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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 dumanue dumanue
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
      #standardhotel
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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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    Edited by Mrs. Beeton at 11/11/09 12:34 PM Mrs. Beeton was starred Mrs. Beeton was unstarred
    Image of Zira Zira
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    Is it just me or is the Standard Hotel one of the ugliest buildings in NYC? It looks like a relic from Stalinist Russia. #thehighline
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    Image of tigolbitties tigolbitties
    11/11/09

    @Oryx Hearts Crake: i thought it was just me. i figured surely ham put up a sham picture.. is this really the standard in nyc? #standardhotel
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    Image of Zira Zira
    11/11/09

    @tigolbitties: Sadly it is. The floor to ceiling windows creates a very messy look from the exterior. And the cement beams look like they were slapped together by a pre-schooler. #standardhotel
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/11/09

    @Oryx Hearts Crake: It kind of reminds me of LAX's 1960's-era terminals. But tall. Tall in a "Hey, look a me - I'm an ugly remnant of The Jet Age" way.
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    Edited by BadUncle at 11/11/09 1:47 PM BadUncle was starred BadUncle was unstarred
    Image of Rosewater Rosewater
    11/11/09

    @Oryx Hearts Crake: Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall! #standardhotel
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    tigolbitties promoted this comment Rosewater was starred Rosewater was unstarred
    Image of Zira Zira
    11/11/09

    @Rosewater:

    All free men, wherever they may live, are guest of the Standard Hotel.

    And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Standard Hotel guest!" #standardhotel
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    11/11/09

    @Oryx Hearts Crake: Oddly, I think it's kind of beautiful precisely because it evokes Stalinist Russia. The bare concrete and harsh lines under a gray sky? It's heavy and impressive, and it's not really trying to please anyone. I like it. A welcome change from the pop colors of Times Square and/or bland nu-suburban comforts of most new luxury condos.

    Now, most people STAYING in it are probably Eurotrash turds. No argument here.
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    drewtopianism promoted this comment Edited by Balsa Wood at 11/11/09 4:09 PM Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of drewtopianism drewtopianism
    11/11/09

    @Balsa Wood: Yeah. This photo doesn't quite do it justice. I think it suits the High Line's pseudoapocalyptic neo-decrepitude rather nicely. It's a public space that looks pretty if only because it looks like everyone gave up on trying to make it look "pretty"—even if this anti-pretty cost tens of millions to achieve, on a lonely weekday November afternoon with the fading light and blowing grass, the High Line actually works very well.

    But yes, people who stay at the Standard are total creeps. #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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    tigolbitties promoted this comment chickachicka was starred chickachicka was unstarred
    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
    Image of once once
    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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    Image of once once
    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 A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    11/11/09

    In reply to Guest at Horny Sex Hotel Assumes Rape Included in Price
    He was upset. When he asked the maid about the mini-bar, she looked at his crotch and laughed. #thehighline
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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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    Edited by Z und Vielpunkt's chick at 11/11/09 10:18 AM Z und Vielpunkt's chick was starred Z und Vielpunkt's chick was unstarred
    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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    Image of blix blix
    10/21/09

    In reply to Weed-Strewn Railroad Tracks Saved From Art
    The first recorded art criticism occurred in Lascaux, France. "Who fucked up this perfectly good cave"? #thehighline
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    10/21/09

    @blix: It's funny that you mention cave paintings, because a few years ago there was this Boy Scout troop in France that went about cleaning graffiti off of local caves, and, well, you can imagine what happened. #thehighline
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    Image of blix blix
    10/21/09

    @i'm a bottle: WTF!? Speechless I am, typing like Yoda. #thehighline
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    Image of downlow downlow
    10/21/09

    In reply to Weed-Strewn Railroad Tracks Saved From Art
    What about the awesome ghost ads? (first photo) I think it is a shame those are being painted over as well. They are such interesting links to our past and I feel qualify as art.

    Maybe graffiti is supposed to be a more ephemeral art-form. Even the artists don't seem to last for too long (Haring, Basquiat, Dash Snow). #thehighline
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    Image of TH42 TH42
    10/20/09

    In reply to Weed-Strewn Railroad Tracks Saved From Art
    Haha, "an already attractive wall." Rarely have I ever seen a blank wall and thought to myself, wow, that is a very attractive wall.

    The reason people don't like graffiti is because it makes them feel like they have no control. Illicit graffiti is a power grab by the artist. That's what makes it great.

    Oh, and lets can the tired argument that it's not art. It is indisputably art. It may suck aesthetically or it may not. But it's obviously art. #thehighline
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    Image of thatgirlinnewyork thatgirlinnewyork
    10/20/09

    In reply to Weed-Strewn Railroad Tracks Saved From Art
    and now ed norton and the ubershtupped "friends of the highline" will ask all the neighbors to pay for it. again. we lived with it thus far, so no, we will not. #thehighline
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