Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
Silent1 said:
fizz47 said:
Why do hotels (predominantly the more upscale ones) have telephones in the bathroom next to the toilet ?
Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
i'll wait for someone else to roll out the tired cliche of americans having poor diets and spending hours having a sNever paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
t, so they installed phones so that the powerfully built types can carry their meetings on whilst at it.TTOBES said:
Having come into work to find a crane having been installed at the building site next door, I am wondering how much the operators get paid?
Google says £11.96 per hour, but is that really it for this type of crane? As I write there is a bloke halfway up the crane's arm, about fourteen stories up. They're better people than me!
Pretty sure the going rate at the moment up here is around £15-16/hour, so it'll be more down south. Good working hours too, 2 hours (paid, as far as I know) mandatory break time away from the controls in a 10 hour shift.Google says £11.96 per hour, but is that really it for this type of crane? As I write there is a bloke halfway up the crane's arm, about fourteen stories up. They're better people than me!
Still, you would never catch me up there! We used to have 60m tall freestanding cranes on site (any taller and they need to be tied to a structure), the cab would sway up to a metre in any direction in high winds or if the crane picked up a particularly heavy load
Dyl said:
TTOBES said:
Having come into work to find a crane having been installed at the building site next door, I am wondering how much the operators get paid?
Google says £11.96 per hour, but is that really it for this type of crane? As I write there is a bloke halfway up the crane's arm, about fourteen stories up. They're better people than me!
Pretty sure the going rate at the moment up here is around £15-16/hour, so it'll be more down south. Good working hours too, 2 hours (paid, as far as I know) mandatory break time away from the controls in a 10 hour shift.Google says £11.96 per hour, but is that really it for this type of crane? As I write there is a bloke halfway up the crane's arm, about fourteen stories up. They're better people than me!
Still, you would never catch me up there! We used to have 60m tall freestanding cranes on site (any taller and they need to be tied to a structure), the cab would sway up to a metre in any direction in high winds or if the crane picked up a particularly heavy load
Silent1 said:
Some of them want to remain isolated and will protect that at all costs, violently so.
The process of introducing them to civilisation also has a ridiculously high mortality rate which in some cases can decimate their population to the point of being unsustainable.
Watched a thing on this last year- theres a huge area in South America which the govts leave alone as they know there's uncontacted people in there... Naturally drugs gangs hide there and don't care about the rights of others, so many of them are being forced to leave.The process of introducing them to civilisation also has a ridiculously high mortality rate which in some cases can decimate their population to the point of being unsustainable.
One group caused a bit of trouble for a local (impoverished) villiage, stole food and clothes, even killed someone... The clothes made them itch and they didn't understand when the interpreter was shouting at them to wash the clothes.
fizz47 said:
Why do hotels (predominantly the more upscale ones) have telephones in the bathroom next to the toilet ?
Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
I use them often! After a long flight, or a hard day, there's nothing better than laying back in a hot bath with a good book and a glass of bubbly. You need the phone to ring room service when the bubbly runs out!Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
(It's also useful should the boss ring up to make sure you are working!)
PoleDriver said:
I use them often! After a long flight, or a hard day, there's nothing better than laying back in a hot bath with a good book and a glass of bubbly. You need the phone to ring room service when the bubbly runs out!
(It's also useful should the boss ring up to make sure you are working!)
Be honest you phone room service whilst having a dump. If they were for making calls from the bath they'd be next to it rather than being next to the bog(It's also useful should the boss ring up to make sure you are working!)
fizz47 said:
Why do hotels (predominantly the more upscale ones) have telephones in the bathroom next to the toilet ?
Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
Meh, I posted the same question years ago. Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
When I was flying back from Geneva airport last week, I set off the metal detector thingy ( I always do) but instead of a pat down or making me stand in the revolving x-ray job, like they did at Bristol on the way out, the officer asked me to hold out my hands and took swabs off them, plus rubbed the swab thing over my jeans as well ( that I was wearing!)
Put sample in machine and was then waved on my way.
Well, why would they not check for items on me and instead just give me a swab test?
It wasn't just me, other people who set off the metal detector were also then swabbed.
Anyone work in these areas and know what all that was about- i.e , I presume they were testing for drugs having set off a metal detector??!!
Put sample in machine and was then waved on my way.
Well, why would they not check for items on me and instead just give me a swab test?
It wasn't just me, other people who set off the metal detector were also then swabbed.
Anyone work in these areas and know what all that was about- i.e , I presume they were testing for drugs having set off a metal detector??!!
fizz47 said:
Why do hotels (predominantly the more upscale ones) have telephones in the bathroom next to the toilet ?
Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
Asking the same question before I was advised that phones are there in case of emergency, the phones did not need a number to be dialed to reach reception.Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
Willy Nilly said:
I spread a lot of ammonium nitrate fertiliser in the spring, that bad people like to do bad things with, rather than make wheat grow. Could they find it on me?
Almost certainly if you travel after you've been working with it. I wouldn't worry though - I'm sure they get an enormous amount of false positives so they probably just get someone to have a quick chat rather than immediately assume you've got a bomb stuffed down your trousers.fizz47 said:
Why do hotels (predominantly the more upscale ones) have telephones in the bathroom next to the toilet ?
Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
During GW1 in Saudi I had the oppertunity of a night in a 5star hotel near a Saudi airfield, Never paid too much attention to them but currently staying in a hotel and wondering more and more how many people actually use them...
It's not like I'm going to order room service from it - I would use one of the main telephones in the room.
Can't really think it's a selling point of the room either - 'yes sir, we have a fabulous room for you that has its own telephone in the bathroom'.
Surly you the cost benefit of it would be negative...
It was so hot, about 48 degrees, the vehicle I had didn't have aircon, and I was sweating like mad.
I got into the room, wet with sweat, even though there was air con in the hotel, I was probably over heating.
I grabbed a couple of bottles of cold water from the fridge, stripped off, sat on the bidet with the cold water hitting my asshole and knackers, and used the phone next to the bog to call my wife back in Germany.
Stayed on that bidet fo about 15 minutes. Only time in my life I've used one.
Air Force. We don't dig in, we check in.
Willy Nilly said:
hairykrishna said:
They're looking for nitrates. Explosives in other words.
I spread a lot of ammonium nitrate fertiliser in the spring, that bad people like to do bad things with, rather than make wheat grow. Could they find it on me? djc206 said:
PoleDriver said:
I use them often! After a long flight, or a hard day, there's nothing better than laying back in a hot bath with a good book and a glass of bubbly. You need the phone to ring room service when the bubbly runs out!
(It's also useful should the boss ring up to make sure you are working!)
Be honest you phone room service whilst having a dump. If they were for making calls from the bath they'd be next to it rather than being next to the bog(It's also useful should the boss ring up to make sure you are working!)
FiF said:
djc206 said:
PoleDriver said:
I use them often! After a long flight, or a hard day, there's nothing better than laying back in a hot bath with a good book and a glass of bubbly. You need the phone to ring room service when the bubbly runs out!
(It's also useful should the boss ring up to make sure you are working!)
Be honest you phone room service whilst having a dump. If they were for making calls from the bath they'd be next to it rather than being next to the bog(It's also useful should the boss ring up to make sure you are working!)
Nimby said:
Willy Nilly said:
hairykrishna said:
They're looking for nitrates. Explosives in other words.
I spread a lot of ammonium nitrate fertiliser in the spring, that bad people like to do bad things with, rather than make wheat grow. Could they find it on me? Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff