    Image of Cheruth Cheruth
    11/11/09

    @once: I worked at a hotel in college and a very similar incident happened there. If a gues puts up a do not disturb cleaning ladies will go back later in some hotels. At the very least to see if towels were needed. Other times guests will request service. Sometimes its the only time you can get to a room because there are so many do not disturbs and so many guests checking out late that you can barely do anything before the afternoon.

    Basically its fairly common thing to be cleaning a room at that time. But it may not have even been that. He could have requested turn down service (no pun intended but only because someone already made it.)
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    once promoted this comment Edited by Cheruth at 11/11/09 3:04 PM Cheruth was starred Cheruth was unstarred
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    11/11/09

    @chickachicka: omg calm down. To clear the air, I believe that when a woman says no, it's no. Period. I was simply trying to say it's unusual for staff to clean a room w/ a guest in it and then I realized by saying this it might be construed as, I thought her actions were suspicious, and so I added, "I'm NOT saying..." In this case, not means not...

    I do in fact realize guests can put up a "do not disturb" sign, however, whenever I've forgotten to, the cleaning person always offers to return later and never has suggested cleaning while I'm there. I think the hotel policy might be a little weird - major hotels have a policy about just about everything. A closed bedroom door w/ a stranger? If she acted inside of it, she may have grounds for a lawsuit. #standardhotel
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    Image of chickachicka chickachicka
    11/11/09

    @once: I'm calm, don't you worry about me - I enjoy caps lock for emphasis on occasion. Through clarifying, I was just pointing out that you read into what wasn't a fact of the story (was she in there wrongfully? inconveniencing him? at a weird time?) instead of just reading the story for what it is (he was wrong, no matter the situation).

    As @scouts honor points out, if the guest agrees, it's not uncommon for a cleaning to happen with them in the room.

    Like I said, I'm not trying to attack you, but just think before you type. #thehighline
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    11/11/09

    @chickachicka: "I was just pointing out that you read into what wasn't a fact of the story"

    um, you're reading into my comment by suggesting that I thought other than, "he was wrong, no matter the situation." Read my reply again and digest it this time. #standardhotel
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    11/11/09

    @Cheruth: Do you remember what the hotel's policy was? I'm merely curious. I would imagine that having to clean a room w/ the guest watching would be uncomfortable at the very least, and depending on the guest(s), would make me feel unsafe. This incident raises interesting questions about workplace safety. #standardhotel
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    Image of chickachicka chickachicka
    11/11/09

    @once: I never said you thought anything other than "he was wrong." We'll just have to agree to disagree on the wording of this one then (though I think we're in agreeance about the only important issue: the man holding 100% of accountability). #standardhotel
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    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    Has this idiot ever been inside a hotel? Turndown is part of the maid's responsibilities. #thehighline
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    11/11/09

    @Beau Nerd: heh #thehighline
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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    But they opposed the leather bear street fair? Not rapey enough, I guess. #thehighline
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    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    Are you suggesting the hotel was asking for it?
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    Image of gonzosmom gonzosmom
    11/11/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick:
    Yes - just look at those seductive drapes on the windows. #thehighline
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    Image of cocodevaux cocodevaux
    11/11/09

    @gonzosmom: too sexy to resist. and it matches the carpet. #thehighline
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    11/11/09

    @gonzosmom: It wasn't rape-rape.

    It was drape-rape. #thehighline
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    I trust the errant guest will employ the Costanza Defense regarding sex with the cleaning woman being frowned upon. He's gotta plead ignorance on this one. #thehighline
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    $10 says that man is about to pick his nose.

    And another $10 he eats it. #thehighline
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Okay So Maybe Cocoa Krispies Don't Cure Swine Flu
    ... given the public attention on H1N1 ...
    ... which is, naturally, the only reason we put the damn banner on the box. #cereal
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/05/09

    In reply to Okay So Maybe Cocoa Krispies Don't Cure Swine Flu
    If your child eats Cocoa Krispies, he surely won't catch swine flu, because he will die from diabetes before he can catch it. #cereal
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/05/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: ...and/or if you feed him lots of Cocoa Krispies he will be too fat/depressed/stupid to go to school and catch all those germs. Yes, there's a bright side to everything.
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    Image of nirreskeya nirreskeya
    11/05/09

    In reply to A Top Googler's Ominous Radio Fight
    If they really wanted to get at her, they would have suggested a search for "marissa mayer laugh". #marissamayer
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/05/09

    In reply to Okay So Maybe Cocoa Krispies Don't Cure Swine Flu
    So Frosted Mini-Wheats aren't really insulin? I totally thought I cold avoid diabetic shock from freebasing that sugar spackle they shellac onto that hairy plywood. What a let down. I guess I'll just start eating Raisin Bran, Grape Nuts, and Fiber One like all the other olds with digestive issues. #cereal
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Okay So Maybe Cocoa Krispies Don't Cure Swine Flu
    As long as that smug Nutella mom is still smearing that shit on whole wheat toast and high-fiving herself about the nutritious breakfast she's feeding lil' Aiden and Dakota, I can't rest. #cereal
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